The 49ers elevated place kicker Matt Homosexual and linebacker Jalen Graham Saturday from the follow squad to face the Cleveland Browns.
Homosexual kicked discipline objectives of 47 and 29 yards with out a miss and transformed two additional factors within the 49ers’ 20-9 win over the Carolina Panthers on Monday evening instead of Eddy Piñeiro, who’s out with a hamstring pressure. The forecast in Cleveland Sunday calls or a excessive of 38 levels with the potential of snow and freezing rain.
Relying on how briskly Piñeiro heals, it may very well be Homosexual’s finale with the 49ers. The 49ers have their long-awaited bye week arising, and resume play on Dec. 14 towards the Tennessee Titans at Levi’s Stadium. Piñeiro has but to overlook a discipline objective try in 22 tries.
Graham, in his second season out of Purdue, was energetic for the primary time this season and performed seven snaps on particular groups, getting no time on protection behind Curtis Robinson and Dee Winters. Tatum Bethune, who changed the injured Fred Warner, began 5 video games however sustained a excessive ankle sprain towards Arizona.
It’s not identified when Bethune will return, however the 49ers added some insurance coverage this week with the signing of 33-year-old veteran Eric Kendricks to the follow squad. Kendricks began 15 video games for Dallas final season and had 138 tackles.
By the point the 49ers play their subsequent recreation towards Tennessee, Kendricks ought to be acclimated to the protection and in a position to play and maybe begin assuming Bethune won’t be obtainable.
The 49ers thought they’d an settlement with Kendricks final season with Dre Greenlaw rehabbing from a torn Achilles however Kendricks as a substitute signed with Dallas. That led to the 49ers’ ill-fated signing of De’Vondre Campbell, who performed poorly in 12 video games earlier than refusing to play towards the Los Angeles Rams on Dec. 12.
