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49ers need Mychal Kendricks to boost razor-thin linebacker depth

Mychal Kendricks #56 of the Seattle Seahawks (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

There’s not too much a worry about the 49ers’ starting linebackers, Fred Warner and Dre Greenlaw, but adding Mychal Kendricks guards against poor depth.

One could almost make this argument about a lot of the San Francisco 49ers‘ positional units heading into 2021.

On top of the depth chart, the Niners are fine. But behind the starters, they’re razor-thin.

Such is the case at linebacker where last year’s first-team All-Pro, Fred Warner, looks to pick up where he left off alongside fellow backer Dre Greenlaw, whose impressive 2019 rookie season saw a slight regression a year ago.