SANTA CLARA — After a failed attempt to bring Eric Kendricks to the Bay Area in 2024, Kyle Shanahan is relieved not to have to scheme against the talented linebacker — at least this season.“I think he’s awesome,” Shanahan said on Wednesday. “I feel like I know him just because I’ve gone against him, it seems like so many times. I don’t know him, but just seeing him out on the field, it was eerie watching him on scout team all last week, just from our endzone copy.“Because I feel like I’m having post-traumatic stress from seeing him as a linebacker all the time going against him.”Kendricks sat out of practice on Wednesday with a tight calf, but Shanahan hopes to get the linebacker more involved as soon as he is healthy enough. With Tatum Bethune still sidelined with a high ankle sprain, Kendricks could be an option during the final four games of the regular season.Like Shanahan, Christian McCaffrey is happy to share a locker room with Kendricks instead of having to line up across from him on the field. The two players have battled each other since McCaffrey was playing for the Stanford Cardinal and Kendricks was a...
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