49ers re-sign ILB Desmond Bishop

Depth at inside linebacker became a focal point for the San Francisco 49ers since the unexpected dual retirements of Patrick Willis and Chris Borland in a six-day window earlier this month. Since then, the Niners were linked to the likes of Lance Briggs, a seven-time Pro Bowler, Erin Henderson, who was out of the NFL last year, and Philip Wheeler, who has primarily been an outside linebacker in his seven-year career. But Tuesday, after reportedly working out Briggs and Wheeler, along with receiver Hakeem Nicks at their Santa Clara, California, compound -- Henderson recently met with Niners reps off site -- the 49ers stayed in house, so to speak, in signing Desmond Bishop after he had also worked out.



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