Overview
- Naquan Jones, a 28-year-old veteran who entered the league in 2021, was signed to the 49ers' active roster on Wednesday on a one-year deal.
- The 49ers placed second-year DT C.J. West on injured reserve with a bone chip in his knee that will require surgery, leaving Odighizuwa and rookie Gracen Halton as the only healthy interior linemen.
- San Francisco made the signing in response to multiple interior injuries that already include Alfred Collins on season-ending injured reserve and James Thompson Jr. dealing with a high-ankle sprain.
- Under NFL practice-squad rules the 49ers were allowed to sign Jones directly to their 53-man roster, which gives the Vikings an open practice-squad spot they are expected to fill.
- The addition gives the 49ers a veteran body for the short term to help shore up run defense and free up linebackers, while also illustrating how injuries drive rapid roster churn early in the season.