Overview
- ESPN reporter Adam Schefter reported Tuesday that veteran wide receiver Brandin Cooks is signing with the San Francisco 49ers' practice squad.
- The 49ers plan to use the practice squad to get Cooks up to speed on their plays and list him as a candidate for elevation if injuries continue to limit their wide receiver room.
- San Francisco has lost Ricky Pearsall for the season and is coping with recent injuries to De’Zhaun Stribling and Demarcus Robinson while managing a hip issue for Mike Evans, creating the immediate roster need.
- Cooks is entering his 13th NFL season and would join his seventh franchise, with career totals around 9,811 receiving yards—about 189 yards shy of 10,000.
- The move follows a Sept. 18 workout with the Baltimore Ravens that did not produce a signing and reflects a common NFL pattern of teams using practice-squad deals to evaluate veteran depth before game use.