49ers’ linebacker legacy falls to Kendricks, others for wild-card opener

SANTA CLARA – Linebacker Eric Kendricks will be new to the 49ers’ starting lineup come Sunday’s wild-card playoff game at Philadelphia. The footsteps he follows are not new to him.

“There’s a standard that’s upheld in this room,” Kendricks said Wednesday. “ This organization has always had good linebackers, as far as I’m concerned, so I don’t plan on it being any different.”

That history includes the surnames Hazeltine, Wilcox, Turner, Norton, Woodall, Willis, Bowman, Warner, Greenlaw and many more.