49ers add Joshua Dobbs behind Brock Purdy; Floyd ready to join Bosa

The 49ers on Monday added some intrigue to their quarterback room and welcomed their latest attempt at a bookend pass rusher across from Nick Bosa.

Edge rusher Leonard Floyd participated in a teleconference with local writers, officially signing a contract a week after agreeing to terms. Not long after the call was concluded, the agent for quarterback Joshua Dobbs reported on Twitter/X that Dobbs was joining the 49ers on a one-year contract.

There was no official word from the 49ers, but a source familiar with the situation said the plan was for Dobbs to join the team.

Floyd, 31, is coming off a 10 1/2 sack season in Buffalo.

“I talked to Nick once I committed,” Floyd said. “We’re eager to play with each other . . . I’m looking forward to getting out, doing my job and just being a professional.”

The 49ers also announced previously reported agreements with linebacker De’Vondre Campbell and cornerbacks Isaac Yiadom and Chase Lucas as well as the re-signing of center/guard Jon Feliciano. In addition, the 49ers brought aboard their first offensive lineman from outside the organization in former Raider third-round pick Brandon Parker.

Dobbs, 29, was a starter for Arizona while Kyler Murray rehabbed from an ACL tear, and then was dealt to Minnesota as a starter after Kirk Cousins tore his Achilles’ on Oct. 29.

Having already re-signed Brandon Allen, last year’s No. 3 quarterback behind Brock Purdy and Sam Darnold, Dobbs gives the 49ers three quarterbacks after they played all last season with Purdy, Sam Darnold and Allen.

In 13 games as a starter for Arizona and Minnesota, Dobbs completed 62.8 percent of his passes (262-for-417) for 2,464 yards, 13 touchdowns and 10 interceptions in addition for 421 yards on 77 carries and six touchdowns. He had four games with a quarterback rating of better than 100 — including Oct. 1 at Levi’s Stadium for Arizona when he was 28-for-41 for 265 yards and two touchdowns in a 35-16 loss to the 49ers. Going into the 49ers game, coach Kyle Shanahan praised Dobbs’ play.

“He’s been extremely decisive. When it’s there, he consistently makes it, when it’s not there, he plays it smart, doesn’t turn it over,” Shanahan said. “He has been able to scramble and makes some plays. He’s been very competitive in the quarterback run game when they haven’t honored him.”

In Week 3, Dobbs engineered a 28-16 win over Dallas by going 17 of 21 for 189 yards and rushing for 55 yards on six carries. Dobbs won his first two starts in Minnesota before struggling and he didn’t play from Weeks 14 through 17.

Floyd said the 49ers were an easy choice because of their status as a Super Bowl contender and that they “didn’t B.S. around . . . It was a great deal, a solid deal for me and it really wasn’t no second-guessing it. They showed they wanted me from the jump. Once I saw that, I was like, shoot, I want y’all too so I’m on my way.”

Ideally, Floyd becomes the first outside running mate of Bosa to break through with double-digit sacks. The closest thing Bosa has had to a consistent outside threat on the other side was Dee Ford in 2019, who had 6 1/2 sacks in 11 games in 2019.

Excluding 2020 when Bosa was injured, the second-highest sack total from an edge rusher to Bosa was Samson Ebukam in 2021 (4 1/2), Charles Omenihu in 2022 (4 1/2) and Clelin Ferrell last season (3 1/2).

Chase Young, who had 2 1/2 sacks this past season during his nine games lining up on the other end of the line from Bosa, got a one-year deal for $13 million from New Orleans, according to ESPN.

Floyd’s deal was reportedly for two years and $20 million.

“I knew this was a team that was ready for a Super Bowl run,” Floyd said. “I didn’t want to go to a team and be in a position to not play in the playoffs. So I came here with aspirations of coming in, helping the defense out to win games and get back to the big games.”

Floyd’s sack total of 10 1/2 tied his career high of 10 1/2 in 2020 with the Los Angeles Rams. At 6-foot-3, 240 pounds, Floyd has played both outside linebacker in a 3-4 defense as well as edge in a 4-3.

“It really don’t matter to me as long as we sack the quarterback,” Floyd said. “It don’t matter, standing up or there-point. Scheme-wise, I’m an athlete so I’ll fit any scheme. All I need is for my coach to teach me what to do and where to go and I’m going to go 100 percent.”

Floyd played from 2016 through 2019 with the Chicago Bears and worked under new 49ers assistant Brandon Staley in both Chicago and Los Angeles.

The 49ers named Nick Sorensen as their new defensive coordinator in place of Steve Wilks, with Staley hired in an as yet undisclosed capacity.

“Coach Staley, man, that’s my guy,” Floyd said. “I been knowing coach Staley since my second year in the league, so it’s been a long time and he knows me too. He knows the type of player I am and what I bring to the table.”

Floyd hasn’t missed a game since 2016, having played a full schedule in each of the last six seasons and attribute his relentless nature to working watermelon fields from the ninth through the 12th grade in Georgia.

“That’s real hard labor. It teaches you to grind, it teaches you real hard work.” Floyd said.

Campbell, who was an All-Pro with Green Bay in 2021, was signed by the 49ers after being released by the Packers and provides insurance alongside Fred Warner as Dre Greenlaw rehabs a torn left Achilles’ sustained in Super Bowl LIV.

Yiadom worked his way into the lineup for the last eight games for New Orleans last season and had his best season with 14 pass breakups. He’ll compete to play behind Charvarius Ward and Deommodore Lenoir. Ward is entrenched as an outside corner, with Lenoir available either outside or as a slot corner.

Lucas, who played the last two seasons with Detroit is regarded as predominantly a special teams player, as is Ezekiel Turner, a linebacker who led Arizona with 12 special teams tackles. Turner’s signing has yet to be confirmed.

A former third-round pick out of North Carolina A&T, Parker played 59 games with 33 starts as a right tackle for the Raiders but never had a stranglehold on a starting role.

49ERS’ OFFSEASON SCORECARD

Free agents signed

DT Jordan Elliott (Cleveland): (Reported as 2 years, $10 million)

DE Yetur Gross-Matos (Carolina): (Reported as 2 years, $18 million)

LB De’Vondre Campbell (Green Bay): (One year, NFL Network)

DE Leonard Floyd: (Buffalo): (Two years)

CB Chase Lucas: (Detroit):  (One year)

Free agents agreed to terms

QB Joshua Dobbs (Minnesota) (One year, announced by his agent)

LB Ezekiel Turner (Arizona) (Reported by Aaron Wilson, KPRC2)

Acquired by trade

DT Maliek Collins: (Houston in exchange for 7th round draft pick)

Free agents returning

DT Kevin Givens: (One year)

LB Demetrius Flanningan-Fowles (One year)

G Jon Feliciano (One year)

QB Brandon Allen (One year)

OL Ben Bartch (One year, The Athletic)

Restricted free agents

WR Jauan Jennings (extended second-round tender at $4.9 million)