The 49ers have signed 30-year old RB Brian Westbrook to a 1-year, $1.25 million dollar deal with another $1.25 million bucks in incentives.  Westbrook played in 8 games (7 starts) with the Eagles last season and he carried the ball 61 times for 274 yards (4.5 ypc) with 1 TD run.  He also caught 25 passes for 181 yards (7.2 avg) with 1 TD grab last year.  Westbrook has now played in 107 games (85 starts) in his 8 years in the NFL and he has carried the ball 1,308 times for 5,995 yards (4.6 ypc) with 37 TD runs.  He has also caught 426 passes for 3,790 yards (8.9 avg) with 29 TD grabs.  This was a great signing for the Niners as Westbrook will be Frank Gore’s top backup as long as he can stay healthy.

The 49ers have signed 28-year old OLB Travis LaBoy to a 1-year, $1.6 million dollar deal.  He missed all of last season due to serious ankle surgery.  LaBoy last played in 2008 with the Arizona Cardinals.  He has played in 67 games in his NFL career in which he has 136 tackles, has defensed 6 passes, he has 23.5 sacks, forced 6 fumbles and he has 1 interception.  The 49ers obviously are looking at LaBoy as a pass rusher which is an area they need help in so I like this signing for them.

The 49ers have signed 30-year old QB David Carr to a 2-year deal.  Carr played in 6 games for the Giants last season in which he completed 21 of 33 passes (63.6%) for 225 yards with 1 TD pass and 0 INTs (93.6 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 9 times for 27 yards (3.0 ypc) with 1 TD run last year.  Carr has now played in 91 games in his NFL career and he has completed 1,346 of 2,251 passes (59.8%) for 14,366 yards with 65 TD passes and 70 INTs (75.2 QB Rating).  Carr has also carried the ball 302 times for 1,331 yards (4.4 ypc) with 9 TD runs in his career.  Carr might get the chance to challenge Alex Smith for the starting job in 2010 as he has a very strong arm and a lot of experience.  If nothing else Carr will likely bump Shaun Hill out of a job.

The San Francisco 49ers have signed 26-year old TE Tony Curtis to a reserve/future contract.  He last played in the NFL in 2008 with the Cowboys.  Curtis has played in 32 games in his major league career and he has caught 11 passes for 50 yards (4.5 avg) with 3 TD grabs.  He has also made 5 tackles and forced 1 fumble.  Curtis will get a chance next training camp to earn a job as Vernon Davis’ back-up in 2010.

The 49ers have signed 29-year old kicker Shane Andrus to handle the place kicking duties on Sunday.  Ricky Schmitt hurt his groin in practice this week and he will be unavailable tomorrow against the Rams.  Andrus played in 3 games earlier this season for the Buccaneers and he was 0 for 1 on field goals and 6 of 6 on extra points.