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Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Kyle Van Noy is one of the NFL’s top remaining free agents, and he has his next team in mind.
“I want to take down a team that maybe a lot of people don’t know about. Who cares at this point, you know? I’d really like to play with my little brother, Fred Warner, with the Niners,” Van Noy said on Tuesday’s edition of “Up & Adams.” “I think they have something cooking there. I know they like Joey Bosa, right, because Nick and all that, I understand that. But I would love to play with my little brother. He’s my guy, and I think they have something cooking there.”
Van Noy also said the door remains open for a return to the Ravens, with whom he spent the last three seasons (2023-25).
The 35-year-old linebacker earned his only Pro Bowl nod during a career-high 12.5 sack campaign with the Ravens in 2024. Last season, he totaled two sacks, one interception, four passes defensed and 20 combined tackles in 15 games.
If Van Noy, 35, were to sign a deal with San Francisco, he would join a defense that was 11th in the NFL in opponent rushing yards (107.8 per game), 13th in opponent points (21.8 per game), 20th in opponent passing yards (340.2 per game), 25th in opponent passing yards (232.4 per game) and last in sacks (20.0) in 2025.
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At the same time, it was a 49ers defense that was without star linebackers Nick Bosa (torn ACL), Fred Warner (ankle) and defensive lineman and 2025 first-round pick Mykel Williams (torn ACL), among others, for the majority of the season due to injury. They also managed to hold the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles to 19 points on their home field in the NFC wild-card round before losing to the Seattle Seahawks in the divisional round. San Francisco has a new defensive coordinator this season in former Atlanta Falcons head coach Raheem Morris, who succeeds Robert Saleh, the new head coach of the Tennessee Titans.
Van Noy spent over two seasons of his NFL career with the Detroit Lions (2014-16) before being traded to the New England Patriots during the 2016 season. He would play in New England until 2019 before playing for the Miami Dolphins in 2020 and then returning to the Patriots in 2021. The linebacker also played for the Los Angeles Chargers in 2022 before embarking on a three-year stay in Baltimore.
