49ers linebacker Curtis Robinson set for full-circle moment with first NFL start

SANTA CLARA — A little more than one year after suffering a season-ending knee injury, 49ers linebacker Curtis Robinson will get his first NFL start on “Monday Night Football.”What makes Robinson’s start even more meaningful is what happened just before the linebacker’s ACL injury, which coach Kyle Shanahan explained on “49ers Talk.”“It was actually kind of a sad story,” Shanahan said. “But about 20 minutes before he tore his ACL, that was the first time that I told him he’d be starting that week. It was the first start of his career, and he had earned it. We were going to move him ahead of [New York Giants linebacker Demetrius] Flannigan-Fowles.”Robinson, who attended Stanford University, was a two-year starter at the MIKE linebacker spot but entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent, originally with the Denver Broncos. In December of 2021, the 49ers signed the linebacker to the practice squad and he has been with the team ever since. Before San Francisco’s 2024 Week 4 contest with the New England Patriots, Robinson, who had played predominantly on special teams, received the news of...