is adjusting to a new coach and defensive coordinator in 2017.
The 49ers are going from a 3-4 defense to a 4-3 and Buckner is learning to play a more aggressive style in 2017 than the "read-and-react" scheme they used in 2016. The former Oregon star said he thinks the defense has the potential to reach new heights in 2017.
"I think our front seven can flat-out be dominant," Buckner told reporters Tuesday. "We have the talent to do so, we just have to put in the work."
The 49ers defense was atrocious in 2016.