SANTA CLARA — Before they departed for the offseason, Arik Armstead and DeForest Buckner shared a brief embrace inside the 49ers locker room.
About 64 hours after walking off the field at Hard Rock Stadium as confetti fell on the Super Bowl-champion Chiefs, Armstead, Buckner and the rest of the 49ers were packing up their lockers and going their own ways for the next few months.
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Inevitably, for some it will be longer than that. Either way, there will be big life changes coming to the 49ers defensive line.
Buckner and his wife, Ashlyn, are expecting their first baby — a boy — in April.