The 49ers have a legitimate edge threat after trading for Dee Ford Tuesday night. Now, they have their own version of thunder and lighting. Ford brings the speed of the edge, and Deforest Buckner brings the muscle up the middle. After the Ford deal was announced, Buckner took to twitter:
He’s not wrong.
Buckner finished with the most pressures of any 49er in 2018 with 29.5, per FootballOutsiders charting. That’s nine more than second place, Cassius Marsh and Arik Armstead. Ford? All he did was finish with 48.5. That was good for second place.