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Dockett approves of transition to 49ers pass-rush specialist

Editor's note: The above video of Jim Tomsula is from Aug. 2, 2015.

Prior to his final season with the Arizona Cardinals ending before it ever began with an ACL tear, defensive lineman Darnell Dockett did not get a whole lot of rest with his old team.

In 2013, he played an exhausting 79.9 percent of the Cardinals’ defensive snaps.

Dockett figures to have a completely different role in his first season with the 49ers. The 49ers seem to view him as a pass-rush specialist as part of a five- or six-man rotation on the defensive line.