Last season, the San Francisco 49ers rookie, DeForest Buckner, played the most snaps of any interior defensive linemen in the league. He played 1,007 snaps, which was around 30 more than the next guy. Only 3 players topped 900 snaps, making Buckner’s snap count even more eye-opening. He played in 90 percent or more snaps in 10 games.
New defensive coordinator Robert Saleh doesn’t plan to have any of his linemen utilized in that way. He mentions having the linemen playing around 500-600 snaps in the season, which should help get more out of them.