In precisely 99 days https://www.49ersfanshop.com/Adrian-Colbert-Jersey , the San Francisco 49ers will travel to Tampa Bay to face new head coach Bruce Arians and the Buccaneers. When I see 99, I think Deforest Buckner. The last time the two teams..."In precisely 99 days, the San Francisco 49ers will travel to Tampa Bay to face new head coach Bruce Arians and the Buccaneers. When I see 99, I think Deforest Buckner. The last time the two teams met each other, Buckner had four tackles¡ªeach resulting in a stop or a sack. Tampa Bay is returning the same offensive line that was 31st in adjusted line yards last year, 15th in adjusted sack rate, and 18th in pressure rate. You may have heard, but the Niners are not returned the same starters along the defensive line.Don¡¯t fact check me on this, but I¡¯m pretty sure Deforest is Hawaiian for ¡°destroy.¡± Even if you just watched Buckner off-hand last season, you were more than likely impressed. If someone were to ask ¡°how can Buckner get better in 2019?¡±, you have to really nitpick when you take into account everything he was asked to do last year.By the numbers852: That¡¯s the number of snaps Buckner played in 2018. Only four interior defensive linemen were on the field more than Buckner. His dependability might have been the most eye-popping part of Buckner¡¯s season. Not just playing at a high level, but doing so on every snap, when teams are doing everything they can to take you away. That¡¯s big-time.13: As much as I love quarterback hits, and pressures to a lesser extent, a sack remains king. Why? Because it eliminates any positive outcome for the offense. It¡¯s simple. Only two interior linemen had more sacks than Buckner in 2018.37: The number of stops Buckner had in 2018. Only two interior linemen had more stops last year. That number speaks to how dominant Buckner was¡ªwhich we¡¯ll get to shortly, but Buckner¡¯s production was sensational. Two plays against TampaTeams will not be able to block Buckner like they did last year. They didn¡¯t do a good job, to begin with. The first two plays of the game Tampa Bay sent a double-team at Buckner. If 99 is going to see that type of attention Week 1, Jameis Winston might want to look into insurance now.With some of the premier players Dante Pettis Jersey , like Buckner, Chris Jones, that defensive tackle on the Los Angeles Rams, and Fletcher Cox, most of their best plays can¡¯t be found in the stat sheet. Buckner had a sack against the Bucs, but that was far from his most productive play.I¡¯d be interested in what Buckner¡¯s win percentage was when he was 1-on-1 last year. My guess is Buckner would be in the top five. Check this play out below:Seeing Buckner rag-doll lineman will never get old. Ever.On the ensuing play Buckner was rewarded with his hustle in the stat sheet by tagging Winston out of bounds for a gain of one. Football tends to balance itself out like that.Doing his jobOne thing that stands out about Buckner is that he¡¯s always doing his job. Whether he¡¯s asked on that snap to win 1-on-1, or take on a double team. The result below doesn¡¯t happen unless Buckner is able to complete his job by taking on the double team.On the surface, it looks like Buckner is showing off his Samoan strength. While that¡¯s true, Buckner could take the easy route here and try to split the double team. Instead, he picks ¡°half a man¡± and attacks the right guard. By doing this, it ensures the guard cannot climb to the second level and block Elijah Lee.That¡¯s a selfless play. The play doesn¡¯t happen if Buckner tries to be a hero. Buckner has the tools to be an All-Pro, but it¡¯s his effort, selflessness, and awareness that make him a star. SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) ¡ª San Francisco cornerback Richard Sherman won't get as emotional about playing against Seattle this week as he did when the 49ers and Seahawks met two weeks ago.All of that, Sherman insists, is water under the bridge now.Sherman is so calm and cool this time around that he even smiled and chuckled quietly when asked about critical comments made about him by former Seahawks teammate Frank Clark following Seattle's 21-7 win over Minnesota on Monday. Speaking to a small group of reporters, Clark said that the Sherman era was over in Seattle and that the veteran cornerback needed to worry about his own problems."Just seems like a guy who's probably tired of hearing the same questions Jimmy Garoppolo Color Rush Jersey ," Sherman said Thursday. "I'd probably be pretty annoyed too if we won a game and somebody comes and asks me about a guy who wasn't either involved in this game or on my team."Clark, a fourth-year defensive end who leads the Seahawks with 11 sacks, was responding to a question about a comment made by Sherman prior to the Nov. 2 game between the two teams in Seattle. At the time, Sherman said the Seahawks were a "middle of the road" team.Clark and other Seattle players took exception."That's just Richard Sherman being Richard Sherman," Clark said Monday. "He's not in this locker room no more so his opinion really doesn't matter. They've got some problems over there in San Fran that he needs to be worried about."This is my team now. This is my defense. Richard Sherman, his era is over here. If he's got anything to say about our defense, he can sat it on the field, at the end of the day."Sherman tried to downplay the issue but was asked if it was an elephant in the room."It's like a mouse in the room," Sherman said. "It's like kids say the darndest things, you know? It didn't bother me at all. It's kind of weird but it doesn't bother me. The era was over in my mind obviously. I'm here."Seattle is 8-5 and can clinch a playoff spot with a win over San Francisco on Sunday at Levi's Stadium.Sherman and the 49ers, conversely, are putting the final touches on a disappointing 3-10 season.It's Sherman's first year playing on a team with a losing record since his rookie season in 2011, when the Seahawks finished 7-9.Unlike the first time he lined up across from the familiar faces in Seattle, Sherman isn't anticipating being very emotional when he sees the Seahawks on Sunday. He spent seven years in the Pacific Northwest before Seattle released him last March while Sherman was still recovering from an Achilles injury."The nostalgia of seeing your friends and seeing the personnel, all the guys that you played with (is over)," Sherman said. "In a couple weeks, I'll see them again. We'll be out of the season. We'll be doing vacations and stuff. It was cool being back in the stadium and everything. This time we'll be back home. We'll be grinding it out. We know how it went last time and got a sour taste in our mouth."__