49ers snap count: Buckner excels with large workload

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Rookie defensive lineman DeForest Buckner was on the field for 97 percent of the 49ers’ snaps on Sunday and came through with his best performance of the season.

Buckner played 77 of the 49ers’ 79 defensive plays – an unusually high percentage of the action for a defensive lineman – in the 49ers’ 23-20 loss to the Arizona Cardinals.

According to Pro Football Focus’ grading system, Buckner was the 49ers’ top defensive player with equal success in the run game and as a pass-rusher. Buckner recorded one sack and six quarterback hurries. He leads the 49ers with three sacks on the season.

The 49ers’ run defense did not allow a 100-yard rusher for the first time since Week 1. The 49ers held Cardinals running back David Johnson to just 55 yards on 19 rushing attempts.

One key to the 49ers’ improved run defense was the play of veteran nose tackle Glenn Dorsey, who has been in and out of the lineup as he continues to feel the effects of a torn ACL he sustained last November.

The 49ers also cut down on their number of missed tackles. No player on the 49ers had more than one missed tackle, and the defense had just four such errors as a team, according to PFT.

Here’s a look at the complete playing time of every 49ers player on offensive, defensive and special teams:

Offense
63 snaps
63 -- QB Colin Kaepernick, LT Joe Staley, LG Zane Beadles, C Daniel Kilgore, RG Joshua Garnett, RT Trent Brown
57 -- WR Torrey Smith
53 -- WR Quinton Patton
51 -- WR Jeremy Kerley
44 -- TE Vance McDonald
42 -- RB Carlos Hyde
21 -- RB DuJuan Harris
20 -- TE Garrett Celek
17 -- WR Chris Harper
9 -- WR Rod Streater
1 -- WR Aaron Burbridge

Defense
79 snaps
79 -- CB Jimmie Ward, FS Eric Reid, SS Antoine Bethea, CB Tramaine Brock
77 -- DL DeForest Buckner
75 -- LB Nick Bellore
69 -- LB Ahmad Brooks
61 -- LB Eli Harold
46 -- DL Quinton Dial
45 -- LB Gerald Hodges
43 -- DL Glenn Dorsey
36 -- CB Keith Reaser
30 -- DL Ronald Blair
28 -- DB Jaquiski Tartt
20 -- LB Tank Carradine
8 -- DL Tony Jerod-Eddie
6 -- LB Michael Wilhoite
5 -- CB Dontae Johnson
4 -- LB Shayne Skov

Special teams
25 -- Johnson, Skov
20 -- Burbridge, Wilhoite
17 -- Blake Bell
16 -- Shaun Draughn, Bellore
14 -- Reaser
13 -- Bradley Pinion
12 -- Marcus Cromartie
11 -- Kyle Nelson, Celek
9 -- Streater, Dial
8 -- JaCorey Shepherd
7 -- Phil Dawson, Mike Purcell, Tartt
6 -- Harold, Jerod-Eddie
5 -- Ward, Reid, Buckner, Brooks, Blair
4 -- Andrew Tiller, Staley, Beadles, Brown, Garnett, Kerley, McDonald, Harris
3 -- Hodges

Did not play
QB Blaine Gabbert
C Marcus Martin

Not active
QB Christian Ponder
RB Mike Davis
CB Rashard Robinson (knee)
OLB Aaron Lynch (ankle)
T John Theus
TE Je’Ron Hamm
DT Chris Jones

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