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Eye-popping records among five bold 49ers predictions for 2024 season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The 2024 NFL season is here, and the 49ers Faithful is fired up for another huge season that ultimately will end up in the same heartbreak right around the Valentine’s Day holiday.
I’m sorry, that’s mean.
I’m not predicting that. Please forgive me. But it’s on your mind, don’t lie.
Here are five bold-ish predictions for the 49ers’ 2024 season:
Three D-linemen combine for 40 sacks
The 49ers, probably for the first time since 2019, will have a lethal, consistent pass rush outside of just defensive end Nick Bosa.
Sure, San Francisco has had other strong pass-rush options like Arik Armstead, Javon Hargrave, Chase Young and other rotational rushers in recent years, but the defensive line just hasn’t lived up to expectations since 2019.
That will change in 2024.
Free-agent addition Leonard Floyd will provide the 49ers with their best complement to Bosa since Dee Ford in 2019, which will open up opportunities not only for Bosa, but other rushers like Hargrave, Maliek Collins and Yetur Gross-Matos.
Now one year removed from his contract holdout, which Bosa admits impacted his underwhelming 2023 season, the 2022 Defensive Player of the Year once again will flirt with the 20-sack milestone while Hargrave and Floyd rack up double-digit takedowns.
Defense collects 40 takeaways
The 49ers snagged 22 picks in 2023, tied with the Chicago Bears for the second-best total behind the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (25).
San Francisco’s six fumble recoveries gave its defense 28 total takeaways last season, tied for fourth-most in the league with the Bears and Cleveland Browns and behind the New York Giants (31), Baltimore Ravens (31), Buffalo Bills (30), and New Orleans Saints (29).
With a revamped pass rush and perhaps the best secondary of the Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch era, the 49ers’ defense will come away with 30 interceptions and 10 fumble recoveries in 2024.
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Author : NBC Sports BayArea
Publish date : 2024-09-05 14:00:53
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