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Some key factors to keep in mind:
- The numbers shown are projections for the 2024 NFL regular season (Weeks 1-18).
- Most players max out at 15 projected games played due to injury rates, as most players won't play 17 games.
- Due to the nature of analytics modeling, some numbers that one might expect to be whole numbers are not.
Defensive end Nick Bosa finished his 2023 campaign with 10.5 sacks and is projected to hit the 10-sack mark again in 2024 while recording 56 tackles in 833 snaps. Newly acquired pass rusher Leonard Floyd is expected to rank second with 7.5 sacks, marking his lowest total since 2019. Defensive tackle Javon Hargrave is projected to come in third with six sacks.
Clay forecasts linebacker Fred Warner to achieve an impressive career-high and team-leading 144 tackles while registering 1.5 sacks. Regarding interceptions, cornerback Charvarius Ward is projected to lead the 49ers with 3.1 in this analytics model.
Below are Clay's full projections for the 49ers defense.
| Pos | Player | Snap | Tkl | Sack | INT |
| DI | Javon Hargrave | 683 | 53 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| DI | Maliek Collins | 641 | 39 | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| DI | Jordan Elliott | 427 | 24 | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| DI | Kevin Givens | 320 | 21 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
| DI | T.Y. McGill | 43 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| ED | Nick Bosa | 833 | 56 | 10.0 | 0.0 |
| ED | Leonard Floyd | 587 | 38 | 7.5 | 0.0 |
| ED | Drake Jackson | 320 | 19 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
| ED | Yetur Gross-Matos | 267 | 20 | 1.7 | 0.1 |
| ED | Robert Beal Jr. | 160 | 11 | 1.4 | 0.0 |
| LB | Fred Warner | 1015 | 144 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| LB | De'Vondre Campbell | 550 | 77 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| LB | Dre Greenlaw | 452 | 65 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| LB | Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles | 195 | 25 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| LB | Dee Winters | 85 | 11 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| CB | Charvarius Ward | 1004 | 76 | 0.2 | 3.1 |
| CB | Deommodore Lenoir | 961 | 83 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| CB | Ambry Thomas | 587 | 50 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| CB | Renardo Green | 288 | 22 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| CB | Rock Ya-Sin | 75 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| S | Talanoa Hufanga | 961 | 89 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| S | Ji'Ayir Brown | 961 | 94 | 0.4 | 2.6 |
| S | George Odum | 224 | 21 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| S | Tayler Hawkins | 75 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| S | Malik Mustapha | 32 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
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