Elliott started the majority of the season for the 49ers but posted zero sacks. He has just five sacks in five seasons, and ...

The 49ers ranked 12th in defensive EPA per play and eighth in points per drive (1.67) in 2023. They were still a very good defense by most metrics, but they had lapses at inopportune times and ...

The 49ers were also busy last offseason, when defensive ends Charles Omenihu, Samson Ebukam and Jordan Willis left in free agency. But the team saw relatively little turnover at tackle, so the ...

Defensive line play has long been a staple of the 49ers’ defenses, as they’ve made significant investments at the position in the past. But, over the past two offseasons, the 49ers have lost ...

Meanwhile, the 49ers lost seven key contributors on defense and gave out zero multi-year deals to that phase of the team. Which means the 49ers' upcoming draft will be heavily defense-oriented.

Now Saleh is back, and so is the 49ers' defensive identity according to CBS Sports. "The defense has an identity again," writes CBS Sports' Cody Benjamin.

— C.J. West, a 6-1, 318 pound defensive tackle. The 49ers’ drafted them in the first, second and fourth rounds, respectively, to not only fill voids on the defensive line but to form a ...

SANTA CLARA — The 49ers entered the 2023 season with arguably the league’s best defense — again. Two games into the campaign, they’ve played well but hardly elite. But I have some good ...

It's almost hard to fathom how the 49ers are on their fourth defensive coordinator of the past four years. For the first six years of Kyle Shanahan's tenure as the 49ers head coach, his teams were ...