Deforest Buckner’s DPOY campaign begins with 2.5 sacks

There were a lot of missed opportunities for the San Francisco 49ers in Sunday’s loss against the Minnesota Vikings, but there was one nice thing that happened: The DeForest Buckner Defensive Player of the Year campaign kicked off with a couple sacks. Well, 2.5. Buckner got the game’s first sack Sunday and then followed things up with another and a shared sack with Ronald Blair. At first glance it looked more like Buckner did the honors on that partial sack, but Blair had a hand in things.

So the rest of that pass rush? Well, those 2.5 sacks were pretty much it. Arik Armstead got some pressure early, and Ronald Blair split the half sack when he forced Kirk Cousins out of the pocket. Fred…