It’s wanting increasingly more just like the San Francisco 49ers will probably be with out All-Pro pass-rusher Nick Bosa for this coming Sunday’s regular-season opener on the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“…Until there is a significant breakthrough, I do not expect Nick Bosa on the field for the San Francisco 49ers,” NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport defined throughout a section that aired Monday night, per David Bonilla of 49ers WebZone. “And this really isn’t a question of, is he going to be the NFL’s highest-paid pass rusher? It sounds to me like they’re already there, already past [Steelers edge] T.J. Watt. That’s not really what this is about. T.J. Watt, of course, at $28M on an average per year basis. This is about how close to [Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle] Aaron Donald’s $31M and change does he get, or does he get over that?”
Bosa is within the ultimate 12 months of his rookie contract, remained away from the membership all through the preseason and will need to change into the highest-paid defensive participant in NFL historical past. Some have blasted the 49ers for not paying the reigning Defensive Player of the Year with the Week 1 sport in Pittsburgh now days away, and San Francisco security Talanoa Hufanga raised eyebrows when he mentioned Monday that “we’ve just got to prepare as if (Bosa is) not going to be here.”
Rapoport steered it is unlikely the Niners may have Bosa within the lineup at Acrisure Stadium on the second Sunday of the month.
“…Wednesday starts the game week,” Rapoport continued. “And if he is not there Wednesday, obviously, it would not bode well for him being able to participate in this week’s game. If there is anyone whose resolve you should never doubt, it is someone with the last name of Bosa.”
As of Tuesday afternoon, OddsChecker listed the 49ers because the favorites (-130, -2.5) to beat the Steelers. San Francisco performs on the Los Angeles Rams in Week 2 on Sept. 17.
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