Neither Deebo Samuel nor Nick Bosa participated fully during the first day of 49ers minicamp. Samuel did not go through any on-field work with the team, while Bosa shut down his activity following individual drills. Neither had participated in the team’s OTA sessions.
Samuel showing up represented a good sign for the 49ers, however, and Kyle Shanahan confirmed the team continues to discuss an extension with its All-Pro wide receiver, via Cam Inman of the San Jose Mercury News. The sixth-year San Francisco HC is confident the parties will hammer out a deal before the season, per The Athletic’s David Lombardi (on Twitter).
Shanahan passed on addressing whether Samuel’s trade request is still on. That request surfaced before A.J. Brown‘s $25MM-per-year Eagles deal came to pass. With Samuel connected to $25MM ahead of that contract, for a player who has yet to put together an All-Pro season, it will be interesting to see if the 49ers are willing to pay him $10MM north of George Kittle‘s tight end-leading AAV. Other than Pierre Garcon‘s five-year, $47.5MM contract, the 49ers have not paid much at the receiver position under Shanahan. The 49ers’ initial offer was believed to come in south of $19MM per year.
Although the 49ers’ murky negotiations with Samuel are underway, Shanahan said the team has not begun any talks with Bosa. Samuel is going into a contract year, while Bosa’s rookie deal includes a fifth-year option — one the 49ers made the simple decision to exercise last month. The former No. 2 overall pick is tied to an $895K 2022 salary and $17.9MM fifth-year option price.
While Shanahan expects Bosa to be a 49er “for a very long time,” the team may not end up completing a deal with the two-time Pro Bowler this offseason. John Lynch said a Bosa deal has been budgeted, but a few other key pass rushers’ timelines — from Aaron Donald to T.J. Watt to Joey Bosa — included extensions ahead of their fifth seasons. Myles Garrett signed his Browns re-up after his third season, but that serves as an outlier among top-tier edge rushers. Von Miller‘s Broncos extension did not come to pass until after his fifth season. None of those teams had a Samuel-type situation to address, either. That and Jimmy Garoppolo‘s $26.9MM cap number will continue to cloud matters with the younger Bosa.
Deebo is the priority. No rush at all on Bosa and I think we all know we won’t hear a peep from him. Its not like Bosa is hurting for money. He has already made 33.7 million. It’ll be over 51 million after next season.
Not worth 25MM per season YET. Let’s see him repeat the season he just had
Is there an actual source for the $25 million number? Amari Cooper, Mike Williams, DJ Moore, and AJ Brown are all making $20 million or more per season now, and it’s pretty hard to argue Samuel isn’t in that echelon.
PLEASE, stop saying Garappollo is affecting Samuel/Bosa negotiations. He’s affecting potential free agent signings and that’s it. Bosa and Samuel issues are extension issues. Nothing to do with 2022. See AJ Brown.
You can add money to this season to help ease some of the cap hit later on. Its an option the Niners might be waiting on with Jimmy G getting moved. Not saying that’s what is happening but its an option.
yes but it’s not holding back post2022. again, Aj brown
If it was AJ Brown simple, then the deal would be done.
You’re correct Paulk. Garappollo is holding back EXTENSION agreements. I give up. Btw, it is that simple.