JULY 26: Bosa is indeed holding out, and on Wednesday the 49ers placed him on the reserve/did not report list, per the transactions wire. As fines begin to accumulate, it will be interesting to monitor how willing each side is to accelerate talks on what will be an enormous extension.
JULY 25: When training camp opens tomorrow for the 49ers, Nick Bosa is not expected to be a participant in team drills. Many expected that to come about as a result of a hold-in, but a full absence appears to be the likelier scenario. 
When speaking to the media on Tuesday, GM John Lynch acknowledged that he does not expect Bosa to be in attendance (Twitter link via David Lombardi of The Athletic). That would represent an even bolder negotiating step than the hold-in (during which players arrive at camp but decline to take part in practices) the reigning Defensive Player of the Year was thought to be contemplating.
Bosa is under contract this season on the fifth-year option. That will see him earn $17.9MM, but an extension would be worth considerably more given his track record. The former No. 2 pick led the league with 18.5 sacks last season, earning him a third Pro Bowl invitation and an All-Pro nod. That performance brought his career sack total to 43 in 51 games.
“I have not seen Nick,” Lynch said, adding that Bosa extension talks could be “a little more complex” than with other star players. “I would expect he’s not here to start off. We’re working. We’re having really good communication… We’re working diligently to try to come to an agreement. I think the challenge is you’re talking about a real special player. You’re talking about one of the better players in the league. You could argue that could simplify things, but I think at times it’s just finding that sweet spot.”
Lynch has previously stated his confidence in a deal getting worked out with Bosa, 25. A mega-contract has long been on the team’s radar, and for much of the offseason the top question has seemed simply to whether or not Bosa will eclipse T.J. Watt ($28MM per season) as the league’s highest-paid edge rusher and, perhaps, Aaron Donald ($31.67MM) as the league’s top-earning defender.
Head coach Kyle Shanahan added that, regardless of whether Bosa attends camp or not, he is unlikely to take the field before his contract is worked out. Bosa would be subject to $40K in daily fines if he remains absent, so movement in this situation could be coming soon.
Pay the man already.
if you dont pay nick bosa who the hell do you pay please just get ‘er done we don’t need another deebo scenario
Deebo and his agent created the mess that happened last year. He was always going to get signed.
Why would a guy play a kids game for 17.9 million when he can take his college degree and get a job where he makes 100,000 dollars and has to get up EVERY morning and go to work? It’s about time that the owners stop paying these idiots so much money. So they’re good at playing football, what does that get you in the real world? What contribution to society are they making? If football disappeared tomorrow would it really affect our lives?
The owners sit on their fat butts and do nothing but write checks and make hundreds of millions of dollars for it. All for owning a team that plays “a kids game”. Where is your outrage there?
Bosa puts in the work, puts his body on the line, shortens his lifespan (statistically speaking, NFL players live a lot shorter lives than everyone else), and just wants a bigger piece of the enormous pie that the owners have.
There’s reasons beyond their service to the nfl that account for the longevity
Boo-Hoo for the players. If there weren’t any players what would they own? LOL Get it, no players and no NFL there would be no need for owners. But since you brought it up. The owners put up their money to buy the team, rent the stadium, do maintenance on said stadium and field, pay all the personnel that run the team, etc etc. That’s what the owners do. If they didn’t do that Bosa would be some meathead at a gym near you and not some overpriced, overpaid football player.
“…what does that get you in the real world?”
If you’re the owner of an NFL team, it gets you boatloads of money based off of somebody else’s abilities… So you pay the guys who make that cash for you…
Read above comments.
Because his market value is $25M. And you would do the exact same if you were him. This IS a football site ya know. Let the grown ups handle it.
Being a snide little punk doesn’t look good on you sonny, especially since I’m twice your age in all probability. Do you remember when the AFL was formed? I do. Grow up and understand there are differing opinions and name calling is the most obvious way to show you have no clue about that which you speak of
Great player, but I’m not sure I’d want to tie up Aaron Donald kind of money on a defensive player, as it is a team game and you need money for obtaining/retaining other people. The 49ers aren’t paying the QB position, but that may need to change in 2024 if Purdy turns back into Mr. Irrelevant.
Why do people think they aren’t going to pay him?
Honestly, whats the rush to get him on the field? We know he will be in shape. Why rush him back to get possibly hurt???
Do you all think there is zero chance this could all be mutually agreed upon to not only ease him into it but to also get other players more reps in camp?