Nick Bosa was a popular name on the trade market before he inked his record-breaking extension with the 49ers. According to FOX Sports’ Jay Glazer, five teams reached out to the 49ers about Bosa’s availability.
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According to Glazer, these potential suitors were hoping the 49ers wouldn’t agree to a long-term deal with the impending free agent, who was holding out for a new contract. San Francisco naturally shut down all inquiries before signing Bosa to an extension.
Bosa held out throughout the summer as he pushed for a new contract, and the 49ers ultimately handed him a massive five-year, $170MM extension. The contract made Bosa the highest-paid defensive player in NFL history, and despite the inquires from other squads, the pass rusher should remain in San Francisco through at least the 2028 season.
It’s not a shock that rivals teams expressed interest in acquiring Bosa. The former second-overall pick has been a force when healthy, especially over the past two seasons. Between 2021 and 2022, Bosa collected 34 sacks, 40 tackles for loss, 80 QB hits, and six forced fumbles. This culminated in him winning Defensive Player of the Year last season.
The 49ers had reportedly been budgeting for a Bosa extension for some time, and the organization never seemed to consider a future without their star pass rusher. Both Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch publicly said that Bosa would not be traded despite the long-running negotiations, and the pass rusher didn’t add any fuel to the fire by keeping mostly quiet throughout the ordeal.
The team had to deal with a public trade request last offseason when Deebo Samuel reportedly asked out of San Francisco. However, the wideout didn’t engage in a hold out, and he ended up inking a three-year extensions with the 49ers.
Yeah. I’m sure it was more than 5. Anyone not named rams Seahawks Cardinals probably checked in.
At least 15 lol
Rip mike Williams
For those wondering he means Mike Williams of the Bucs
Not Mike Williams of the Lions
Rip indeed
That’s the Syracuse Orange Mike Williams, right?
Not the Clemson Orange Mike Williams of the Chargers
Correct
Just read about it. Very sad to see, and I feel so badly for his family. A lot of people, especially the Syracuse fans, are putting up a lot of tributes to Williams. Looks like he made a lot of good memories for a lot of people-much respect to Mike Williams for that.
I’d love to know what the highest trade off was for Bosa. One of the problems with trading Bosa away is that the team who acquired him would be drafting at the bottom of the draft. Happened with Khalil Mack as well who made everyone better in Chicago and led them to win the NFC North in 2018 and head to the playoffs.
Well, the 9ers in this scenario stood to gain a lot from a trade by not having to commit that salary and, you would figure, a few good picks. If they hadn’t, and got a deal done, they obviously stood to gain by getting Bosa on the field.
The real question I would have is what the offers were. That would tell me how much the 9ers valued Bosa. Did they think that Bosa was too valuable to trade, or that the offers simply weren’t high enough? They sound similar, but they’re not. How willing were the 9ers to deal Bosa? Would they have done for the right price, or would they not? Listening at all tells me that they may have. So, what would it have taken? Knowing how much was offered would help determine that, and give us a clue as to the perceived value of a top end pass rusher.
Near every player / coach is tradable. Just depends on what it’s expected to cost in $ and picks.
Reckon some of that has to be ‘what’ve you got with Bosa’ verses ‘what going to be available in the upcoming drafts’. Can he be replaced next draft or the one after?
Nothing but a toss of the dice actually – does he stay healthy and can he still put up big statistics for the duration of the contract?
Agreed. I am curious what the specific standard was for San Fran-was their price so high that it became impractical from an intrinsic perspective, or did teams just not offer very much? Did anyone actually make an offer? I think knowing what specifically would have moved the needle for San Fran would be a good way to get a feel for what a top end pass rusher would be worth in today’s NFL (even one awaiting a new contract-since realistically, that’s probably your only way to trade for one).
Comparison-wise, the closest example and most recent is probably the Khalil Mack trade. 2018-New contract needed, best pass rusher at the time. Chicago sent two firsts, a third, and a sixth. They got a second back. Then, they made Mack the highest paid defensive player in history with a six year, $141 million deal. After the Mack deal, you have DeForest Buckner in 2020, which was done for a first, and led to a $21 million a year deal with Indy. It’s safe to say that Bosa is closer to Mack than Buckner. Would a team have been as willing to trade its future AND ink a historical deal like Bosa got from San Francisco? Would the 9ers have taken that haul? That’s the question.
Bradley Chubbs trade is interesting too. A player with much less skill than Bosa went for a first and a player.
So you’d have to think the deal would have needed to be much more for Bosa.
I’m thinking Miami is going all out for the ‘tournament’ in hopes their weak spot, Tua’ stays standing.
Either the cap will need to increase substantially, and I wonder if ‘the league’ has already hinted at that percentage to owners, or some players aren’t going to get what they think is their value
Given that every interested team knew they’d be breaking the bank on a new Bosa contract I doubt anyone offered much in the way of picks. And since Bosa was a #1 pick to start with that would mean the 49ers would need to ask for at least a couple 1st rounders in return.
And at this time of year not many teams have enough cap room to even think about it. Toss in a few first picks and his injury history and you definitely think twice.