Jerry McDonald has been with the Bay Area News Group for more than 30 years, with a heavy concentration of NFL football since the Raiders returned to Oakland in 1995. His all-time favorite athlete is a right-handed pitcher at Division III Linfield College in Oregon.
49ers’ edge rusher Nick Bosa celebrates a rare sack in the 49ers’ 40-12 win over the Dallas Cowboys in Week 5.With 2 1/2 sacks in seven games, Bosa is on pace for roughly six sacks over a 17-game season, nowhere near what the 49ers or anyone else expected. Not after cashing in on an 18 1/2-sack season and NFL Defensive Player of the Year award for a five-year contract extension worth as much as $170 million.
“Maybe he didn’t have an extra-high number of sacks, but he impacted a lot of games,” Taylor said. “Some years you’re going to have sack production and some years you won’t. Sometimes it’s just a millisecond with the quarterback getting the ball out of his hands or some other factor.” “Everybody does it,” Shanahan said as the 49ers began preparations in earnest to host the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday at Levi’s Stadium.
“I’ve had two games that are below my standard and I’ve been happy with a lot of the things I’ve done in other games, but I don’t think I’ve played a great game yet,” Bosa said. As much as Bosa covets sacks, he buys into Taylor’s theory that they don’t tell the whole story in terms of performance.
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