At his current pace, Nick Bosa would finish with a record 25 1/2 sacks and then receive a contract extension that would make him the highest paid non-quarterback in the NFL.
The 49ers’ edge rusher is playing so well it seems almost limitless. With six sacks in four games, he’s on pace for 25 1/2, which with the help of a 17th game would obliterate the existing record of 22 1/2 by Pittsburgh’s T.J. Watt last season and Michael Strahan of the New York Giants in 2001.
Donald, the three-time NFL Defensive Player of the year for the Los Angeles Rams as a defensive tackle, has a $31.6 million average salary that is the highest in the NFL aside from a dozen quarterbacks. In July of 2020, that spot was temporarily held by Bosa’s brother, Joey, of the Los Angeles Chargers, whose agent Brian Ayrault negotiated a five-year, $135 million with a $27 million average. Ayrault also represents Nick Bosa.
It’s enough to make you wonder if the 49ers erred in not making a serious attempt to lock up Bosa over the summer, a year earlier than is their norm, rather than wait until one year was left on his original contract. As it is, Bosa is tied to the 49ers through a fifth-year option worth $17.859 million, though rest assured he won’t step on the field under those terms.
The 49ers have had impact rushers in the past such as Fred Dean and Charles Haley, with Dean acquired by trade and Haley developing as a fourth-round draft pick. Bosa arrived as the No. 2 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft out of Ohio State and looked like a finished product the first time he took the field.
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