Paying Nick Bosa is purely an issue of desire for the 49ers.
Not owner-friendly, sure. Cut that check, Jed.The 49ers are — and will continue to be — in a tight salary cap situation for the next two seasons, no matter what happens with Bosa.
Counterintuitive? Sure. But that’s the NFL salary cap for you. If the Niners sign Bosa to a new deal, San Francisco will likely need to restructure and extend existing contracts to create some salary cap space for the next few seasons. That means more money for players like Christian McCaffrey, Deebo Samuel, Trent Williams, Fred Warner, Javon Hargrave, and Charvarius Ward.
And in 2025, Nick Bosa will be playing his age-28 season. That should be Prime Bosa, as top pass rushers don’t typically fade until 32 or 33 years old. If the Niners decide to buy out all of Bosa’s top years , they can ignore back-loading the contract — they can middle-load it. Add in an NFL salary cap with more holes than an Oakland road, and all the hand-wringing and excuses about paying Bosa come across as vacuous or downright biased.And if the 49ers can’t afford to sign Bosa, why did they sign Hargrave to a four-year, $81 million deal this past offseason? Why did they buy a second-division English soccer team this summer?
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