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Transformative. How many players can completely change a team just by stepping on the field? Defensive end Nick Bosa did just that for the 49ers in 2019. For years 49ers fans would watch opposing quarterbacks enjoy a comfortable pocket to pass from as they carved up the 49ers secondary. Thanks to the #2 overall pick in the 2019 draft, the opposing quarterbacks weren't afforded that luxury.
Bosa won the 2019 Associated Press Rookie of the year award and there was a point in the season when he was contending for Defensive Player of the Year as well. Offenses struggled to stop Bosa as his supreme technique, indefatigable effort and superb athleticism dominated the field on Sundays. Pro Football Focus actually noted Nick Bosa broke a rookie record with 80 total pressures during the regular season. When Bosa wasn't sacking QBs he was terrorizing them into hurried throws and bad decisions. No one player meant more to the 49ers defense than Nick Bosa did in 2019, and he's just getting started.
Without Nick Bosa the 49ers would not have been a Super Bowl team. His arrival changed this team fundamentally. Going into the future with Nick Bosa coming off the edge will be a beautiful sight for 49ers fans. Nick Bosa is the franchise player, the man who cannot be replaced.
2019 Performance
During his rookie season Nick Bosa recorded 47 tackles, 9 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 1 forced fumble, 2 fumbles recovered and 1 interception. As eye popping as those statistics are, they do not come close to telling the story of how impactful Bosa was on the field. Add his post season numbers of 19 tackles and 4 sacks to his regular season numbers and it is only more impressive. Pro Football Focus graded Bosa out at an 86.7. Players who received a similar grade were New Orleans ED Cameron Jordan (87.6) and Cleveland ED Myles Garrett (86.5),
2020 Cost
Bosa comes with a $7.6 million cap hit in 2020. Money is no issue with Bosa, as he is on a rookie contract and provides an invaluable service to the San Francisco 49ers.
Future Outlook
Bosa may be the very best young pass rusher in the game and he is here to stay. He appears to be a generational talent that the 49ers lucked into when QB Jimmy Garoppolo went down to a torn ACL in 2018, giving them the #2 overall draft pick. As the clock wound down on the 49ers in Super Bowl 54, the image of Nick Bosa crying on the sideline while being consoled by his teammates will forever live vividly in the minds of 49ers fans. While Bosa should be entrenched in red & gold for the majority of his career, it is important that the 49ers surround him with talent in the coming years. If they do so, this 49ers defense will be one of the best in the league for the foreseeable future. Thank you, Nick Bosa.
Tough assignment: How Nick Bosa and the 49ers defense limited Jalen Hurts
By David Bonilla
Dec 5
On Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers defense adopted a different approach against the Philadelphia Eagles. It involved a typically aggressive-minded defensive line being ... well ... less aggressive.
The unit has had its problems when facing mobile quarterbacks, often struggling to bring down elusive signal-callers, resulting in surrendering some embarrassing numbers.
They wanted to avoid that while facing Jalen Hurts, an MVP candidate who has amassed an impressive 2,328 rushing yards and 38 rushing touchdowns in his four NFL seasons. This time, the strategy was containment. The primary objective was to prevent Hurts from exploiting the 49ers with his legs, even if it meant sacrificing potential sacks.
Passing up aggressively pursuing a quarterback can
49ers Notebook: Why Deebo Samuel has gone to another level; Getting a kick out of Mitch Wishnowsky's non-punt; Aiyuk hits 1,000; Nick Bosa's funny reaction to Metcalf-Warner fight
By Kirk Larrabee
3 mins
The San Francisco 49ers made it five in a row over the Seattle Seahawks with a 28-16 win over their NFC West rivals at Levi's Stadium on Sunday, and after the game there was plenty to talk about.
We've already discussed the skirmish between 49ers linebacker Fred Warner and Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf, as well as Brock Purdy's big day numbers-wise and the team's newfound frontrunner position for home field advantage in the NFC playoffs. But there's a lot more where that came from, which we'll get
Nick Sirianni's message to Eagles: Take 49ers' trash-talking personally
By David Bonilla
Dec 3
San Francisco 49ers players had plenty to say after last season's NFC Championship Game loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Despite the Eagles securing a 31-7 win, the 49ers believed the outcome would have been different had quarterback Brock Purdy not suffered a torn ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in his right elbow early in the game.
"I ain't going to keep going on about what could've happened and what would've happened, but yeah, it would've definitely been a different outcome," wide receiver Deebo Samuel said in May. "... We lost because we played with 10 people."
After the game, teammate Brandon Aiyuk declared, "We have, hands down, the
Brock Purdy favored for MVP, 49ers top Super Bowl favorites
By David Bonilla
Dec 4
The San Francisco 49ers have captured the attention of oddsmakers following their dominant performance against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday. The Bay Area team is now favored to win Super Bowl 58 in February. Additionally, quarterback Brock Purdy has emerged as the leading contender for the league MVP honors.
Below are the current Super Bowl odds from DraftKings.
San Francisco 49ers +310
Philadelphia Eagles +550
Miami Dolphins +700
Kansas City Chiefs +700
Dallas Cowboys +850
Baltimore Ravens +850
Below are the current MVP odds.
Brock Purdy, 49ers +300
Jalen Hurts, Eagles
