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Nick Bosa still hasn’t reported to the San Francisco 49ers as his contract holdout moves closer to the start of the season but the Niners have no plans to trade their star defensive player away.
With Bosa’s holdout in its sixth week, there has been some talk that San Francisco could look for a trade if the two sides can’t come to an agreement. That was a notion both coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch shot down immediately.
“I haven’t talked to many people about that but I know I feel pretty strongly,” Shanahan said Wednesday. “I think everyone would agree to that.”
The 49ers have had a strong history of rewarding their own stars, giving big extensions the past three summers to tight end George Kittle, linebacker Fred Warner and receiver Deebo Samuel.
But getting a deal done with Bosa has proved more complicated as he is expected to get more money than those three players after proving he can consistently be one of the top defensive ends in the league when healthy since being drafted second overall in 2019.
Shanahan had said earlier this summer that he expected it to take time for a deal to get finalized but time is running short with less than two weeks before the opener at Pittsburgh on Sept. 10.
“I thought it would come probably at this time, just in the history of those things.” he said. “I’m really hoping it gets done. I know they’re working tirelessly at it. … Hopefully we can get him in here sooner than later.”
Bosa led the NFL with 18 1/2 sacks last season, when he was selected as the league’s top defensive player, and he has 43 sacks in 51 games. He is currently under contract on the fifth-year option for $17.9 million this season
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