The $27 million new-money typical leapfrogs Browns protective end Myles Garrett by $2 million annually and leaves Bears linebacker Khalil Mack, at $23 million annually, and Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald, at $22.5 million each year, in the dust.
In spite of the Chargers being on the brink of a season without any fans in the stands (some would say thats no various than any other season), they broke the bank for Bosa, who held out deep into his rookie preseason over a handful of fairly small problems in his largely boilerplate contract as the third overall pick in the draft. This time around, the Chargers would not have actually surrendered $78 million completely ensured and $102 million in overall guarantees if they didnt fear a holdout from Bosa, or possibly even a pull out.
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Bosa has remarkable potential and at times he has actually had substantial production, however his high-water mark for single-season sacks is just 12.5– with Melvin Ingram on the other side of the line to water down the attention that can be dedicated to Bosa.
And so the offer can be identified as nothing besides a grand slam for Bosa, specifically because of the current issues swallowing up the Chargers and the rest of the NFL. Although the last numbers will tell the entire story, in this circumstance the early indications are that Bosa got every penny, and perhaps then some, from the Chargers.
Joey Bosas holdout from 2016 apparently resonated into 2020.
Bosa has 40 profession sacks in 51 career video games, an average of 0.78 per video game. He has one Pro Bowl look in 4 years, and he has missed 13 video games in four seasons due to injury.
At a time when the NFL is bracing for a season of unprecedented chaos, unexpected losses and a possibly sharp drop in the wage cap for 2021, the Chargers made and bit the bullet Joey Bosa the greatest paid defensive player in NFL history with an enormous five-year, $135 million extension. Paired with the $14.36 million Bosa was due to make in 2020, its a six-year offer with a value at finalizing of $24.89 million each year.
