COSTA MESA, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers exterior linebacker Joey Bosa, who took a pay lower to stay with the workforce this season and was the topic of offseason commerce rumors, stated he has had conversations about enjoying along with his brother, Nick, the San Francisco 49ers’ All-Professional OLB, although they’ve by no means been critical.
“It might be cool in some unspecified time in the future,” Joey Bosa stated Wednesday. “I at all times considered myself being someone that can play right here and retire right here, which I feel not many individuals do on one workforce and I feel could be a cool factor to perform, however you by no means know. I’ll fear about this 12 months first.”
Bosa had two years remaining on a five-year, $135 million contract extension he signed in 2020. He was considered as a possible lower or commerce candidate for the wage cap-strapped Chargers this offseason however restructured his deal in March to stick with them. He has an $8 million assured base wage this season and no assured cash in 2025, doubtlessly making this his remaining season in Los Angeles.
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“I need to win. I need to be on this workforce. I would like one other shot with the fellows on this room, particularly Khalil [Mack],” Bosa stated. “And profitable soccer video games is extra essential to me proper now than making some extra cash.
“So I feel we’ve an awesome alternative right here, and who is aware of, possibly I will have an awesome 12 months this 12 months after which issues can change down the street.”
Bosa has performed simply 14 video games over the previous two seasons, lacking time with hamstring, foot and toe accidents. The frustration of these accidents was evident when Bosa left the sector in tears after spraining his foot in a Week 11 loss to the Inexperienced Bay Packers final season that sidelined him for the rest of the 12 months. Bosa tried to return from that damage late within the season however sprained one other a part of his foot in apply, he stated.
He averted surgical procedure on his foot however stated he had offseason surgical procedure on his finger for a separate damage that he did not specify.
“My foot’s feeling nice. Toe’s good. The hamstring’s good. I imply, there was a listing of issues final 12 months, my hand, so all these issues are good,” Bosa stated. “It is good to be feeling higher going into 12 months 9 than you could have since possibly 5, six years in the past.
“I’ve stated I have been feeling nice the final couple years. It is the true deal this time, however clearly something can occur. However it’s enjoyable, feeling actually assured in your physique and with the ability to carry out.”
When wholesome, Bosa continues to be one of many league’s finest, as he confirmed within the Chargers’ win over the New York Jets in Week 9 final season, when he had 2.5 sacks and a pressured fumble. He’s trying ahead to exhibiting his abilities throughout coaching camp subsequent month when he matches up in opposition to Chargers first-round rookie Joe Alt.
“I’ll have to beat him up slightly bit in camp so he is prepared,” Bosa joked. “We’ll see in a couple of weeks, once I lay a helmet on his chin, how he holds up.”
