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Nick Bosa Exacts Revenge on Baker Mayfield on MNF

49ers No. 2 overall pick does it all, even 'plants flag' in win over Browns
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Nick Bosa Exacts Revenge on Baker Mayfield on MNF
Nick Bosa Exacts Revenge on Baker Mayfield on MNF

Maybe you had forgotten Baker Mayfield's flag-planting celebration in Ohio Stadium in 2017.

Rest assured, Nick Bosa remembered.

Although it took a bit more than two years for the payback, Bosa got his revenge on Mayfield and a little bit more Monday night in the San Francisco 49ers 31-3 victory over the Cleveland Browns.

"A couple of years back, Baker planted the flag in the Horseshoe, so I had to get him back for it," Bosa told ESPN in an on-field interview afterward.

Bosa registered two sacks, recovered a fumble and forced a fumble, but his most memorable moment didn't show up on the stat sheet.

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Bosa started wreaking havoc with a fumble recovery and a sack in the first half. He also hurried Mayfield into an early interception that set up the second San Francisco touchdown.

In the second half, Bosa bear-hugged Mayfield to the ground and knocked the ball free for a sack-fumble.

Bosa had two other tackles in the game and five total hits on the quarterback, delivering the kind of performance San Francisco no doubt hoped for when they drafted him behind Kyler Murray.

"It's amazing," Bosa said. "You know you're working hard and you know you're getting there, but you're not finishing. The fact that I could get one tonight was huge."

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