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Will the 49ers Sign Joey Bosa if the Chargers Release him?

We know that Joey and Nick want to play together at some point in their careers -- they've said as much. And we know their mother wants them to play together on the 49ers. Does that mean the 49ers want Joey?
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Jan 30, 2025; Orlando, FL, USA; NFC defensive end Nick Bosa of the San Francisco 49ers (left) with brother and AFC linebacker Joey Bosa during the Pro Bowl Skills Challenge at Nicholson Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Jan 30, 2025; Orlando, FL, USA; NFC defensive end Nick Bosa of the San Francisco 49ers (left) with brother and AFC linebacker Joey Bosa during the Pro Bowl Skills Challenge at Nicholson Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

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It seems like Joey Bosa will be available this offseason.

The Washington Post's Jason La Canfora recently predicted that the Chargers will "move on" from Bosa this offseason, and his mother recently posted a picture on Instagram of Joey Bosa and Nick Bosa both wearing 49ers jerseys.

We know that Joey and Nick want to play together at some point in their careers -- they've said as much. And we know their mother wants them to play together on the 49ers. Does that mean the 49ers want Joey?

Hopefully not.

Joey Bosa has gotten worse every season since 2021, he'll turn 30 in July and he hasn't recorded more than 6.5 sacks in a season in three years. He's an older, slower, worse version of Nick, which is not what the 49ers need.

The 49ers need a defensive end who's younger, faster and cheaper than the Bosas, which means they need to draft one, preferably this year at some point in the first few rounds. They could take George edge rusher Mykel Williams in Round 1 or Boston College edge rusher Donovan Ezeiruau in Round 2. Both of them are more explosive than Joey Bosa at this stage of his career.

Meanwhile, Nick Bosa has declined each of the past two seasons and will turn 28 in October. And he's one of the highest-paid players in the NFL. So the 49ers probably should consider trading him next year.

Time to get out of the Bosa business.

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Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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