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San Francisco 49ers: How much cash will they need to shell out to keep Nick Bosa?

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It may be too early for the San Francisco 49ers to think of how much money they would need to shell out for Nick Bosa as his contract will end in 2022 yet.

However, Bosa's performance in his first NFL season guaranteed that the Niners' should add it to their thoughts as early as now.

Bosa proved that he was worth being the 2019 second overall draft pick from the get-go and was very instrumental in making the pass rush of the Niners a dominant force in the NFL.

His numbers are no joke as he completed the 2019 season with nine (9) sacks and 47 tackles that effectively earned him NFL's Defensive Rookie of the Year award.

Other defensive end players who also won the distinction in the past are still among the league's bests at present, and one of them is Myles Garrett, who just signed a $125 million deal with the Cleveland Browns, making him the highest-paid defensive player in the NFL.

Bosa signed a four-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers for $33.55 million that featured a signing bonus of $22.5 million and an option for a fifth year.

Garrett was the overall no.1 pick in the 2017 NFL draft, and in his first three seasons, he had accumulated 30.5 sacks and 104 tackles.

However, with Bosa's rookie performance being graded by the PFF as 89.8, the third-highest since 2006, the 22-year-old will most likely tally better numbers than Garrett in his first three years.

This alone should weigh heavily on the thoughts of the Niners in terms of extending Bosa's stay with them.

Bosa had played for the Ohio State, where he decided to forego his senior year and instead entered the 2019 NFL Draft.

Before agreeing to a deal with the Niners, Bosa had an interview with seven other NFL teams, including Arizona Cardinals, New York Giants, New York Jets, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The San Francisco 49ers have a gem in Bosa, and they will surely not let him slip through their fingers when the time comes for them to negotiate with him for a longer stay.

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