The 49ers wrap up their preseason Friday when they host the Chargers at home, but their biggest offseason issue remains unresolved. Star defensive end Nick Bosa still hasn’t reported to the team while he works out a long-term contract extension. Initially it appeared he may miss the first few days of camp, but now with the regular season less than three weeks away it’s worth wondering exactly how long the holdout could go.
Bosa is entering the fifth and final year of his rookie contract. San Francisco would owe him a fully-guaranteed $17,859,000. He could conceivably decide to skip the entire year, but given how the CBA is structured this isn’t typically a sound move for a player since he wouldn’t accrue a full season and would enter next year in essentially the same spot he’s in this year with $0 to show for it.
