If it seemed like Nick Bosa didn’t come out of the game much during the 49ers’ rout of the Steelers in Pittsburgh on Sunday, your eyes weren’t deceiving you. And interestingly enough, it actually wasn’t because the San Francisco coaches decided to lay off the rip cord with their star pass rusher, even though he’d reported to the team just 72 hours (or so) before the opener.
As it turns out, the Niners’ defense was, well, too good for the plan to reveal itself.
“I was very confident talking to [the staff during the week],” Bosa told me postgame, from the visiting locker room at Acrisure Stadium. “And they were confident in my ability to go out there and play some plays. We wanted to keep it under 40 snaps. I think it was 35. The three-and-outs were perfect for getting me going, so I didn’t have to go too long on those drives.”
