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00:02 - San Francisco agreeing to a long-term contract extension
00:06 with Nick Bosa.
00:08 Five-year deal, $170 million,
00:11 34 on annual average salary cap,
00:13 makes him the highest paid defensive player
00:15 in the history of the NFL.
00:18 Kaplan, how did this get done?
00:19 How did the two sides come together,
00:21 the 49ers and Nick Bosa?
00:23 - Yeah, so in my reporting on this, I had it pegged.
00:26 I think we all got it wrong.
00:27 I had it at 31 million.
00:29 Brian Aroll, his agent, there's a ton of credit.
00:31 He got 34 million.
00:32 I haven't seen the structure yet,
00:33 but Aroll, the agent gets,
00:35 he did the Aaron Donald, couple of his extensions.
00:38 He did the Ryan Tannehill extension, which was massive.
00:41 So it's legit 34 million, that would be my sense.
00:45 Now, here's the key for him.
00:47 Number one, the best deal for a pass rusher
00:49 in NFL history previously,
00:51 we're talking about Edge Rusher,
00:53 was TJ Watt at 28.2 million.
00:54 So you know he was gonna beat that.
00:56 Because of the rises in the cap cost of living,
00:59 I really felt it would be over 30 million.
01:01 And I put it at 31 million,
01:03 because that would be nearly 3 million more a year.
01:06 But I was blown away by 34 million.
01:08 I give credit for both sides.
01:11 And the Niners do, by the way,
01:12 the Niners do a specific structure.
01:14 George Kittle, the tight end,
01:16 the star tight end for the Niners,
01:19 he was able to get an above market deal,
01:21 which is what we're calling the Bosa deal,
01:23 which is better than he probably would get
01:25 had he been on the street.
01:26 I give credit here for Bosa and the Niners,
01:30 Bosa's agent, and also the Niners
01:32 for getting this deal done.
01:34 They did an incredible deal.
01:36 It's not typically the way they do these deals,
01:37 but to get this deal done,
01:39 and it went, by the way,
01:40 it wound up being higher than expected,
01:42 as I understand it.
01:43 I give credit for both sides here.
01:45 This was not an easy process.
01:48 This is one that is going down to the wire here.
01:51 Because think about it, guys.
01:52 Had he gotten this deal done Friday night or Saturday,
01:55 he almost certainly wouldn't be able to play.
01:57 He's able to play this week.
01:58 He's in practice today,
02:00 he's in practice tomorrow,
02:01 and on Saturday he's walkthroughing for the game
02:03 before they fly to Pittsburgh.
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