{"id":289297,"date":"2023-08-31T01:04:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T01:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=289297"},"modified":"2023-08-31T01:04:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T01:04:03","slug":"niners-hc-kyle-shanahan-not-entertaining-trading-nick-bosa-but-can-imagine-him-missing-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/nfl\/niners-hc-kyle-shanahan-not-entertaining-trading-nick-bosa-but-can-imagine-him-missing-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Niners HC Kyle Shanahan not entertaining trading Nick Bosa but 'can imagine' him missing games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eleven days away from kicking off the 2023 season, the San Francisco 49ers remain without their — and the NFL’s — top defensive player.<\/p>\n

Reigning Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year Nick Bosa is still holding out as he awaits what’s sure to be a mammoth contract extension.<\/p>\n

Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan has been unsurprised for most of the standoff, but admitted Wednesday the situation has become a bit worrisome to the point he could see Bosa missing game time. However, he was adamant his star pass rusher would not be traded.<\/p>\n

“I thought it would come probably at this time just looking at the history of those things,” Shanahan said, via team transcript. “I’m really hoping it gets done. I know they’re working tirelessly at it. [General manager] John [Lynch], [VP of football administrations Brian] Hamp [Hampton], [president] Paraag [Marathe]. I know their team is. But hopefully we can get him in here sooner than later.”<\/p>\n

Time is not only of the essence, but time is a problem now with the season just around the bend.<\/p>\n

Thus, Shanahan’s tone has changed a bit from early August when he wasn’t stressed “at all.”<\/p>\n

Asked Wednesday if he could fathom not having Bosa on the squad to begin the season, he admitted it was a situation he could see happening but certainly was not a fan of.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, I can imagine anything. Doesn’t mean I like that picture,” Shanahan said. “Of course not. You guys know how we feel about Nick, and we all know how good of a player he is. So hopefully we can come to terms soon and get him here as fast as possible.”<\/p>\n

While Shanahan can imagine Bosa missing time at the top of the season, he couldn’t dream of trading away his star pass rusher. It was a notion he quickly dispelled with an emphatic retort.<\/p>\n

“No,” the head coach said when asked if the team would consider trading Bosa. I haven’t talked to many people about that. But I know how I feel pretty strongly and I think everyone would agree with that.”<\/p>\n

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