The Melvin Gordon Saga - Holdout Over

[JOJAX85]

Idk whats going on. 6 mintues ago he posted a pic on Instagram wifh him pushing his shades up. Wigh the caption"...welp" also to notehe had the comments on it turned off. Im assuming no deal. Ans is pushijg hard for a trade. Also took los angles chargers put his bio

I saw that, too. Feels like 1 of those things that if it walks like a duck & talks like a duck then its probably a duck. I hope whatever they are going to do that they go ahead & do it so it doesn't hang over the team during camp.

[richpjr]

Interesting that the Bosa situation has some similarities to Gordon. First off, I do think Bosa is worth a lot more to the Bolts than Gordon. However, Bosa's injury history, like Gordon's, are a concern which could diminish his value when the time comes to extend his deal, if it happens. Bosa's fifth option year is next year, when his base salary takes a big jump from $720k (this year) to $14 mil, if Bosa doesn't pull a Gordon and sit out. I sure hope we can extend him, but I'm not in favor of paying any player crazy money unless he is an elite player at his position, very important to the team, AND does not have a checkered injury history...

Bosa has had some injuries but is an elite player at a premium position. He will get paid and I believe the Chargers step up and keep him.

[Sgt. Pepper]

Bell passed up $14.5 million by not playing last year. The sheer stupidity of that boggles my mind. The Jets guaranteed money is $35 million and the Steelers guaranteed money was $33 million. He lost big time.

He gave up $14.5 million to gain $2 million. Don't you see the brilliance?

:waiting:

[blueman]

Bosa has had some injuries but is an elite player at a premium position. He will get paid and I believe the Chargers step up and keep him.

The Bosa thing is that interesting. He can be elite, but he's had some games where he looks pretty neutralized. Plus missing a third of the games he could've played in due to injury. IMHO he needs an injury-free, monster season to get elite money. I know he plays, after QB, the second most premium position, but is a 10 or 11 game elite player worth 16 game elite money? Bosa needs to make this question go away by having his best season ever. Otherwise I can see a repeat of the Gordon situation happening with him.

[Sgt. Pepper]

And then we got sidetracked onto Bosa. Bosa is a special talent when he's not dealing with foot issues or some other weird injury. I wasn't impressed how he disappeared in New England. He has a lot to show me before I give my blessing to Telesco to pay him. The Bosa Clan appears to be susceptible to injury. Daddy Bosa lost his career to repeated injury, and so far Joey has been somewhat fragile. Now you have Nick up the coast who is coming into the NFL after missing most of his final College season due to injury. I was a little surprised where he was drafted. At this point I'm not sure I would give a bunch of guaranteed money to any Bosa.

[Caslon]

If a deal doesn't get done before opening day, LT was held out similarly prior to gameday when he was cool with his contract, I expect he better be in tip top form.

[wu-dai clan]

Bosa has had some injuries but is an elite player at a premium position. He will get paid and I believe the Chargers step up and keep him.

There is some sanity amongst the borderline hot football takes...or are they shitposts ?

C'mon man. Bosa was playing with a club foot last year. There was no Tillery. And Brady got rid of the football reeeeal fast.

Agree w/richpjr.
Pay da man.
Joey & Co will destroy in '19.

[Topcat]

There is some sanity amongst the borderline hot football takes...or are they shitposts ?

C'mon man. Bosa was playing with a club foot last year. There was no Tillery. And Brady got rid of the football reeeeal fast.

Agree w/richpjr.
Pay da man.
Joey & Co will destroy in '19.

And Bosa also missed 4 games in 2016 with a hamstring injury. When, healthy, he's elite. However, with the hammy in 2016 and the foot in 2018, there IS an injury history. This year will be important for us to see if the injury bug was an anomaly, or if it's chronic...

[sonorajim]

If Bosa can put together some games where he is an elite edge rusher in 2019, I'd try to get a contract done. Currently we don't know what he has to offer, other than rep.
Gordon has never been an elite, not likely to become one. Prove me wrong MG.

[JOJAX85]

The Bosa thing is that interesting. He can be elite, but he's had some games where he looks pretty neutralized. Plus missing a third of the games he could've played in due to injury. IMHO he needs an injury-free, monster season to get elite money. I know he plays, after QB, the second most premium position, but is a 10 or 11 game elite player worth 16 game elite money? Bosa needs to make this question go away by having his best season ever. Otherwise I can see a repeat of the Gordon situation happening with him.

I can see this, too.

[wu-dai clan]

I can see this, too.

It is all a conundrum.
Good season = big bucks.
Maybe we can at least hang on to Derwin...

[JOJAX85]

It is all a conundrum.
Good season = big bucks.
Maybe we can at least hang on to Derwin...

This is what scares me. I'm afraid that even with a subpar season, Bosa is going to want Top 2 Pass Rushing bucks.