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McCoy on Bosa holdout: ‘He needs to be here’
- Updated: July 31, 2016
8:20 PM ET
SAN DIEGO — As Joey Bosa and the San Diego Chargers remain embroiled in a contract dispute that has led to the first-round pick not reporting to training camp, coach Mike McCoy indicated Saturday that the Ohio State product is missing valuable reps.
“He definitely needs to be out here as a rookie,” McCoy said as the Chargers opened camp. “There’s no update on his status. [General manager] Tom [Telesco] made his comments the other day, and it’s the same today. We will just keep working at that, and eventually it will get done.
“But he needs to be here. I think everybody needs to be here, especially as a younger player for the installations, playing with your teammates — things like that. We are going to coach the guys who are here, and the players who were here did a nice job today.”
Bosa is the only first-round selection from this year’s draft who did not report to camp, as he and the team remain locked in a dispute over offset language and the earlier payment of signing bonus money.
San Diego quarterback Philip Rivers said Bosa’s contract dispute represents the business side of football, and players understand that.
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