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Joey Bosa, Chargers Agree to Contract: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction
- Updated: August 29, 2016
The San Diego Chargers added one of the most dominant defensive playmakers in the entire 2016 NFL draft when they selected Ohio State’s Joey Bosa with the third overall pick. They officially agreed on his first contract Monday.
Bosa and the Chargers agreed to a four-year contract, with Chargers general manager Tom Telesco speaking on the agreement in the team release:
“We look forward to having Joey join us and getting him prepared as quickly as possible for the 2016 season,” Telesco said.
The agreement comes after a long holdout in which the two sides squabbled over the details of Bosa’s rookie deal.
Michael Gehlken of the San Diego Union-Tribune noted the holdout revolved around offset language, which Bosa’s group did not want in the contract. If there wasn’t offset language, the Chargers would have to pay Bosa the entirety of his guaranteed deal if they released him during the time frame of the contract.
Gehlken explained if there was offset language in the deal, “the Chargers are off the hook for Bosa’s salary with his new team, only owing him the difference between the two.”
The Chargers are heavily invested in Bosa, but this will be a worthwhile play if his on-field results from college are any indication. He was a consensus All-American at Ohio State in both 2014 and 2015 and was named the 2014 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year. He racked up 26 sacks in his three collegiate seasons, 13.5 of which came in the 2014 campaign, when the Buckeyes won the national championship.
Bosa isn’t the fastest prospect in the 2016 draft class and ran a 4.86-second …
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