NFL All Pro Team Snubs 49ers DE Nick Bosa
Two 49ers have made the NFL All Pro team this season, and neither is Nick Bosa.
Deebo Samuel and Trent Williams have both been named to the All Pro First Team, and both deserve the honor. Williams was the NFL’s top left tackle for a decade, while Samuel emerged this season as football’s premier offensive weapon at any position.
But shouldn’t Bosa also be an All Pro?
He recorded 15.5 sacks, fourth in the NFL. He had a monster season. You could say he’s one of the best defensive players in the NFL at any position, and the 49ers’ best player – even better than Samuel and Wiliams.
And while it’s understandable that Bosa didn’t make the first All Pro team (only two top runners did, and both had more sacks than Bosa), shouldn’t he have to be the second team All Pro instead of Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby, who had eight sacks? Bosa almost doubled his total.
“I really think Bosa should be there,” head coach Kyle Shanahan said Friday. “There’s no doubt about it, I don’t think people appreciate how well Bosa is playing and playing well. I’ve heard people talk about him for comeback player of the year and every time They say I can’t I believe he wasn’t mentioned in Defensive Player of the Year, so that was a surprise to me.
In addition to Bosa, other 49ers who did not make the All Pro team were George Kittle, Fred Warner, Arik Armstead and Jimmie Ward.