Bosa wants offset language removed from his contract and his full signing bonus:

The ball, as previously explained, remains in the team’s court. The latest offer from the Chargers came on the morning of July 28, Bosa’s camp responded within 90 minutes, and the team has still not countered.

The team presumably hasn’t countered because there’s nothing to say. The Chargers want offset language to be attached to the guaranteed contract, preventing double-dipping from Bosa if he’s cut during the next four years and signs elsewhere. The Chargers also want to defer a significant chunk of the signing bonus to March of 2017, while Bosa wants the full signing bonus to be paid out this year.

Bosa is willing to concede either point. The Chargers want both offset and deferral language.

-ProFootballTalk

San Diego better put some respek on Joey’s name. He’s not gonna wait forever.

That’s if you consider beat writer’s educated guesses as leaks, but that’s a different topic for a different day.

As far as the Dallas crowd goes they seem to agree on one thing. The Cowboys probably aren’t getting Laremy Tunsil, Jalen Ramsey, or whoever is the top quarterback between Paxton Lynch and Jared Goff. But they can have their pick of any other player in the draft.

And shockingly one of the top prospects seems to not interest Jerry Jones:

“I don’t believe the Dallas Cowboys will draft Joey Bosa,” Zierlein said on The Pick Is In podcast. “I’ve heard that they’re not in love with Joey Bosa. I don’t think Joey Bosa is going to be a Cowboy.”

Zierlein said it’s his understanding that some other top prospects appeal more to Dallas for the No. 4 pick, while opinions in the Cowboys’ building are more split on Bosa. The Cowboys coaching staff was in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday to conduct private workouts with some Buckeyes, and according to the Dallas Morning News, Bosa was among them. Zierlein’s latest mock draft projects Dallas to take a different Buckeye, running back Ezekiel Elliott, at No. 4.

Source: NFL.com

I’m not surprised by this. After the “Watt-like” combine many people went back to see if they saw J.J. Watt on the tape and they simply won’t see that type of player. The J.J. comparisons are going to do nothing but get Bosa more scrutinized than he deserves.

As for the selection of Ezekiel Elliott, it wouldn’t be too bad. Dallas got some nice production out of Darren McFadden down the stretch but every general manager in football knows better than to count on Run DMC for 16 games. Zeke is the prototypical three down back with his pass catching and blocking skills and would take a ton of pressure off Tony Romo.

The only problem is that using the #4 pick on a RB is terrible positional value. Plus, Dallas just signed Alfred Morris to a deal a few days ago.

I would take Deforest Bucker DL Oregon. A back like Kenneth Dixon can be had in the second round.

Not so fast my friends.

Now I understand how easy this comparison is to make. It’s the classic “race & position” comparison. It’s how everyone white under 6′ that can catch automatically becomes Wes Welker. It’s how everyone black that can run is Michael Vick. It’s the most primitive way to compare these guys and quite frankly needs to stop.

Not to say there isn’t a reason at all to make the comparison.

Bosa and Watt do share some similarities:

• Both played in the Big 10.
• Both play defensive end.
• They share a similar physique at 6’5.
• Both are in the top of their defensive draft class.

The only problem? JJ is an elite talent. There are serious doubts as to if Bosa has the potential to become one.

“But you have Bosa #1 in your current mock draft!”

I do. I didn’t say he was trash, I just pointed out that he’s not elite. The difference between Bosa and Watt is simple. Watt is a once in a generation athlete. Bosa is a very good defensive end who will be a solid pro.

One is going into the Hall of Fame undoubtedly, the other will make a few Pro Bowls here and there.

One goes in the first round of an ALL TIME NFL draft, the other is Joey Bosa.

So why am I not sold on Bosa’s “Watt-like” ability?

Because I have no evidence that back that theory up. JJ Watt crashes lines, routinely ruins plays that aren’t even ran to his side and requires a tackle and a tight end to chip him just to keep him in check so you can run your plays as designed. Bosa relies more on endurance and over the course of a game tires out his assigned blocker then starts to get to the passer.

If you dig deeper in the numbers you’ll actually see this. JJ Watt is a defensive end who is one of the best PASS DEFENDERS in the league. Since 2013 he’s defended seven, ten, and eight passes respectively (and 16 in 2012!) Bosa had just six in the Big 10 during that time. That simply is an ability Bosa does not have in his arsenal.

Another thing these “guru’s” forgot to do was check the weight column. Notice ESPN failed to include that stat so YA BOY got you: JJ Watt is 29 pounds heavier and a slightly better athlete by the combine numbers.

And finally, did anyone bring up character? JJ Watt is the type of guy that people just like. There was never anything crazy about him in college and there has been no dirt so far in a five year NFL career.

Meanwhile Bosa was suspended by OSU for ummmm…. something… this season and recently went on a Kanye style twitter rant that he quickly deleted:

It seems to me that we have a clear cut difference between the two men. If you ask me the correct “white guy to white guy” comparison would have been comparing Joey Bosa to…

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