{"id":807936,"date":"2026-03-12T09:22:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/807936\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T09:22:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:22:25","slug":"49ers-news-osa-and-bosa-has-a-nice-ring-to-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/807936\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers News: Osa and Bosa has a nice ring to it"},"content":{"rendered":"

49ers address poor pass rush, acquire Cowboys defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa (paywall)<\/a>
\u201cThe Cowboys traded Odighizuwa a year after they signed him to a four-year, $80 million contract extension following a career-best 4.5 sacks in 2024. Since doing so, however, Dallas has invested heavily in their defensive line by acquiring three Pro Bowl players \u2014 Quinnen Williams, Kenny Clark and Rashan Gary \u2014 while trading All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Insane stat shows Osa Odighizuwa is one of the most dominant DTs <\/a>
\u201cOdighizuwa generated 32 pressures when double-teamed since the start of 2024. That\u2019s the second-most in the league over that span behind only Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Kobie Turner. Odighizuwa\u2019s 9.1 percent pressure rate on double-teams is also the third-highest in that span, per NGS.\u201d<\/p>\n

5 things to know about new 49ers DT Osa Odighizuwa
<\/a>\u201cOdighizuwa was a favorite of both players and reporters in Dallas. He served as a team captain for the Cowboys and was praised by three of the team\u2019s reporters after the trade was announced.<\/p>\n

\u201cOsa Odighizuwa and Solomon Thomas: two of the most authentic, selfless, and high-character humans I\u2019ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. sensational men, and damn good football players as well \u2014 in that order,\u201d wrote DallasCowboys.com reporter Patrik Walker on Wednesday (Thomas, the former 49er, was traded to the Titans on Wednesday).<\/p>\n

Jane Slater of the NFL Network wrote, \u201cHate seeing one of my locker room favorites go. He was so incredible in the aftermath of Marshawn Kneeland\u2019s death. Carrying his flag literally every game.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Slater alluded to, Odighizuwa was the one to carry a flag onto the field with Kneeland\u2019s number (94) on it after the defensive lineman died in 2025. He also carried Kneeland\u2019s jersey after a home game against the Eagles, following Kneeland\u2019s death, as shown below in another tribute by Fort Worth Star-Telegram writer Nick Harris.\u201d<\/p>\n

Family matters: Why Osa Odighizuwa wants to advocate for mental health
<\/a>\u201cWhen Owa finally opened up, he described symptoms that Osa had been studying in his Sociology of Mental Illness class. Osa told his older brother about the class, and that he was hearing a textbook definition of depression from Owa\u2019s admissions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, \u2018Yeah, bro, you might have some depression you\u2019re dealing with. That\u2019s what it sounds like,\u201d Osa said. \u201c\u2026 He said, \u2018You think so?\u2019 He hadn\u2019t thought anything of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Owa has sometimes wondered what might have become of his father had his dad gotten an early diagnosis and professional support. Peter Odighizuwa benefitted from neither. While Osa is too young to have a memory of his father\u2019s behavior, Owa recalls nothing resembling coherence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe spent most of our time with him, in my memory, when he was not in his right mind,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Among the things Osa told Owa he\u2019d learned in his mental health class was that people with mental illness need to first acknowledge the problem, and an admission like that requires at least one confidant who won\u2019t be judgmental. Neither of the boys were ever in a position to help their father, but now they can be that confidant for one another.<\/p>\n

Owa said he doesn\u2019t even recall the drive-thru conversation as a seminal moment, but Osa knows this much: The next time he saw his brother, he\u2019d opened up to more members of the family, got professionally diagnosed and had begun seeing a therapist.<\/p>\n

Osa, who graduated last June with a Sociology degree, got a \u201cB\u201d in his Sociology of Mental Illness class. But he earned an \u201cA\u201d in how to apply it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Top 50 Big Board Update: Post-Combine Rankings (paywall)<\/a>
\u201cYou\u2019ll notice three linebackers on there. Frankly, I had to hold myself back from putting Kyle Louis and Kaleb Elarms-Orr over Anthony Hill Jr. I think those two are absolute studs. I don\u2019t want to get into too much on them before the draft guide, but their coverage abilities are outstanding. And they have the dip to get around second-level blockers. Also, I\u2019m not sure Connor Lew is worth a top-50 pick. I\u2019m missing the drive. But he\u2019s rock solid. He does almost everything right, and works with the rest of the line at an outstanding level as a true center.\u201d<\/p>\n

From anonymous to $8 million man, 49ers\u2019 Jake Tonges cashes in after surprising season (paywall)<\/a>
\u201cThe contract marks the latest successful chapter in Tonges\u2019 underdog story after the Los Gatos High School alum was a walk-on at Cal who wasn\u2019t selected in the 2022 NFL draft after his 47-catch college career. Tonges worked at Morgan Stanley while he was at Cal. And he was prepared to explore a post-college career in tech sales or finance after earning a bachelor\u2019s degree in American studies and a graduate certificate in business administration.\u201d<\/p>\n

5 things to know about new 49ers OL Brett Toth <\/a>
Toth didn\u2019t exactly take it easy on the academic side of things while at West Point. Despite having his hands full with other activities, Toth decided to major in physics and nuclear engineering.<\/p>\n

\u201cI definitely made things a little difficult with that,\u201d Toth said, per the Pensacola News Journal. \u201cIt is a hard major. A lot of late nights studying. The people I am around every day in that major are just studs in the classroom. They are geniuses and they helped me greatly.\u201d<\/p>\n

West Point-made Brett Toth joins the Eagles and is ready to serve: \u2018Everything that I do represents the Army\u2019 (paywall) <\/a>
\u201cHe\u2019s just a great, big kid with really good feet,\u201d Monken said. \u201cAnd one of the most intelligent players that I\u2019ve ever coached.\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, Toth called the play on a game-winning two-point conversion to beat San Diego State in the 2017 Armed Forces Bowl. After the Black Knights scored a touchdown with 18 seconds remaining to pull within one point, they decided to go for two to try to win it instead of attempting the extra point. Monken gathered his players together. Toth recommended they call a toss that had worked throughout the game instead of a zone run. The running back sprinted untouched into the end zone \u2014 around Toth\u2019s edge \u2014 to take the lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just had a feeling to go out in open space, and you take as many variables out as possible,\u201d said Toth, who also credited the blocking of the wide receiver on the play. \u201cThe rest is history.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"49ers address poor pass rush, acquire Cowboys defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa (paywall)\u201cThe Cowboys traded Odighizuwa a year after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,52307,7,6,1161,252,1137,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-807936","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-49ers-links","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-san-francisco","13":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","14":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-news","15":"tag-sanfrancisco","16":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116215475782556051","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}