Adding Chase Young at the NFL trade deadline was the definition of the rich getting richer. Even amid a three-game losing streak, the San Francisco 49ers did not necessarily need to add a pass-rusher like Young. But adding someone of his ability undoubtedly made the San Francisco front seven more dangerous in a Super Bowl push. It also reunited Young with former Ohio State teammate Nick Bosa, who used to collapse pockets together all the time with the Buckeyes.
Early in the second quarter, during the 49ers’ matchup with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, we received a great flashback of the destruction Bosa and Young once created together on a weekly basis.
As Jacksonville quarterback Trevor Lawrence completed his drop, both Bosa and Young were busily humbling both Jaguars starting offensive tackles. They wound up meeting Lawrence together for a devastating sack (a half-sack for each) that now feels like a preview of what the duo will accomplish together in the NFL.
Chase Young & Nick Bosa meet at the QB and combine for a sack and turnover!
📺: #SFvsJAX on FOX
📱: Stream on #NFLPlus https://t.co/kECSNGc6Bj pic.twitter.com/tGUgdXM8t9— NFL (@NFL) November 12, 2023
Fittingly, Bosa and Young laughed about the combined sack on the 49ers’ bench after the fact:
Chase Young and Nick Bosa on the same team moment 🥹 pic.twitter.com/DEVnzFZvhl
— Alex Tran (@nineralex) November 12, 2023
Look, any time you can pair two former No. 2 overall picks together on the same defense, that’s an opportunity you can’t pass up. It looks like reuniting Bosa and Young is already paying off dividends for the 49ers.
This was how Twitter reacted to Bosa and Young's combined sack
ya lol this shouldn't be allowed https://t.co/IZpJPPrnpG
— mansur🕊️ (@mansurshaheen) November 12, 2023
Like 2017 in Columbus all over again. https://t.co/gwiOKgVm1k
— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) November 12, 2023
Ok I can't stand the niners but that's pretty dope lol https://t.co/MfiZTUjZHw
— Alex Insdorf (@alexinsdorf99) November 12, 2023
Going to be scary… Can’t believe nobody else offered a 3rd for Chase https://t.co/HHAcdWI0UI
— Big Football Guy (@Burrelly25) November 12, 2023
Watching Chase Young & Nick Bosa Rush the QB like that… the @49ers look even scarier on Defense. #nfl #SFvsJAX https://t.co/J4eOwD1ncF
— Ahmed Kebir (@ahmed_kebir) November 12, 2023
Smh these two shouldn’t be on the same team bro https://t.co/5TpErXTdCN
— Mensa, Context Warrior (@morelikemensa) November 12, 2023
David Stern would have vetoed this. https://t.co/dBKoqfeYwa
— t. (@iTJD) November 12, 2023
These two on the same D line almost feels illegal 🙃 https://t.co/zrKTAfIs2H
— Charlie Beckett (@Charlie_Beckett) November 12, 2023
illegal, it’s gotta be https://t.co/t7YThBIIgD
— -michael (@__michael02) November 12, 2023
Nick Bosa and Chase Young wreaking havoc together, just like old times. pic.twitter.com/gzNIPneHah
— Eleven Warriors (@11W) November 12, 2023
Nick Bosa and Chase Young on the same DL 🥹 pic.twitter.com/OYe6JCNEca
— OurSF49ers (@OurSf49ers) November 12, 2023
Trevor Lawrence when he drops back and Nick Bosa + Chase Young are bearing down on him pic.twitter.com/kEfBucgMkF
— Kurt Benkert (@KurtBenkert) November 12, 2023
