Why Joey Bosa is Rejuvenated Ahead of Year 9

Jul 26, 2024 at 06:30 PM

Omar Navarro

Jr. Writer

Chargers Defensive Coordinator Jesse Minter, outside linebacker Joey Bosa and cornerback Asante Samuel, Jr. took the podium at The Bolt on Day 3 of Chargers Training Camp.

Below are three takeaways from their media availability Friday:

Bosa fired up for 2024 season

There's excitement in the buildup to every year — but veteran outside linebacker Joey Bosa has enjoyed what this offseason has brought to him and the Bolts.

The main thing, of course, bringing Head Coach Jim Harbaugh into the fold.

Bosa explained how great the start has been between Harbaugh and the staff, as he's looked "forward to going to meetings" to hear what the Head Coach has to say that particular day.

The track record speaks for itself, and the excitement has come with it.

"I'm super excited, every year I'm excited," Bosa said. "The beginning of every year there's a lot of hope and excitement going into each season. You never know how it's going to play out.

"When you get a guy like Coach Harbaugh, that has been there and won at a bunch of place, you know that he's not testing it out for the first time," Bosa continued. "He has a strategy that he knows that works and I think it's easy to buy in when you have a guy like that.

"Winning a National Championship, going to a Super Bowl, wherever he's been he's been really successful," Bosa added. "So to have a guy that comes in, lays the plan out for you and there's no guessing, it feels nice."

Bosa has spoken about how he feels heading into another training camp, adding how motivated and good he feels physically entering Year 9.

And the amount of knowledge in edge rusher room entering 2024 is one of the factors for it as well.

Not only does he have Khalil Mack and Tuli Tuipulotu in the same room, but the addition of Bud Dupree has also been big, adding another veteran mind in what's one of the most experienced groups on the team.

Things like that have made it easy for Bosa.

"It's easier when you have a great staff around you, you have a lot of great guys and give you that extra motivation to just not only perform well for yourself but also not let the man beside you down and perform well for them," Bosa said.

"I think we have a stacked room and we all complement each other well," Bosa later added. "I think Bud is a very different rusher than I am, I'm a different rusher than Khalil is, so we can all pick each others brains and learn things from each other."

It hasn't been an easy road the past couple of seasons for Bosa while dealing with injuries, but the veteran enters another season in the powder blue in a good spot.

And he's hoping he can remind the NFL the type of player he is.

"I'm pretty confident in myself that my best years are still ahead of me," Bosa said. "I think I still have a few more years of my physical prime left, so I think that combined with my experience and all the things I've been through, can really help me hopefully reach that next level.

Bosa later added: "I feel confident about how I'm feeling physically. I think I've been not forgotten, not around here, but maybe some people have forgotten the player I can be. I've always enjoyed proving people wrong, whoever that is. Obviously, that's not the main driver, but I have felt a bit more motivation this offseason to really get back and make a big impact."