Nick Bosa didn’t exactly sound like a man packing for the trip of a lifetime.
The 49ers star pass rusher was asked about the team’s upcoming visit to Australia, and his answer was classic Bosa: calm, dry and almost completely unbothered. NBC Sports Bay Area posted the clip and joked, “Bosa sounds thrilled to visit Australia,” and the tone fit.
He wasn’t selling the Melbourne trip like a travel ad. He was just moving on to the next thing.
That next thing starts with football, not sightseeing. Bosa returned to practice Wednesday for the first time since Aug. 3 after tendinitis had sidelined him for most of camp.
The issue is in the same right knee that required ACL surgery last fall, after he tore the ligament in Week 3 of 2025. Even with all that behind him, he sounded encouraged when asked whether he expects to play the Rams on Sept.
“After today, yeah. That was pretty good,” Bosa said. “Today was a great day.”
The trip itself is already set. The 49ers are heading to Melbourne after Wednesday’s practice, and Bosa is on the flight.
San Francisco left early to deal with the time change, and the Week 1 injury watch has already put Bosa and George Kittle on that plane. Kittle is coming back from a torn Achilles, while Bosa is working back from a third ACL operation.
Both still have something to prove before the opener.
The 49ers badly need the version of Bosa who can wreck a game on command. They finished last season with the fewest sacks in the NFL, and Bosa had two sacks in three games before the knee gave out. A healthy Bosa changes the Rams matchup in a hurry.
For now, though, his Australia scouting report is pretty lean.
Bosa admitted he knows almost nothing about the country, but he did settle on a couple priorities. “I heard they have good coffee so I’ll try and take advantage of that and have some good coffee.”
Then came the backup plan: “I think there’s some nature exhibits to check out maybe.”
That’s about as far as the itinerary goes. Coffee first, maybe some wildlife, then a 16-hour flight and a Week 1 game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Bosa said the last month has tested his patience. He tried to ramp up too quickly with football work, then had to back off when patellar tendon pain forced the pause. Even so, he sounded satisfied with where things stand now.
“I’ve just been trying to get as strong and confident as I can,” Bosa said.
He also summed up the grind in a way only a player deep in camp can.
“We’re taking it one day at a time, but today was a great day,” he said. “The workouts every day are just monotonous. But you realize why you do it when you’re around the guys.”
The next checkpoint is pads later in the week. Bosa wants to keep building from here without getting too high too fast. And with Netflix set to carry the Rams-49ers opener in Australia, the league has already turned the game into a global event.
Bosa’s schedule is simpler than that. Drink the coffee, maybe see some nature, and get ready for Matthew Stafford. The smile can wait.
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