SANTA CLARA, Calif. — If Nick Bosa wins the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year award, a fourth-quarter play on Christmas Eve is all the evidence voters need, and maybe it could sway some to consider him the league’s most valuable player.
The 49ers won, 37-20, win Saturday, but that eighth straight victory wasn’t looking like a lock, not until Bosa delivered a fumble-forcing sack with 14 minutes to go.
It was Bosa’s second sack of the game, it raised his NFL lead to 17 1/2 on the season, and it created a fumble that Jordan Willis recovered at the Washington Commanders’ 11-yard line.
