SANTA CLARA — At first, it wasn’t clear what Nick Bosa was doing.
After recording his second sack of the day, the rookie edge rusher began waving his arms, back and forth, before mimicking an enthusiastic flag plant into Levi’s Stadium’s turf.
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“I think everybody knows what that was for,” Bosa told reporters after the game, a dominant 31-3 win over the Cleveland Browns back in October. “I just wanted to get payback. He had it coming.”
“He” was Baker Mayfield, and “payback” was redemption for a grudge held since September 2017, when then-Sooners quarterback Mayfield swung and planted an Oklahoma flag into the Ohio State logo at midfield following a win that propelled his team toward the College Football Playoff.