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SANTA CLARA \u2013 Nick Bosa propped himself up with his right hand on the grass. He stretched back his right leg and surgically repaired knee. Then, in a flash, he shot into a blocking pad to lead off the 49ers\u2019 first defensive line drill of training camp.<\/p>\n

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That is a not-so-subtle reminder the 49ers\u2019 pass rush will improve this season. It tanked without Bosa last season, once he exited with an anterior cruciate ligament tear in their home opener.<\/p>\n

Five years after recovering from his left knee\u2019s ACL reconstruction, Bosa\u2019s comeback this season is the 49ers\u2019 best hope at racking up more sacks, no matter how much chaos is created around him by defensive coordinator Raheem Morris\u2019 aggressive and less predictable scheme.<\/p>\n

Bosa\u2019s return to the practice field was Sunday\u2019s most eye-opening sight, aside from coach Kyle Shanahan\u2019s cameo as he recovers from a July 14 car collision.<\/p>\n

Bosa, without a brace or support sleeve on either knee, warmed up on a side field before Sunday\u2019s first practice at camp. The 2022 NFL Defensive Player of the Year showed no hints of a hitch in his giddy-up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t even tell that he had an injury or he came back from anything,\u201d left tackle Trent Williams said. \u201cYou know, most people with a knee injury that catastrophic, you come back, you can see something, right? You can see it in the atrophy in the muscle in the leg. You can see something.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBosa looks better than he did before he got hurt last year,\u201d Williams added. \u201cSo, that\u2019s just a compliment to him and how hard he works. A guy that successful with that much, for his motor to still run as high as it does, it\u2019s just a testament to his character.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bosa acknowledged his football immortality crossed his mind after last September\u2019s ACL tear during a pass rush against the Arizona Cardinals.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou start out wanting to quit, never play again and never put your body in that position again,\u201d Bosa, 28, recalled in March. \u201cThen slowly you realize that you love this game and you want to get back to it. I mean I\u2019ve never doubted I can get back to where I am.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rather than get rushed into team drills, Bosa stayed on the side field Sunday with lead trainer Dustin Perry. Meanwhile, rookie Romello Height and veterans Keion White and Sam Okuayinonu served as the top defensive ends; Mykel Williams, last year\u2019s first-round pick, is on the Physically Unable to Perform list because of his midseason ACL tear.<\/p>\n

\u201cNick is one of the hardest workers and a guy who\u2019s so in-tune with his body,\u201d linebacker Fred Warner said. \u201cHaving gone through that injury before, he obviously knows the steps and things that he has to accomplish in order to get back on top and be the guy that he\u2019s always been\u201d<\/p>\n

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