What exactly is wrong with that?

Can you make up your mind? In one thread you were claiming you’re all about production, but in this one it’s about athleticism/upside.

Some of you assholes are going to be eating a ton of crow if he turns out to be good.

He was pick 58.....not pick 10. If he turns out to be Hitchens or better than it was a good pick.

Pathetic that some Gay U "Chiefs fans" want this pick to fail simply because he played for the good guys in college.

Gonna be great when Nick proves all of them wrong and tears it up for us.

Yep, "safe picks" are role players who can be solid

That's awesome. Thanks for sharing that.

Also everyone always moans that you should pick the BPA and not to fit needs.

Bolton was the top player left on most people's boards and everyone moans about it.

Mere hours away from Hitler being mentioned.

I hope he’s the new Darius Leonard but the pick was weird as hell. Not like what they usually draft

I'm interested to see if we play more nickel defense this year compared to last year now that we have a little more versatility at the linebacker spot with Nick Bolton essentially taking Damien Wilson's roster spot. Added to that, hopefully, is Gay taking the next step and gaining comfort in the scheme.

Spags rolled out a ton of dime defense last year, especially in the playoffs. We had the bodies at DB to do that, but I think we'll see more packages with two linebackers this year vs last year.

One thing Bolton has shown on tape is that he knows how to play an area in zone coverage, which is something we really lacked last year and why Nieman got so many snaps.

No, I think he's a high caliber starting linebacker prospect.

I expect he'll play significant snaps in '21, and I expect he'll take Hitchens job in '22.

I think given his instincts, intelligence, and the playmaking ability he shows on tape he's a good, solid bet to be a good NFL linebacker for us as we chase championships for the next several years.

If you want to argue that you're leery of the 4th and 5th round picks due to being athletic projections and short on production in college, I can understand that.

Both second round picks were top flight prospects at their positions and it seems nutty to disregard the tape as well as literally every single projection and declare either of them 'rotational players' as their potential ceiling.

Barring injury, Bolton is going to be a fine LB. He's just good at football.

I think I was the first one to say NICK ****ING BOLTON on the CP draft day thread before the CHIEFS selected NICK ****ING BOLTON!

Wow hope you got a cookie for that

Filet mignon and shrimp scampi :thumb:

The pick shouldn’t have surprised anyone really that much, especially when you take a step back.

We had a giant hole at one of base LB positions.

We were one injury away to Hitch or Gay from seeing Ben Niemann FULL TIME. That is how your defense takes a turn for the worst fast.

We needed a long term solution to take over for Hitchens when he is a cap casualty next year.

As Franchise pointed out, if Bolton becomes 2020 Anthony Hitchens, that’s a great pick. A guy who is a great leader and does a solid to good job in all phases, lines everyone up (making everyone else better).

He doesn’t need to be the athletic run-and-chase freak LB, we need Gay to become that guy. And Bolton will make a lot of plays that way too I think, but it’s the intangible stuff he really is coming in to take over once Hitchens is moved on.

I've come around. I wasnt excited about taking a LB'er who isnt of the Ryan Shazier type with our first pick. But theres no doubt that was our absolute weakest group last year, maybe even after the offensive line was decimated.