I love this kid. You can see the progress with him every game. He and Gay make a phenomenal team.

He's forcing Spags to play him. It's comforting to know he's only a rookie, he's getting better and KC has him for 3 more years under contract.

I liked this pick the day they made it. Special player and he's going to be a big part of this defense doing forward.

Since belcher? That would imply Belcher was better.

Nice troll attempt.

I love that when he hits an opposing player, they pretty much just stop. So different from watching our LBers being drug downfield for multiple yards.

All of the LB's play better when Bolton is out there. Hitchens looks so much better next to Bolton and even Niemann had a decent game last night, including the stuff at the GL that led to the fumble.

Dibs

He's so damn fun to watch. He's just giving 100% all the time and actually has the skills to accompany the effort.

Too many morons on here let the college rivalry hatred cloud their judgement

I think this tandem is what is exciting. Bolton looks excellent at what he does well, but he's not good in coverage. But that's more than OK if Gay stays healthy and continues to develop.

Yes. He’s the anti Donnie Edwards. He just stonewalls people.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NICK TIP ➡️ HITCH PICK<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ProBowlVote?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ProBowlVote</a> + <a href="https://twitter.com/AnthonyHitchens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AnthonyHitchens</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ProBowlVote?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ProBowlVote</a> + <a href="https://twitter.com/_nickbolton2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@_nickbolton2</a> <a href="https://t.co/wNWjYveyKm">pic.twitter.com/wNWjYveyKm</a></p>&mdash; Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) <a href="https://twitter.com/Chiefs/status/1471659827269095435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> Nick Bolton comes up big, forced the ball out from Mike Williams, who heads to the medical tent after, shaken up. <br><br>Chargers recover the ball and take another shot at a TD. <a href="https://t.co/WLgX1QOHQp">pic.twitter.com/WLgX1QOHQp</a></p>&mdash; Hayley Lewis �� (@HayleyLewisKSHB) <a href="https://twitter.com/HayleyLewisKSHB/status/1471654121895870468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WATCH: Former <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mizzou?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Mizzou</a> standout Nick Bolton continues to dominate in this Thursday Night Football game. He&#39;s been unbelievable! <a href="https://t.co/U2pHr98qRe">pic.twitter.com/U2pHr98qRe</a></p>&mdash; Andrew Kauffman (@AndrewABC17) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewABC17/status/1471681073306345473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Bolton is going to lead the league in tackles at least one year before his contract is up. I think he had 14 tackles against the Titans, too, the only other game (I believe) where he's been asked to play full time.

That being said, that wasn't even the best linebacker play of the day. The best play was, in my opinion, the Niemann stop on 4th and goal.

He rose up and completely stymied the RB, and then somehow came away with the ball.