Maybe.

But he ain't a pending FA just yet.

And, let's not overstate his impact either. Nick Bolton took 388 snaps in run defense this year.

Leo Chenal took 219. That's only 10 more than Mike Danna.

No, he's not the most important part of our run defense because he's not even on the field for half the carries we face. I'd like to try to keep him, absolutely.

But let's not act like he's even CLOSE to as important to this run defense as Nick Bolton is.

Recognizing and reactionary sometimes. Cant train that usually kinda like Patrick.

Chefs can win, and win comfortably with Spags & Bolton having a day. Nick’s best game as a pro = three peat.

LMAO LMAO

Wasn't that after the AFCCG tho?

Still on the fence about Bolton. For all the "quarterback of the defense" talk, there was a pretty good sample size from last year with and without Bolton and the defense was as good without as with.

He also had a pretty rough start to the season that has now been forgotten, he got exploited in like 3 games towards the start of the year (definitely Ravens, I think Bengals and one other?).

Like others have said, probably just comes down to the money. I would like him to stick around but I really hope they don't overpay.

<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> LB coach Brendan Daly told me ... &quot;I don&#39;t even want to think about life without Nick Bolton.&quot; <br><br>Bolton is set to be a free agent after Sunday. His photographic memory (yes you read that correctly) combined with his recognition ability and his communication skills make…</p>&mdash; James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesPalmerTV/status/1887186596858110223?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He’s not going anywhere….

We may not like the $$$, but they are very clearly going to prioritize him over Trey and Reid.

Bolton is this years Chirs Jones. For some reason draftubators had a weird obsession with letting Jones walk so they could cosplay as GM's and give terrible replacements. They are doing the same with Bolton

SB 34.
Lewis, currently an analyst on Fox Sports, was celebrating with a group of friends the morning after Super Bowl 34, during which the Rams beat the Titans on Jan. 30, 2000. Then a linebacker with the Ravens, Lewis had only gone through four years in the NFL, all in Baltimore.
Early in the morning of Jan. 31, 2000, two men were stabbed and killed by members of Lewis' entourage during a brawl in Atlanta.

Remains to be seen obviously, but I think that would be the right move.

Trey has priced himself out of our market.

I was surprised to find out Reid is only 27. Feels like the dude should be, like, 31.. I wouldn’t mind them working something out with him but I feel like he’s a bit more replaceable than Bolton.

I like to let Trey walk and dress like Kevin Costner wtf is it to you pal?

Every player with 550+ Tackles and 35+ TFLs in their first 4 seasons in the league since 2000:

- Luke Kuechly (3 All-Pro Selections & 3 Pro Bowls in first 4 seasons)

- Patrick Willis (3 All-Pro Selections & 4 Pro Bowls in first 4 seasons)

- NaVorro Bowman (3 All-Pro Selections & 2 Pro Bowls in first 4 seasons)

- Lavonte David (1 All-Pro Selection & 1 Pro Bowl in first 4 seasons)

- Nick Bolton (0 All-Pro Selections & 0 Pro Bowls in first 4 seasons)

Is Tranquil a free agent? I hope so I can't wait to get rid of his ass. If Conner, Cook or Nazeeh aren't getting picked on it's always Tranquil.

I've always thought is was funny when they made such a big deal out of Pacheco calling for Tranquil in the pass blocking drill in camp. Dude is soft AF. you want a challenge blocking someone try Bolton or Chenal, because small WRs can block Tranquil's weak ass.

No - we're locked into him for one more year unless someone wants to trade for him. He has like $7 million guaranteed this year.

Tranquill is gonna be around a year longer than he needs to be. It's been fine having him this year, but I feel like he's declined enough this year that we'll kinda regret leaning heavily into him next year.

He's no reasonable option to replace Bolton, that's for damn sure.

Tranquil was fine last year running next to Willie and Nick but even then....I dunno. Wasn't a huge fan.

I will never understand why they paid Tranquil and let Gay walk, but obviously they know wtf they're doing. It really makes you wonder is there was some truth to that rumor that claimed we had a trade in place for Gay and we signed Tranquil to take his place.