[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Yup this is happening. And I would take overpaying Trey Smith instead of Nick ****ing Bolton any day without blinking.

Chiefs GM Brett Veach says this is a deep running back class, but adds: "In general, I think it's more of a defensive draft." Mentioned the defensive line and linebacker groups as deep.

— Charles Goldman (@goldmctNFL) February 25, 2025

Bolton is much MUCH more important to our defense than Smith is to our offense.

Bolton's a massive reason why our run defense has improved over the last several years to the point where we essentially removed Saquon Barkley from the game in the SB (and Bolton was fine in coverage as well in that game).

Meanwhile our running game is a bag of smashed assholes on offense.

With Bolton heading our run defense, it was very good. And the pass defense was fine despite his shortcomings there.

With Smith heading our run offense, it sucked ass and the passing game struggled due to Smith's shortcomings.

I'd pay Bolton 100 times out of 100 over Smith. I don't even think it's a close call.