Humphrey - Bolton - Smith

3 absolute homerun picks.

Gay is getting there.

If the front 4 starts and or continues playing how they did Monday night, yeah, the defense gets a whole lot better.

Wish I didn’t have to fear that Bolton and/or Gay are going to the bench in favor of Hitchens/Niemann.

Bolton is gonna end up being one of those dudes that got passed over because of his testing numbers, but just has the football acumen to be an ass kicker.

I liked him at first, then got turned off by the numbers. Whiff so far by me.

He reminds me a lot of Dont'a Hightower...just a smaller version.

He honestly reminds me a lot of Hitchens.

And that's fine. Hitchens would've been a strong player here had he been drafted into this system and not lost a step. His 2018 season was a bit of a washout due to a lack of familiarity with the system and his role but in '19 and '20 he was a solid player even as his athleticism continued to decline.

So take the younger version of him when he was a step faster and have him more familiar with the system the whole time and you'd have had a nice player.

Bolton's ceiling is a little higher than that because I think he's a tick more athletic than Hitchens was at his best and a tick more intuitive. He's just a little bit better at all the things Hitchens was good at when he was at his best. So he can be a slightly better player.

And that would be a godsent in the middle of this LB corps.

Mizzou fans (here) are brutally honest about players that come out in the draft. ****ers shoulda known.

It's better actually. Same thing you see with Sorenson. It's why i have mistrust with what spags does. He seems to play guys that aren't the best players just dudes he likes or thinks are better. Every down he trots sorenson out is an example of this. Like another poster mentioned before, its a national joke at this point. Everyone keeps pointing it out. At this point he has a free pass to stick another guy out there and if it doesn't work fine, because you are a literal laughing stock.

So when hitch goes out and it forces him to play our new LBs and they are making play after play. Just seems like he is a stubborn dumbass. I still saw neiman and sorenson in there on 3rd down situations and also goal line.

No value in a player with his skill set/Mecca

Veach sucks guys. Absolute shit amirite?

Felt the same.

He’s just a really high energy guy who always finds his way to the ball.

Last week was a great preview of how Bolton and Gay can work together. Hopefully getting this award makes it too difficult for Spags to handcuff his own defense.

And why am I worried that Hitch is going back to MLB?

Yea, id bet on it. Spags things.

sometimes guys are just good football players.