Terrible pick. Nick Niemann was still available.

LMAOLMAOLMAO

I think his mentality and playing style is going to mesh well with the rest of the defense. There hasn’t been any players outside of Dirty Dan and occasionally Sneed that could deliver a big hit that gets the team going. This team feeds off of energy and their sudden runs they go on come from the type of plays that Bolton can provide with his hitting power and aggressiveness.

I was skeptical at this pick when it was announced because I thought there were more valuable ways to utilize our first pick but I’ve warmed up to it. In a lot of ways he’s a young Anthony Hitchens but with more personality on the field. He’ll be a multi-year starter for the team and at the end of the day that’s all you can ask for in the 2nd round.

Shittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be shittin' again when the evenin' comes
Watchin' as the tapes roll in
Eating Joe's I'll watch (Lock-Carr) flop and fail again…

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nick Bolton: Highest-graded linebacker over the last two seasons (91.2)<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> 2nd RD pick 💪 <a href="https://t.co/lTxyImJkEa">pic.twitter.com/lTxyImJkEa</a></p>&mdash; PFF Draft (@PFF_College) <a href="https://twitter.com/PFF_College/status/1389293687474114562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Holy shit this is perfect

Is this a ****ing joke? :shake:

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Found some full game tapes - remember, these aren't highlights, but rather full game cut-ups.

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I don't really love any of our picks outside of Creed, but I don't hate them either. Good draft all around. I'd like more of a coverage LB in this day and age but nothing wrong with this guy except he's a Mizzou.

The concerns about Bolton's coverage ability are overblown.

He's eventually going to settle at MLB. He's not going to be covering RB's and TE's as much as people think because they're just assuming he's going to be outside.

Exactly and this idea that he’s incapable and a 2 down LB is silly. He’s not great, but he’s definitely capable and even has some ball skills to make plays in coverage.

I was meh when he was picked but I can still see the value he brings to the team.

I hear a lot of people stating Bolton won’t see the field much because Gay didn’t in his rookie season. The difference is Gay barely played his final year in college due to an 8 game suspension, then arrived in KC with an abbreviated ramp up to the season. Bolton played a lot of games the last 2 seasons, and should have a full offseason and preseason to get up to speed.

Plus he was responsible for lining up the defense at Mizzou. I’m not calling Gay stupid but Bolton is more intelligent.