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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
It's not that hard for me, definitely not anymore.
Think of how many power/speed LBers were in the draft this year. Leo Chenal measures just like Gay did. You can't swing a cat without hitting a 240 lb guy that runs a 4.5 anymore. There were at least a half dozen of them in the last draft.
But guys who simply STOP people like Bolton are hard to find. And he has a nose for getting through traffic. He's just a freakin football player.
You're gonna have an easier time finding another fast backer than you're gonna have finding another Nick Bolton. Especially when Bolton's traits just don't show on tape. Then you think about his learning curve vs. Gay's and you just see a completely different animal.
It always takes longer than it should with off-ball players, but by next year he's going to be seen as one of the best linebackers in the league. It's Bolton in a walk for me at this point.
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It's Bolton IF we have to choose. I'm not convinced that's gong to be the case, though.