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Originally Posted by The Franchise
I really think that Sneed, Gay and Smith are all gone. Bolton and Creed will come back.
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Bolton and Creed are flipsides of the same coins.
Smart technicians that seemingly always make the correct play and are instrumental in communication and coordination on their respective sides of the ball.
They're fan favorites and leaders in their own right. If/when Thuney eventually prices himself out of KC, Creed is going to be the leader of that OL for the next half-decade, IMO.
"I don't want to pay off-ball linebackers when we can draft X" -- well hell, wouldn't that apply to Creed? When was the last time we struggled at C? Reiter evidently sucks but he was awfully solid here. Before that was Morse and before that Hudson.
We never struggle to find a C but when you find a guy like Humphrey that you think can be a true leader of the group, I think you pay him and keep him if at all possible. And I think a similar logic applies to Bolton.