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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla
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"Let's go O, we got y'all boys!"
****ing love that leadership.
Bolton's not Ragland out there, folks. He's not just a replaceable run-stuffer. That's your team leader. That's the guy telling Leo where to go
as the play is happening.
That's a guy who's so sound against the run that it will change gameplans. Teams are going to be hesitant to do that ground and pound shit against us because they just can't. He's as instrumental to our run defense as Jones is to the pass rush.
He and Humphrey are my 'must extend' guys and I'll just sadly wave at Sneed because I know that we can't pay him. And if letting Sneed go lets us keep Danna as the third guy out of those draft classes, I can live with that because I think Danna will continue to ascend.
I've said this since the Sutton days - offense is about stars that can make something from nothing. Defense is about simply not having a weakness that teams can exploit. You let Bolton walk and you're creating a weakness both in terms of your run defense and in terms of your communication.
He's hugely important.