Kansas City Chiefs Retaining Players Including Nick Bolton
It’s been a somewhat quiet offseason thus far for the Kansas City Chiefs. Their loss in Super Bowl LIX hasn’t prompted any wild spending sprees on or releasing of players. Rather they have made efforts to keep some of their core players. Yesterday the Kansas City Chiefs were reported to be retaining players including linebacker Nick Bolton. Multiple outlets posted the details about Bolton staying in Kansas City.
Our favorite insider, Adam Schefter posted the details of Bolton’s contract:
“Just in: LB Nick Bolton is re-signing with the Chiefs on a 3-year, $45 million deal, including $30M fully guaranteed at signing, per source.” He was scheduled to become a free agent this week after playing out his rookie deal. Some consider Bolton to be the heart of the Kansas City defense and an elite player. As such he was likely to be highly sought after on the free agent market. He was ranked ninth on PFT’s top-100 free agents list.
Bolton was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the second round (58th overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft. Since he’s been in the league he has started 53 of the 57 games he has played. Bolton has totaled 458 tackles, five sacks, 32 tackles for loss, 32 quarterback hits, four interceptions, 15 passes defensed and two forced fumbles. In Week 13 of the 2024 season against the Las Vegas Raiders he recorded 11 tackles. And he recovered a fumble by quarterback Aidan O’Connell with 14 seconds left in the game. That play ended the game and sent the Chiefs to the playoffs their 10th straight appearance in the postseason.
Kansas City Chiefs Retaining Players Including Nick Bolton
In addition to Bolton the Chiefs have also retained G Trey Smith on the franchise tag. And the Chiefs re-signing WR Marquise “Hollywood” Brown to one-year deal worth up to $11M. He signed a similar one-year deal this time last year but he suffered a shoulder injury in the preseason. It was a long recovery that required surgery and Brown wasn’t able to play until Week 16. Now he has a chance to prove he can be the speedy deep threat the Chiefs were hoping for.
On a side note, Bolton’s deal was announced on Sunday and today on Monday he turns 25. So he’ll have an extra reason today for celebrating.
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