Chiefs ink star linebacker Nick Bolton to 3-year extension before hitting free agency: report

The Kansas City Chiefs gave rather the generous aboriginal day contiguous to young linebacker Nick Bolton connected Sunday. 

Bolton, who turns 25 connected Monday, has reportedly agreed to a three-year, $45 cardinal deal, which includes $30 cardinal afloat guaranteed astatine signing, to stay with the franchise, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. 

Bolton was acceptable for escaped bureau aft his rookie declaration was up pursuing his 4 seasons with the Chiefs. But Kansas City, recognizing however captious the mediate linebacker is to their antiaircraft success, didn’t fto him interaction the market. 

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Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton takes the tract earlier Super Bowl LIX against the Philadelphia Eagles successful New Orleans. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

This is simply a inclination Kansas City has had this offseason pursuing their pugnacious nonaccomplishment successful Super Bowl LIX to the Philadelphia Eagles. They’ve retained indispensable endowment connected their roster that were acceptable for escaped agency, with defender Trey Smith besides being deed with the franchise tag to support him successful spot connected the violative line. 

The Chiefs besides brought wide receiver Marquise "Hollywood" Brown backmost connected a one-year pact.

Speaking of the Eagles, their stud linebacker, Zach Baun, was besides signed to a lucrative semipermanent hold to marque definite helium wasn’t a escaped agent. In turn, the apical mediate linebackers expected to beryllium connected the marketplace are present staying with their respective franchises. 

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It lone makes consciousness the Chiefs recovered Bolton a precedence earlier the ineligible tampering play begins connected Monday. 

Bolton, a second-round prime retired of Missouri successful the 2021 NFL Draft, has been a antiaircraft staple successful Steve Spagnuolo’s scheme, totaling 458 combined tackles and 5 sacks done 57 vocation regular-season games frankincense far. 

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith makes a drawback against Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton successful Super Bowl LIX. (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)

Last season, Bolton had 106 combined tackles, 3 sacks, six passes defended, 1 forced fumble, 1 interception and 11 tackles for loss. 

And conscionable 2 seasons agone – helium played lone 8 games successful 2023 owed to wounded – Bolton had a whopping 180 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 forced fumble, 2 interceptions and 3 passes defended implicit 17 games. 

That play besides marked his archetypal Super Bowl victory, wherever helium had a game-changing play erstwhile helium strip-sacked Eagles backmost Jalen Hurts and ran backmost the fumble betterment for a touchdown. 

Then, during the Chiefs’ back-to-back Super Bowl run, Bolton led the squad with 40 combined tackles, yet starring up to the triumph implicit the San Francisco 49ers successful overtime to support the title. 

Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton against the Philadelphia Eagles successful Super Bowl LIX. (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)

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Only 4 years into the NFL, Bolton has made his people arsenic 1 of the champion young linebackers successful the game, having the quality to unreserved the passer, halt the run, and get sideline to sideline to marque tackles – a captious plus for immoderate bully defence successful the modern game. 

With this contract, the Chiefs volition person Bolton nether declaration done the 2027 season. 

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