Hollywood and Bolton nicely done.

We typically drag shit out like this, but Veach seems to be moving fast.

He has 'em by the shorthairs. Or at least he thinks he does. And he's right UNLESS they're willing to trade him.

And they should absolutely be willing to consider it.

Once that tag pegged his floor at $23 million, his leverage in a LTC improved a lot. And when we traded Thuney it went up still further.

It just blows my damn mind that we didn't get this done last offseason if we decided we were going to keep him and Creed. And nothing they saw in 2024 should've changed that calculus at all.

It was just a mistake, IMO.

18 doesn’t scare me. There’s some other projections floating that would give me a damn heart attack.

Congratulations Mr. Bolton! Glad to have you back, sir!

Good 'ol Chant Nick

That number is a reasonable number based on the rising cap expectations.

Oh I didn't say I'd say no at $20.

But past $18 million Id have to think about it a bit.

worth every penny. he does way more than your average backer and you will be hard pressed to replace it in a single off-season.

Treys our drag it out deal lol.

We have to do something about the cap soon, right? We are way over with these new contracts and tagging Trey!

By Tuesday I think.

Hopefully that means only one more week of people trying to say that Tranquill can replace him then we'll put that particularly stupid argument to bed.

Tranquill didn't adequately replace Gay last season, IMO. He damn sure can't replace Bolton. Lots of athletic 'backers in the draft this season - hopefully we can manage to relieve Tranquill in 2026 with one of 'em.

We could bring Willie Gay back for like 5 dollars.

NE and WAS will be competing with us for LT. I think it will be pricey.

Wharton, Omenihu and Reid are gone, unless we ignore LT again and decide to go all in with a trade up.

I doubt Veach goes that route though.

True lol

He's good at what he does.