{"id":31839,"date":"2025-03-10T01:38:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T01:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=31839"},"modified":"2025-03-10T01:38:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T01:38:18","slug":"locked-in-chiefs-re-sign-linebacker-nick-bolton-to-3-year-deal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=31839","title":{"rendered":"LOCKED IN! Chiefs Re-Sign Linebacker Nick Bolton to 3-Year Deal!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container-flu details\">\n<article class=\"content\">On the eve of free agency, Kansas City has signed its MIKE linebacker to a three-year deal worth $45 million.<\/p>\n<p><em>NFL Network\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0Ian Rapoport has reported\u00a0(and\u00a0<em>Arrowhead Pride<\/em>\u00a0has confirmed through a source) that the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0have re-signed their MIKE linebacker Nick Bolton to a three-year contract worth $45 million.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"ql-video\" 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The first two seasons of are guaranteed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s been clear the former Missouri player \u2014 whom Kansas City\u00a0acquired in the second round (58th overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft\u00a0\u2014 wanted to stay home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been there for seven years,\u201d he told our Pete Sweeney after the\u00a0Super Bowl. \u201cIt feels like home. Welcomed me with open arms as a little 18-year-old with short hair, no facial hair. 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