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Yahoo
5 days ago
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Broncos roster: LT Garett Bolles (No. 72) is team's longest tenured player
Broncos Wire's 90-man offseason roster series continues today with a look at ninth-year left tackle Garett Bolles, No. 72. Before the : Immediately out of high school, Bolles (6-5, 300 pounds) served a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Colorado. After that, Bolles spent two seasons at Snow College and dominated at the community college level before transferring to the University of Utah in 2016. He earned first-team All-Pac-12 Conference recognition in his lone season with the Utes before declaring for the NFL draft as a 25-year-old prospect. Broncos tenure: Bolles was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the first round (20th overall) in the 2017 NFL draft. Bolles immediately began playing, starting 16 games in each of his first three seasons. Bolles also accumulated a lot of penalties (32 total) in his first few years, a rocky start for a young player. Following that rough start, in his next five years, he accounted for 34 penalties, with most of his seasons being single-digit penalty years. In 2020, Bolles started 15 games, and was named a second-team All-Pro for the first time in his career. In 2022, Bolles suffered a broken leg in Week 5, a Thursday Night Football game against the Indianapolis Colts. Bolles came back in a strong way in 2023, starting 17 games. He once again started all 17 games in 2024 and received a four-year contract extension. Bolles hopes that won't be his final NFL contract, as he aims to play until he's 38 or 39. Chances to make the 53-man roster: 100 percent. Bolles is now playing on his third Broncos contract, and he is still playing at a high level at age 33. Bolles is unquestionably a leading voice in the locker room, a veteran presence in any scenario, and just had the first playoff berth of his career. Bolles is here to stay. Related: These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans. This article originally appeared on Broncos Wire: Denver Broncos: Garett Bolles is team's longest tenured player
New York Times
5 days ago
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- New York Times
Trent Williams navigates going out on top, while guiding a young 49ers tackle behind him
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Trent Williams, the best left tackle in the NFL, turned 37 last month and has talked this training camp about trying to gauge where the cliff is. He doesn't see it — the potential fall-off and end of his career — but most players in the NFL never do, as the cliff not only moves but sometimes teams just flat chuck you over it without warning. Advertisement Williams is in great shape, and he goes against former Defensive Player of the Year Nick Bosa every day at 49ers practice, which gives him a good measuring stick. 'He can play as long as he wants — there is no drop-off,' offensive line coach Chris Foerster said Sunday. 'And that's something I haven't seen with a guy who is 37 in all my years of coaching.' Williams is also busy pulling teammates like backup tackle Spencer Burford up the mountain, which helps keep the veteran young at heart and in mind. Burford was drafted out of Texas-San Antonio by the 49ers in the fourth round in 2022 and mentioned right after how excited he was to play with Williams. Williams reached out his hand the first time he met his fellow native Texan. 'Obviously, we clicked,' Williams said Friday. 'He's like a little brother to me now. I love him to death.' (The two actually share a birthday on July 19, which is great for Burford, as Williams owns his own jet and likes to spoil himself. 'He goes big,' Burford said, smiling, 'and I get to hang out in the background sometimes too.') Burford said that Williams 'guides me in the right direction, on and off the field,' but working out with the veteran in the offseason did take some getting used to. 'It's like working out with a coach,' Burford said. 'A lot of guys, when they approach you to work out, it's just to get it done, it's something that they have to do. But with Trent, he loves it — it's a lot more details, a lot more focus and a lot more attention. Everything you do is intentional — whether it's 16 steps this way, 16 steps that way, how you eat, how you sleep.' The two have been working out together in Houston in the offseason, and this summer, both Williams and Foerster think something really clicked. The 6-foot-4, 300-pound Burford has returned to tackle — where he played in college — after starting 29 games at guard his first two seasons with the 49ers. Advertisement Williams holds a camp for young offensive linemen at his gym in Houston, and Burford showed up weeks earlier than usual. 'He was just there working out with my trainer and stuff, just from the jump,' Williams said. 'As soon as the offseason kicked off, he was in there grinding.' And it's paid off at training camp so far. 'You can see a noticeable change in his body — he put on more muscle and you can tell he worked on his explosiveness,' Williams said. 'He worked his butt off and you can just tell, he's got a step.' Burford said, 'when a future Hall of Famer shows you the road, it's hard not to follow.' Foerster has coached Williams for four years after he was drafted in Washington and then the last three in San Francisco, and has really enjoyed watching the veteran help guide Burford. 'I think it's been great,' Foerster said. 'Trent's good with all the guys. He likes coaching and he likes mentoring, and it's a cool dynamic to watch with Spence. As much as I can coach a player, to have Trent come behind — or before, they're gonna listen. Sometimes it's exactly what I'd say. Sometimes it's a little bit different, but it does help.' As for Burford, Foerster said he's 'weathered the storm well' after some early-career struggles, 'and he's come out the other end a lot more mature.' Burford said that he had to learn that you can't copy everything that Williams does. The 6-foot-5, 320-pound 11-time Pro Bowler has uncanny strength and agility and has some violent run-blocking techniques that are also unique. 'There's things that he can do that people can't replicate,' Burford said. Williams smiled when he heard that. 'I beg to differ,' he said. 'I mean, I think he possesses the athleticism in his body. He has the foot movement. He has a great strike. He moved to tackle this camp and you can see it, man. He's playing in space and everyday he's taking a stride.' Advertisement Now that Burford has moved over from guard, he can watch what Williams does in drills and try to immediately duplicate it. Williams, meanwhile, has discovered that he has a passion for coaching. 'I always felt like offensive line was kind of an underserved position,' he said. 'There are 32 teams in the NFL and I think there are probably only four or five great O-line coaches. I always felt like this position was kind of slower evolving than all the rest … so that became my thing, giving back to the game I love by working with players.' It's that added element to his playing career that may help Williams keep putting the pads on until he is 40. Because it's the offseason workouts and meetings that get to most players in their mid- to late thirties. 'How many more meetings can you sit in after 15 years of hearing the same play put in, and most of that is from my voice,' Foerster said. 'It's mind-numbing sometimes. Now, when it gets to the season, the players start competing every week. That's not the problem … 'As Trent said to me one day, 'You know, when I'm out here on this field, I play forever.' It's all the other things that lead to getting out on that field, which eventually chase guys out.' Spot the pattern. Connect the terms Find the hidden link between sports terms Play today's puzzle
CBS News
01-08-2025
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- CBS News
3 players vie for starting left tackle at Bears training camp
The Chicago Bears put the pads back on for their latest training camp practice on Thursday, in another opportunity for three players to try and stand out at left tackle. The competition for the starting job in that position has been a healthy one in several ways. With his longest practice so far at just under two and a half hours, head coach Ben Johnson said he wanted to see who is just surviving training camp, and who is thriving to be the king of the mountain. Braxton Jones, Kiran Amegadjie, and rookie Ozzy Trapilo are battling to assume the throne as the starting left tackle. "It's laid out for us," said Amegadjie. "The staff is doing a great job of, you know, communicating with us on what they're looking for, and you know, putting us in position to go take advantage of every rep." Jones, who is returning from ankle surgery, has the most experience with 40 NFL starts. But the Bears did invest a second-round pick in Trapilo. The competition hasn't gotten in the way of their camaraderie. "I'm super-grateful for them. They're both great people, great guys, and they're the first one to help, you know, anytime — any of us, anytime that there's something on the field that, you know, you have a question on, or specific technique — anything like that — they're the first to step up because, you know, they're at the same spot," said Trapilo. "The situation is what it is, but we're all out there trying to be better as a team." "For me, I just am trying to focus on myself, to be honest, and do what I can to help the other guys as well, and you know, constantly learning," said Jones. "I use this phrase, when you're green, you grow, and when you're ripe, you rot." The offensive-minded head coach said it will ultimately come down to consistency and winning one-on-one matchups, and who needs the least amount of help with play calls to determine who wins the left tackle job.
Washington Post
31-07-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Raiders sign Kolton Miller to 3-year, $66 million extension, AP source says
HENDERSON, Nev. — Kolton Miller, one of the NFL's top left tackles, signed a three-year, $66 million extension with the Las Vegas Raiders, with $42.5 million guaranteed, a person with knowledge of the contract said Wednesday. That person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the terms were not announced. The Raiders announced only an extension has been signed.
Al Arabiya
31-07-2025
- Sport
- Al Arabiya
Raiders sign Kolton Miller to 3-year, $66 million extension, AP source says
Kolton Miller, one of the NFL's top left tackles, signed a three-year, $66 million extension with the Las Vegas Raiders, with $42.5 million guaranteed, a person with knowledge of the contract said Wednesday. That person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the terms were not announced. The Raiders announced only an extension has been signed. Miller, the 15th overall pick of the 2018 draft out of UCLA, has been one of the NFL's top left tackles. He started all 17 games last season, allowing quarterback pressures on 9.8 percent of passing plays, ninth lowest among tackles with at least 600 snaps. He also has been penalized 2.8 percent of all snaps since 2018, second lowest among all tackles over that time. Miller entered training camp with just one year left on his contract but decided to practice rather than hold out. 'I want to be a Raider for life,' Miller said last month during minicamp. 'I love it here. I don't want to go anywhere else. I only know one way to do it, and that's showing up, getting better each day.'
