and a snickers bar

everything. Just everything.

And he is not going to get the ball in Jeff Fisher’s offense.

Why don’t we just get T.O.?

use him with Kerry at QB… Think about all the times we threw the ball to Mcareins and we had to watch him just miss catching it, or catch it and do nothing with it after the catch. I know Gage was good this year, but imagine what he would do with Gage’s touches. A lot!

Boldin only misses time due to his physical style of play. In our offense he wouldn’t be asked to run screens and play RB like he does for them which is where the wear and tear breaks down his body. He would be asked to just catch the ball and get what ever he can. Mostly from the 5-15 yard down the field range. He would still break tackles and run with the same style, but it wouldn’t be near as bad as what they use him for.

I would take rather have 12 or 13 games a yr from him than 16 from a guy like Mcareins.

A major point of this post to begin with was to make the point HE’S NOT ANOTHER T.O…
Read carefully, I pointed out the reasons for his anger. You guys are saying “off the field issues” he’s never had any. He was pissed at the OC for pulling him out of a certain package he belonged in. Not because he wasn’t getting the ball. He has also been promised certain things by their front office and they haven’t come through. Also, Coach Wisenhunt put his nose in Boldin’s contract negotiations when it it didn’t belong which is the main reason he has a grudge and feels betrayed.

Unlike T.O. this guy is all about winning and the team. He even said it was just his competitive nature to want to be out on the field making plays.

Appearing on ESPN’s NFL Live, Boldin addressed whether there’s a lingering issue with Haley: "Not a problem at all," Boldin said. "I’m committed to this team . . . one goal in mind . . . to win the Super Bowl. That’s why I came back early from the facial injury. You don’t get this opportunity all the time."

Both Haley and Boldin acknowledged that the veteran receiver was miffed that he had been taken off the field during the fourth-quarter drive that allowed the Cards to win the game after watching a 24-6 lead melt into a 25-24 deficit.

"I was not given any explanation why I was taken out," Boldin said on NFL Live. "Like any competitor I wanted to know why."

He also addressed his decision to flee the locker room.

"I didn’t leave through a back door. I tried to get in and out as quickly as possible to beat the media," Boldin said. "I didn’t want the story line to be me and Todd getting into it."

Though it wasn’t wise for Boldin to celebrate the win with his teammates, it would have been worse for Boldin to stick around and put his foot in his mouth.

The guy isn’t T.O., yet. Boldin has made it known that he wants out of Arizona, due to the huge gap in pay between himself and teammate Larry Fitzgerald and the team’s refusal to close it sufficiently. But Boldin set all that aside and busted his butt for the entire season.

That said, he surely realizes that putting up big numbers during high-profile games would prompt potential suitors to flood the Cardinals with offseason trade offers, and maybe Boldin wonders whether there’s an agenda to win while keeping his numbers down, in the hopes of keeping him around for the final two years of his current deal.

But maybe Boldin should look at it another way. Maybe the Cardinals are trying to determine whether they can play successfully without Boldin before trading him.

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He’s never been a problem ya know… He’s always been looked up too.

why draft someone who potentially could bust for a absolute stud of a WR that is certainly NOT a TO? Anquan Boldin may be the missing piece of the puzzle for the Titans.

everyone says jeff fisher’s offense doesn’t revolve much around passing, but I beg to differ. about halfway through the season teams apparently figured we were one dimensional and brought alot of extra heat to our running game, forcing us to pass alot more than before. Kerry has proven that he can get the WRs the ball, and it was SO painful watching our guys make drop after drop or screw up their routes, etc.

the panthers have a similar running attack to ours, but they also have an elite WR core in steve smith and mushin muhammad. this creates alot of mismatches for opposing defenses. if we had a more balanced offense, it would help us rely less on our defense, who constantly bailed us this year. not that relying on our D is bad, but sometimes in a must win situation the offense has to step up and we just don’t have anyone up to the task.

I would love to see us do whatever it takes to get this guy over here. his big play ability and hardnosed almost RB like way of playing would be a wonderful addition to our team.

For a 1st and 3rd? Not a chance. Keep in mind Boldin also has a huge contract coming too. So it’s really a 1st, a 3rd, and then a huge contract. Receivers are never worth the money. Ever. EVER. EVER EVER EVER. Only if you can get one at discount (a la Randy Moss and the Patriots) or if you can get one for a good rookie contract (a la Boldin with the Cardinals) is it worth it. I would much rather use these draft picks on a CB and a DT (assuming Haynesworth doesn’t come back). And Boldin is more of a cancer than a lot of people thing. August West referenced him punching a coach. And I know he is a warrior and plays hard, but people said the same things about TO earlier in his career. This divas who cause problems, Plax, Boldin, TO, Chad Johnson, Randy Moss, etc., etc. their antics get worse and worse over time, and we would be the Eagles in the TO situation with Boldin. NO thank you.

I am much happier keeping the draft picks and the money and building more depth at positions that have been proven to need depth in the NFL. Let’s not forget the Patriots won 3 Superbowls without a WR and went 18-1 with 0 Superbowls with a top WR. I like where we areheading, and we don’t need a receiver, especially at such a ridiculous price.

than a lot of people THINK, not thing. my bad.

>>>And Boldin is more of a cancer than a lot of people thing. August West referenced him punching a coach.

What? More of a cancer than people think? No way!

Read carefully bro, August was talking about Chad Johnson punching a coach… Every Arizona fan and player will tell you what kind of person and player he is. He is loyal, thats the problem with the whole thing. He has been loyal and the team hasn’t.

I am not going to assume Albert is not going to come back. I am gonna sit here and keep saying to myself and others he will be back.

>And I know he is a warrior and plays hard, but people said the same things about TO earlier in his career.

Anquan Boldin is not early in his career. Stop comparing him to guys like T.O., he has never been a problem till this past week, and even that is being blown out of proportion. And 95% of the blame should go to the Cardinals organization. Do some research before you just start blurting off at the mouth about a pros pro like Boldin.

With a draft pick there is no guarantee you get a good player which is the case with Boldin, I’m sorry he’s a great player. He’s always been a great teammate on top of that.

Don’t let one argument with an OC over a pretty descent sized career fool you. He is nothing like these other cry baby WRs.

>This divas who cause problems, Plax, Boldin, TO, Chad Johnson, Randy Moss, etc., etc.

When have you ever seen Boldin’s name in a problematic situation before this past week? I can’t believe I’m seeing people categorize him with the like of these other clowns, its horrible.

Didn’t he throw a fit in training camp?

 And yes, he is earlier in his career than the guys I compared him to. At the same point in his career TO was with the 49ers still, and people DID say “He may be a personality, but TO is a competitor, and he comes out to play every Sunday!”

I’m sorry, a guy who is upset he wasn’t playing in the last drive of the game AFTER they won AND not having him in worked, sets off warning sign of a future pariah and locker room problem.

I am not saying he isn’t tough or a competitor, but LOTS of teammates like TO too, even now in Dallas. So saying “His teammates like him,” doesn’t mean anything.

The situation this weekend IS a big deal, because it was 100% selfish and related to him. At the beginning of the game the Eagles brought overload pressure to a side to try and get a guy unblocked to Kurt Warner. It was obvious that Wisenhunt had obviously anticipated this, so he had designed plays where Warner had a quick out to either side and a few of them to Fitzgerald became big plays. Then in the 2nd half the Eagles adjusted by bringing even pressure on either side, dropping their non-blitzing linebackers deep to protect against the short routes Fitzgerald was eating the alive with, and shaded their corners deep. This meant that the Cardinals, in that spread 3 wide formation they run, had to run longer developing routes, which then gave the blitz more time to get there, and it did, and the Eagles stuffed them all in the 2nd half.

The Cardinals though finally adjusted with that last drive. They ran a 2 RB, 2 TE, 1 WR set. Well with the way Fitz was playing, and the fact that Boldin is still a bit injured, obviously Boldin is the odd man out. AND IT WORKED. 14 plays and 8 minutes later, they scored a touchdown. AND HE THREW A FIT. You could argue if they HAD put Boldin in there, it would’ve been more of the same, not enough protection for Warner, and they would’ve lost, and yet he stormed out of the locker room after his team made it to the SB.

So that’s just being a pros pro? Really? Because I always imagined a pros pro, you know, not being a baby about the fact that his team had to make an adjustment to an overly aggressive defense that had shut them down 3 straight drives and for one drive he had to take a back seat for the good of the team. TO ME, THAT’S a pros pro.

As for mistaking August West’s comment, totally my bad. Sorry about that.

Nope not after last week. Sorry.

what your talking about…

What happened before the season? Do you know the whole story? While I’m a die hard Titan fan, 3 of my favorite players are on the Cards so I follow them closely, and watch every game… Just tell me if you know the situation. If you did, you would know why he demanded a trade. HE DID NOT THROW A FIT. He even went as far as to play even though he wasn’t happy with his contract situation instead of holding out. So he is nothing like those other WRs your categorizing him with.

I’m not trying to be a dick… But you really don’t know why he was upset the other night either. On the last drive they did do primarily 1 Wr sets and it makes total sense that Fitz is the guy in those formations, thats not what he’s upset about. The Cards have a lot of different sets and packages. He was upset because when they went to the 2 wr sets (his packages) they pulled him. He wanted an explanation why he was pulled… He deserves one, he has done nothing but give to that team to get nothing back for years. He has given his body and soul to that team. He was completely healthy for the game. He had 2 wks to rest his hamstring which wasn’t even a bad pull or tear, it was a small strain, I’ve done it millions of times playing basketball. Its an easy wks rest. He looked fine running all those plays before that during the whole game.

If you read the above posts I made you would see why he was upset… He has never been upset about not getting the ball… EVER Do you know how many games I watch where Fitz is the man for the whole game and Boldin just does his job? Same goes for Fitz when Boldin is the man. HE HAS NEVER MADE A BIG DEAL ABOUT NOT GETTING THE BALL… AND HE DIDN’T THE OTHER NIGHT. Thats not what it was about, you are mistaken.

I hate guys like Plaxico and T.O., I even hate the way Finnegan does things sometimes. But I’m here to tell you, he’s not one of those kind of players.

Let me ask you this… Do you see a “C” for captain on any of those WRs you named jerseys? Cuz I sure as hell don’t… Look at Boldin’s jersey, its there for a reason.

You need to read what PFT said, they have a good observation on what might be going on in Zona with Boldin… That’s why I posted it. There’s a reason one of the top 5-10 WRs in the NFL would be sitting on the bench during a key drive in the 2 WR sets. And its not injury or lack of productivity.

The guy isn’t T.O., yet. Boldin has made it known that he wants out of Arizona, due to the huge gap in pay between himself and teammate Larry Fitzgerald and the team’s refusal to close it sufficiently. But Boldin set all that aside and busted his butt for the entire season.

That said, he surely realizes that putting up big numbers during high-profile games would prompt potential suitors to flood the Cardinals with offseason trade offers, and maybe Boldin wonders whether there’s an agenda to win while keeping his numbers down, in the hopes of keeping him around for the final two years of his current deal.

Boldin was promised a new deal, literally promised by the organization… He makes less than half what Fitz makes at this point in time, which is ridiculous. Wisenhunt who had no right to get involved in negotiations in fact did get involved. Boldin has been there a lot longer than coach and has endured a whole lot more losing seasons with that team.

So basically when the organization backed out on its PROMISE to give him a new “fair” deal coupled with the Coach getting involved he really felt betrayed and asked for a trade.

The team failed to deal him, so he went on and played the season Ballz out under his shitty contract for his teammates as he said, and the opportunity to win a ring. As far as I’m concerned he has a right to be mad.

He did not throw any tantrums, nor did he start yelling at the QB telling him to throw him the ball, he didn’t hold out, he didn’t call the QB gay, he didn’t start packin heat and shooting himself and shit. He just went out and played football.

That said, he surely realizes that putting up big numbers during high-profile games would prompt potential suitors to flood the Cardinals with offseason trade offers, and maybe Boldin wonders whether there’s an agenda to win while keeping his numbers down, in the hopes of keeping him around for the final two years of his current deal.

A guy who storms out of the locker room after their team just won the NFC Championship game, for ANY reason, is selfish and not a “pros pro”. I don’t care if he has the Captain’s “C” on his jersey. Plus, he demanded a trade as the Captain. Not a good sign when your Captain demands a trade.

And as for “knowing what I am talking about”, there are just as many, if not more, top media guys writing articles on how this is a big problem and this could be a distraction, and these guys have just as many sources as any of the people saying it isn’t a big deal, so please don’t tell me I don’t know what I am talking about. I know just as much as you, which is not much, and we are all speculating. My speculation is he isn’t worth the draft picks and a big contract, partially because of this problem, but honestly I would say he wasn’t worth it if he had never had any issues. A 1st and a 3rd plus a big contract is WAY too much to give up for a receiver, especially for the Titans because we have never used our WR’s much anyways. Now I know the argument to that is because we’ve never had a receiver of Boldin’s quality, but we don’t need one either. It’s not who we are, it’s not who we are going to be, and with this recent blow up on the sidelines and in the locker room with him, I don’t think he’d be that happy here because we wouldn’t get him the ball as much as he’d like.

Keep in mind our offense is fine, we didn’t lose because our offense played poorly or doesn’t have enough playmakers. If anything I would much rather find an upgrade over Lenwhale White at RB before we ever go after a WR. We had 391 yards on the 2nd best defense in the NFL. We lost because of moronic penalties and untimely turnovers.

I also must add I like Boldin. The way he played after he literally broke his face was amazing. But that doesn’t make him worth a 1st, a 3rd, and several million dollars.

But please, save me the I don’t know what I am talking about because I read all the same articles and have all the same information as you, I just have a different take. Nobody really knows except the Cardinals front office and Boldin. Even the media doesn’t know that much, and that’s where we as fans get our information. We’re both 3rd on the chain of information, meaning our info is limited. Neither of us really know what we’re talking about.

I agree with that also. I doubt that Wisenhunt would potentially give up a chance to go to the Superbowl just to lower Boldin’s price. I could maybe see that happening in a season (think Shaun Alexander stuck at 1699 rushing yards when he gets a bonus at 1700) but in a playoff game? For the Superbowl? No way. That would come back to kill you in the media if it got out and you lost.

Everyone is always about being cheap… If you have the money under the cap, then spend it. Spend it wisely, but spend it. WR is our biggest need in my opinion. Maybe I’m just sick of seeing scrubs like Mcareins

What’s the chance that we get Marvin Harrison?… Word is he won’t be back with the colts

take Harrison