Boldin’s Frustration Going to Bubble to the Surface Again?
For those of you keeping track of other wide receivers around the league, here’s an interesting update from Kent Somers of the Arizona Republic.
The structure of the Adrian Wilson’s new contract will make it difficult to re-sign Boldin in 2009. Wilson’s cap figure this year is around $9.5 million because the Cardinals chose to pay him $8.5 million in salary this year (guaranteed) rather than put a portion of that in signing bonus.
If the Cardinals had paid a portion of that $8.5 million as a signing bonus, Wilson’s cap number would have been significantly lower. The extra cap space could have come in handy in extension talks with Boldin.
Somers goes on to write that the Cardinals have some other looming decisions to make regarding Larry Fitzgerald as soon as 2010, and due to that, Boldin likely won’t get a new deal anytime soon.
This could bear paying attention to if the situation gets ugly over the summer.
16 Responses to Boldin’s Frustration Going to Bubble to the Surface Again?
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JAY says:
WE SHOULDTRY TO TRADE FOR BOLDIN OR FITZ. IF THAT DOES NOT WORK WE SHOULD SIGN MATT JONES!!!!! HE IS 6-6 AND HE IS YOUNG WE NEED TO GET MORE DEPTH AT THE WR POSITION.
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sec108 says:
You guys are insane if you think there is ANY way the Cards are letting Fitzgerald go? Not a chance in hell. Oh, and I doubt our cap could hold either of their contracts right now anyway.
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Scott/NY says:
Plaxico Burress
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Matt says:
MATT JONES IS TERRIBLE.
For Vet minimum, sure. He’s probably better than Brad Smith, maybe.
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Cabras says:
Boldin is not the answer, but I would’nt be surprised if Tanny continues his Fantasy GM run.
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Bent says: At the weekend, I posted a link that was saying the same thing and also mentioned that Darnell Dockett might be in the same boat.
The Jets might struggle to afford next year’s cap hit for anyone of this caliber without a bunch of other cost-cutting moves in 2010, so while they can’t be sure whether or not there will be a cap, it’s probably unlikely.
I can think of one poster who might disagree with Matt’s opinion.
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how about reggie williams he had a great season a yr ago, big fast and young, will come cheap to.
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Harlan Lachman says:
I don’t get the fascination with tall WR (i.e., Jones and Plax). I want a really fast WR who is able to stretch the field, demand double teams on obvious passing downs, who gets separation and open whenever single covered, and who does not drop the ball.
Tall WR might help in the red zone. But if we finally connect on some long TD passes, and with Keller and TJ, I don’t see that need as important as the one’s I list above. The fast WR will do more to open up our running and passing game on the entire field.
With the possible exception of the unproven Clowney and Wright, none of our WR are speed burners — more the possession type WR. We don’t need more of them, no matter how good. Even with Coles opposite Cotch, and for all his whineyness Coles was a top WR, we suffered from not having a WR who could quickly get deep open.
Get me one of those for the start of the season.
harlan
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I am not interested in Boldin. I know he’s talented but the guy has been beat up the last 2 years (even though he puts up numbers)
I know he is better than Cotch but arent they basically the same type of player??
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I’m with you Harlan. Tall WR’s are the most overrated commodity in football. Here’s a list of tall WR’s drafted high in the past few years, and some of the shorter guys taken after them:
David Terrell and Rod Gardner – taken before Santana Moss and Reggie Wayne
Ashlie Lelie – taken before Deion Branch
Reggie Williams – taken before Lee Evans
Mike Williams – taken before Roddy White
Robert Meachem – taken before Anthony Gonzalez
Devin Thomas – taken before Eddie Royal and DeSean JacksonThat’s not to say tall WR’s can’t work, but their height is secondary to their other WR skills. You don’t need tall receivers, you need guys who can get open downfield and catch the ball once they do. The Pats won 3 titles without a truly tall WR. The Redskins built a dynasty in the 80′s around small, quick receivers who always got free in big situations. Steve Smith has been the best downfield threat in football over the past 6 years, and Reggie Wayne (generously listed at 6’0″) is right up there with him.
We need to be able to stretch the field and score TD’s from any down and distance, but you don’t have to get a 6’4″ guy to do that.
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zenlaw says:
I’m still intrigued by the prospect of trading T. Jones for B. Edwards. As written in a NY Post blog on the topic, we would be trading Jones at his highest value for Edwards at his lowest.
Jones is 31 and we all know that RB’s start to break down at that age. Meanwhile, Edwards at 26 is just hitting his stride. With Green and Leon, the Jets should be fine at RB and they could easily add depth by picking up a player like Torrain who is about to be released from Denver.
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>> Jones is 31 and we all know that RB’s start to break down at that age. Meanwhile, Edwards at 26 is just hitting his stride.
Isn’t that exactly why there’s no chance in heck that CLE would ever agree to that trade?
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ramble914 says:
P4P,
Don’t forget about Clayton and Duper from Miami, they were both about 5′-10″ and set records with Marino because of their speed, athleticism, and great hands.
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Bent says:
All things being equal, I’d say Edwards is worth at least a second rounder and TJ is worth at most a fourth rounder, so if the Jets could make that trade straight up I think it would be a mistake on Cleveland’s part. The financial implications still bother me, but an offer like that might be too good to turn down. I very much doubt such an offer has ever been on the table though.
You don’t move back in the second round and end up with the 3rd pick in the draft (albeit from 2 years earlier) very often!
Harlan said: “Tall WR might help in the red zone.” In the case of Plax, he definitely does. 55 career TDs, I believe. That has to be his major allure for the Jets. However, I do agree that the need for a top quality “big” WR on every team is a myth as there’s only a handful of guys that meet that description. One of the very best (Andre Johnson, if you consider 6’3″ 233 as “big”) hasn’t helped make his team very successful so far.
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The tall WR gives you much a higher ceiling of talent than the shorter WR does.
Moss, Fitz, Plax, Marshall, TO, they have everything the smaller WR does but is a major redzone threat and gives the QB a much bigger window to make throw. The big WR make your QB a better QB in every aspect of his game
Can the Jets get Fitz? That would be pretty cool.