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Uh Oh!!

Posted by cardinal_chick

July 26, 2008 |

After a seemingly endless delay of contract negotiations for stud WR Anquan Boldin, he no longer wishes to negotiate, nor will he sign, any extension if offered; even ordering his agent to cease negotiations.

Says Boldin, matter-of-factly, “For me, it’s been disappointing, but it is what it is.  At this point, I’m not even interested in a contract.”  He says he was promised a new contract prior to the 2008 season, and it didn’t materialize.  Therefore, he will play out the remaining 3 years on his current contract, earning $2.5, $2.75, and $3 million for those years.

Understandably, he feels “led on” by the team, who didn’t waste any time extending fellow WR Larry Fitzgerald’s 4-year, $40 million contract early in the offseason.

While Boldin has never asked for a trade, he said he doesn’t know what he would say if the subject arose.

Frankly, I don’t blame Boldin one bit.  Despite Ken Whisenhunt’s self-proclaimed sensitivity to Boldin’s situation, he asserts that the Cardinals are trying to build a team that wins, and had to fit several top players in under the salary cap.  Um, hello?!?!  Boldin IS one of the team’s top players.

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(Source: azcardinals.com)


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