Cardinals Do It Again: Boldin Unhappy
Then again, they had to know this was coming.
Quotes from Anquan Boldin regarding his contract situation, via AZ Central:
“At this point, I’m not even interested in a contract,” said Boldin. “For me, it’s been going on two years, and especially after last year, I was promised a deal would get done before the season. But the season’s here and obviously that hasn’t happened.”
Basically, after the Cardinal’s gave Larry Fitzgerald a 4-year, $40 million deal this spring, Boldin immediately wanted to get paid similar money. Right now he’s scheduled to make a little over $8 million for the next three years.
I can see where Boldin might have an issue.
Now Boldin feels as if he has been betrayed by the Cards, claiming Rod Graves promised Boldin a new contract before the season. Boldin has now cut off negotiations, saying he doesn’t want a contract with the Cardinal’s and that he doesn’t want to play for them. While not outright requesting a trade, he did say he didn’t want to play for the Cardinals anymore.
Not the best quotes coming from a team leader, and not a good sign for the Cards with camp set to begin tomorrow. As said before though, the Cardinal’s had to have seen this coming right? And if not, then the state of the organization is worse off than i thought.
It’s possible, as it stands now, that they Cards would have been better off trading Boldin for Lito Sheppard and the draft pick this spring that Philly was offering. They are in danger now of getting much less than that, even if Boldin does decide to play out this season.
Whatever happens, it should be an interesting subplot to the season…
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