Cardinals Lower Demands for Boldin

scott, you say that like you are kidding... but I'm not so sure. The fact that the Cards lower their demands sounds to me like they might be panicking about getting rid of Boldin before the draft. Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but I think they are very afraid of having to deal with him disrupting an otherwise good locker room.

Good point, Jason. It's been my belief all along that it makes zero sense for the Cards to trade Boldin to anyone, really. They just went to the Super Bowl. Unless the guy pulls a TO and stages a press conference in his driveway, I say Boldin isn't going anywhere.

Its weird that no one in the media has mentioned that it wouldn't be in the Cardinals best interests to trade Boldin to the Giants or Eagles since they figure to be 2 of their main threats to reach the Super Bowl next year. Something the Cardinals are obviously thinking about especially the Giants case since their offense completely fell apart last year without Plax.

Matt - I think Boldin is a good player. I wouldn't call him a difference-maker. I've already broken down his career stats on the site, so I'm not going to get into that again. Safe to say, he's not the big play guy everyone believes him to be.

Bottom line, IMO: The Birds made their big deal. It was Jason Peters. If they loved Boldin so much, they would have surrendered a #1 pick for him. Reid may add a receiver, but it will be in the draft.

This actually sounds like a discount tailor-made for the Eagles. All things considered, Tony Gonzalez is in the twilight of his career, and, though he's still a viable option, you know how the Eagles are with talent that's nearing retirement. I'm also not nearly as concerned with our tight end situation as I like Brent Celek and figure upon the Eagles drafting a second TE that can develop into another viable option.

You also have to consider the possibility that the Eagles held onto the pick in case it would be needed to make a play for Boldin, or that talks were never truly that serious to begin with.

A wide-receiver like Anquan Boldin is a major difference-maker. It quells the talks about the Eagles not going after the playmakers, appeases McNabb's desire for additional targets, and most of all, adds another player that opposing defenses need to spotlight. I would imagine that the Eagles are extremely interested, as they've been in the conversation for some time, even with the higher price. But that's just my thought process.

...I'll try not to let myself get TOO excited.