I don’t get the front office’s honesty right now but I guess it’s refreshing. I still don’t think much has changed though, they’re listening to offers (they’d be stupid not to IMO) but someone is going to have to blow them away. It’s going to take a first rounder plus at least one other mid round pick and maybe even a third late round pick. At that price I’d be willing to pack Boldin’s bag for him, but no one is going pay that price.

The Cowboys set an incredibly high market value with the Roy Williams trade and the Cardinals would be smart to listen to offers but keep the high high asking price. If they trade him fine, if they don’t get what they ask then we’ll just keep him.

that Boldin will be traded this year. I hate to see it happen but it still looks like it will take place. They denied the Warner money being given over to Boldin, they won’t make him a priority on his contract, and now are listening to trade offers. The Cowboys screwed up the Williams deal and no WR was worth what they did. It sets a level for a trade but it isn’t realistic. They probably get a couple of draft picks if they trade him.

Here is what I would like to have happen.

We send Boldin & Edge to Giant for 1st rounder & Bradshaw. My only concern with this is that I heard Bradshaw may be in some kind of legal trouble. Anybody heard anything on this?

I don’t think he is going anywhere. I would want AT LEAST as much as the lions got for Roy. We are a much better team with Q. We should make him play here this year, win the superbowl, then trade him next year for some picks. Thats how we will build a dynasty.

To be realistic, the Cards won’t get something “better” than what the Lions got for Williams. No doubt Q is the far superior receiver, but nobody (well, almost nobody) is going to give away more picks than Jones did.

However, a scenario that I think makes sense, if the Cards and Boldin are really that far apart and cannot get any closer, is a trade to Jacksonville. It would get Q out of the NFC, and would probably involve something like Jacksonville’s third round this year and their first round next year. I’d like to see us hold out for their second this year and their first next year, which would give us picks #31, #39, and #63 in the first two rounds this year, and of course, two #1’s next year, one that could be used to move back into rounds two and three and get extra picks again. If it is a third this year, that would still give us picks #31, #63, #72, and #95 in rounds 1-3, again with two #1’s next year. That gives us a lot more flexibility in filling needs for the upcoming season. We could use #31 on a DE/OLB (hopefully English), #63 or even #72 on an RB like Shonn Greene, and one of the two on a monster like Phil Loadholt (I know he’s an OT, not an OG but from what I’ve heard he may be way too good to pass on). OR, if English is gone by #31 they could go the route of Pettigrew at #31 (if he’s there), Greene, Loadholt, and a DE/OLB. Either way, it would go along way in improving our pass rush and run game. It would also give us a chance to see exactly what we have in Doucet, and I’m thinking he may really round out what is already a very good 2008 draft class.

I don’t want to see Boldin leave, but his value is sky high right now (another injury in the upcoming season and I think we can kiss a future #1 good-bye) and I don’t see the long-term value in having two $10 million dollar receivers, especially when that position is the the deepest one on our roster, and probably the entire league.

Good to know I make sense to somebody other than myself, and upon further review I think my point would have been more effective if I had left the potential picks out, since that could create a debate outside the idea of the original post. Whomever the Cards’ brass would use the picks on is something I’m sure they’ll make count, but the idea of getting more picks than what we have now is the benefit I’m getting at. I like the idea of picking late in the first, but getting either an early second or early third, to me, is a major upgrade over choosing later in those rounds.

Ozzie Newsome will realize that getting Boldin for a 1st and 3rd will have more value then taking a rookie WR in the 1st and someone else in the 3rd.

http://blogs.nfl.com/2009/04/16/boldin-on-possible-trade-i-want-to-get-it-resolved/

Apparently Boldin is making some shout outs to teams he’d like to play for. Eagles and Giants specifically. Something tells me that Boldin won’t be playing in red this year, unless it’s with the Chiefs.