I know we've beaten the Boldin stories like a rented mule but I'm surprised that both the local and national media are starting turn on him. It's appears as if his 'warrior' mentality is slowly deteriotating into a 'cancer' mentality.

Here are some excerpts from a story by Dan Bickley of AZcentral.com:

The Cardinals' Pro Bowl wide receiver is blinded by anger, or jealousy, or greed.......But as his pity party continues, the love affair is ending. People are getting tired of Boldin's sour mood, and by design, his Q rating is plummeting. He's trying to make you, me and the team so sick of him that he must be traded elsewhere. What a terrible way to go.

I honestly never thought I'd hear a local member of the media talk about Q like this. Wasn't he everyone's favorite player like two years ago and now one of the biggest media outlets in town is publicly calling him out.

With his leverage reduced to a water pistol, Boldin should stop this fight immediately. His sulking is getting old, and he may have just lied to the team to avoid practicing in the first minicamp. This stuff adds up. He needs to smell the roses, and note the shifting winds......Boldin should realize he has no chance of winning sympathy. Not in this economy, and not after the team ripped up his original contract earlier in the decade, rewarding him with $10 million in bonus money. Boldin took the short-term security then, diminishing his case in 2009.

His sympathy factor is fading quickly. Forget the economy, I hate that argument, how many times and how often does the team have to rip up his deal and dump a boatload of bonus money on him?

It's not fair that rookie Matthew Stafford will deposit $41.9 million in bonuses. It's not fair that Ken Whisenhunt coached his team to the Super Bowl in 2009, and is scheduled to earn less than new Chiefs head coach Todd Haley, a former Cardinals assistant.

Maybe the best point of the entire article if you ask me. Whiz is the most underpaid person on the Cardinals payroll and we haven't heard him souding off in the media.

************************************************************

Ok so some of the local media is growing tired of Q's 'pity party' but surely the national media still loves bashing on the cheap Arizona Cardinals right? Not so fast my friend.....Matt Bowen of National Football Post (if this site isn't in your daily rotation, it should be) recently blasted Boldin after showing up to camp with a "mystery" injury. Now before you say, this is probably just another Cardinal hater who has probably bagged on the organization for the past two decades, he's the same guy who wrote an article in early March praising Boldin and saying that 31 teams in the NFL should be interested in him. You see, Bowen is not only a pretty decent journalist, he's also a strong safety in the NFL from 2000-2006. He described Boldin as the last receiver you want to see in the open field with the ball in his hands. So what has changed? Well I guess Boldin's act simply hasn't changed and it's wearing on everyone's patience. Here's what he had to say yesterday:

This is a clear example of a last-ditch effort by the Boldin camp to get the money it thinks he deserves - and it looks pretty lame in my mind. Since Boldin is under contract, he has to at least appear at mini-camp or risk being fined. But by sitting out due to a mystery injury that suddenly surfaced, he's showing the Cards that he still wants that big paycheck......A paycheck that might not ever surface.

So none of that is really ground breaking news but it lays the base for what's to come.

It is no secret that teams were hesitant to make a first-round offer for a guy they would have to pay over $9 million a year for. He's still better than any rookie from this year's class or next year's class or the year after that at the wide receiver position, but he's also going to be 29 years old next season, and he has some injury concerns......I would want him on my team, but that price tag is a little high, don't you think?

Makes sense when you consider giving up a first and paying huge money to guy with his history of injuries. His age certainly isn't helping his cause either.

If you think he's a $9-million-a-year player, then go ahead and argue away, because it looks like Boldin and Rosenhaus need your help. For maybe the first time, they aren't holding a good hand against the dealer....Sure, Rosenhaus will work the phones and work the Cardinals' front office, but until we see a team actually make an offer - and put some money on the table - this story is dead.....From the looks of things, Boldin should be back scoring touchdowns in the league's best offense in Arizona. But until that happens, we'll watch the drama unfold - again - as he pushes, prods and tries to force the Cardinals to open their wallets......But $9 million a year? I guess those "hamstring" injuries carry a lot of value these days.

Geez, what happened to the #81 that we fell in love with? Will the real Anquan Boldin please stand up?

**********************************************************************

I wish I could say that I feel for Boldin, but I just don't. I know that he's underpaid and I understand that the organization promised him a new deal, but his act is getting old and for some reason I even blaming him for Dockett's recent out cry. With the future so bright for this team, I wish some of the guys could just shut up and play. Am I the only one who's tired his act or are you still backing the Q? Is your 'Q rating' dropping?