Trade for Boldin?

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by Rajmahal33

link on the boldin ESPN article?

I think you have to take the whole Boldin thing in with a grain of salt:
1) He is not much younger than Chad at 27 (2 years and change) so the complaint about Chad's year count is either totally overblown or should be applied partially towards boldin too. And I'll take Chad's consistency and durability over that 2 yr difference with boldin

2) Boldin has had some injury concerns and the last thing we need is an injury prone player on our roster. Just another chance at an offseason hypothetical, leaving us scratching our heads, asking what if so-and-so was healthy.

3) Boldin's numbers are padded by the fact that he played in the pass happy NFC West. When you play in high scoring games against SF, St Louis and Seattle, especially when your team is down by a large margin and has to pass, your WR's are gonna get the stats. Also, the DB's probably aren't as good as in Chad's AFC North (with Pittsburgh and Baltimore).

4) Boldin had the benefit of Fitzgerald taking away a lot of the attention and it probably suited for the #2 role on any team. 85 on the other hand was almost always doubled and was always treated as the #1 threat on the field.

5) Boldin has never really played in big (NFL) game situations. He has no playoff experience and typically his teams have finished well under .500. Arizona is a pretty tame NFL state where little pressure is put on that team to perform. Who knows how he will deal with big city pressure and expectations, especially in a media market like DC?

point 3 and 4 bunk, he was the only WR his first year and still got a hair away from 1400, which is better than i've seen a WR do here in just about forever. he a LEGIT #1! he's DEFINITELY better than santana and he has less injury problems as far as games affected (santanna's hammy's just linger forever). though the point about injury concerns are totally valid.

point 5 is bull, i mean, no offense, but that's a stupid arguement. if matt hasslebeck played in dc, he'd be loved by the fans, cause HE CAN PLAY. boldin would be in the same situation.