Cardinals Trade Anquan Boldin

Anquan Boldin seems like a risk considering he never seems healthy and plays with such a bruising style. When he is healthy that bruising style is effective however.
Glad to see him gone from the NFC West.

"While the talk of the town in Seattle is Brandon Marshall joining the NFC West, another prolific receiver has just left it."


For me personally it feels like I could careless about this move because of all the brandon marshall excitment. Even though this trade will impact us very much. Honestly the NFC West is up for grabs, who knows, the rams might be a contender. They also made moves by agreeing terms with quarterback AJ Feely.

totally agreed. if this was the only news, we would be jumping up and down to see the Cardinals falling fast, but with the Marshall news, things cant get any better

hey mike, thanks for being so dilligent in keeping the site updated. Makes my day at work much easier (i dont have to troll bleacher report for seahawks info all day)

Here is a video link on Danny O neil of seattle times talking to nfl.com on details about the marshall rumors. Worth the listen for those who havent seen it

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-free-agency/09000d5d816c44b3/Hawks-targeting-Marshall

This is great news! The Hawks have always done their best in a weak division. With Kurt Warner gone the NFC West has the worst quarterback talent of any division in the NFL which equals the playing field again.

http://profootballtalk.nbcspor...-a-backup/

Lendale white wants is tired of being a backup and wants a trade.

Anyone??

As a seahawks fan, I'm having a hay-day knowing that the Cards are Losing everybody! This offseason is perfact right now! LOL, call it what you want, but its gunna be a WIDE OPEN NFC West next year..

Look I'll agree the NFC West is gonna be much easier with the cardinals losing a bunch of their big players. But the seahawks have yet to do a single thing to make me think they are in a better place then the cardinals. If anything the NFC West is wide open for the 49ers to dominate. I wish I could be positive but I honestly don't think Brandon Marshall will solve a dang thing. I wish I could be pumped but I expected more than a big headed WR for us during FA.

The Cards are done! If the Hawks sign Marshall, they will have the best offense in the division (pending some o-line help) This division is wide open. I never dreamed I'd be this excited in March over football! Go Hawks!

Seems like a good development in the possibility of getting Marshall. Boldin isn't quite in his class but is pretty darn good when healthy nonetheless. It only took a 3rd and 4th while getting back a fifth. As long as no other team comes in with a contract offer guaranteeing them a first, I think we could get it done with our 40th overall and a player like Branch, Sims, Kerney, etc...which I would be thrilled with. Also great to see Warner retire, Boldin traded, Dansby to Phins and Rolle soon to follow or to G-Men!

and now they just lost antrel rolle to the giants...wow.

@EWseahawksfan: But the seahawks have yet to do a single thing to make me think they are in a better place then the cardinals. If anything the NFC West is wide open for the 49ers to dominate.
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I understand (and to an extent share) your reluctance.
But remember, this is a 4 team division...the Rams stink, now the Cardinals have taken some serious hits on their defense and they have a questionable QB.

So you're correct, it's the 49'ers that appear to be the team that is going to be the biggest challenge in the division. I'm not sold on Smith's rebirth and the Hawks had a silly amount of injuries at O line. I wouldn't write in the Hawks to dominate the division in ink, but when the division winner has taken so many hits it has to make the road smoother than it was before.

I am willing to give away our 6th pick if pete carroll is not sold or confident on Clausen. Because I think Clausen is the only prospect that the hawks should draft at 6th, The 6th pick is alot of money and to use that money on a franchise quarterback is just the right thing to do. Also, I honestly dont think anybody else talent wise and money wise is worth it at 6th.

S Eric Berry: Way to high to take a saftey at 6th.

DT Ndamukong Suh: 100000% Positive that he will be gone at 6th

QB Sam Bradford: He will also be gone

OT Russel Okung: Is a player I would like to get at 6th along with clausen but Im sure Okung will be a goner.

DT Gerald McCoy, Derrick Morgan: I personally dont like them skill wise and 6th is a tiny bit to much for him.

CB Joe Haden: I think we have much bigger needs then cornerback at 6th.


Bryan Bulaga, CJ Spiller, Dez Bryant: Not high Dez Bryant and Bulaga and spiller is just to high.

My point is that Pete and company needs to pull the trigger on Clausen or trade the 6th pick and grabe a quarterback later in the draft

I was just over at the cardinals blogs. They are in absolute denial. They think the cardinals will still be at least 8-8. Good luck!

I think there is something in that desert water!

Just for the record, Arizona has their own Sims, Willis, Reed, Hawthorne, Hering type players too. If we lost Hill or Tatupu we would be doing the same thing because WE know how good these back ups (or atleast once were back ups) are and how they could fill the holes. So maybe they think they are just fine or maybe even at an advantage because they now have more picks. Boldin for example, he is an awesome, high profile player but was always injured. That would have been like us getting something for Hackett (in a sense). Just saying that unless you know that team inside and out like we do the Hawks it's a bit premature to say that they are going to suck next year.

If Boldin is worth 2nd and a 3rd then...is Marshall worth a 40th pick this year? Certainly hope we dont give away the 6th pick..that would suck.

The NFC West is getting wide open again.

The question is, is it just that we're re-arranging the pieces in what is still going to be the worst division in football or is the NFC West getting better as a whole?

I hope someone trades for Dockett next

Arizona has so many talented WR's--and it seems all of them are 6'1" tall or more--that I dont feel losing Boldin will hurt them at all. In fact, they may be better off without him.

Now they can resign Sean Morey, who is ready to be the third WR. They also have that smaller guy they drafted in the second round a couple years ago (I forget his name) who has talent and might be ready to become a player. Plus, they have Jehreme Urban, who aside from his chronic foot injury, is a fine fourth WR and always tears the Hawks a new one. Its hilarious watching Josh Wilson and Jennings try to cover him--they just throw the ball high and he runs them over!

Losing Dansby is a much much bigger deal, and Dockett wants Haynesworth/Peppers money. Even if they keep him, its gonna hurt them. You know the Bidwells are freaking out over having to pay that!

Plus, now they have an EXTRA third and fourth round pick in a draft that is LOADED with talent in the areas the Cards also are looking at restocking with developmental players: RB and WR and Safety.

I think Baltimore got what they needed, and Arizona made out like a bandit. Plus, AZ got Boldin out of the NFC. I bet they were careful not to let a third-party trade happen with Boldin coming here.

Ive always thought Boldin would be a perfect WCO WR playing under Holmgren--like Darrell Jackson but without the drops! Now Baltimore looks pretty imposing, and they can afford to let Mason go to NE.

You just like to argue don't you? hahaha

1. There is no replacement to a Hall of Fame quarterback. At least two games worse there alone.

2. Carlos Dansby was there best linebacker, and the others are either two old, or just not good at all. They are talking about bringing in Larry Foote as a stop gap.

3. Yes the cards have other good recievers, but Bolden was their bruiser. They reciever capable of taking a punishment to get a 3rd and 8. They will miss him just for that reason.

4. Rolle I think will probably be the one that they won't miss too much. The cardinals do have depth in the secondary. However, he still was their third best secondary player.

It isn't like us losing two linebackers from our deepest position.

They lost:

1. Hall of Fame Quarterback
2. Pro Bowl Reciever
3. 2 or their 5 Best Defensive Players

It would be like us losing right now:

1. Matt Hasselback
2. The Housh
3. Tatupu
4. Trufant

These are the caliber players they lost. We would be screaming bloody murder if this happened to us. They don't even have that good of draft picks.

I was just pointing out that they might not be as worried as WE think they are and we shouldn't just start throwing our hats in the air.

-Boldin was always injured and they may have been feeling like they were OVER paying him as he was never 100% and never really played to his full potential.

-Rolle to me is a wash. He's good, but I think they are in love with Rashad Johnson. I was very high on him last year and think he will be a good FS in the NFL. They just got younger and cheaper at S.

-Dockett hasn't gone anywhere yet so we can't speculate on that.

-Warner hurts, but I'm still scared of what Leinart may bring to the table. He was thrown in as a rookie and didn't live up to the hype as most rookies thrown in there do. He's now had good time to mature, develop and ease into the pace of the NFL. This reminds me alot of the Favre/Rodgers situation so until he proves otherwise I'm not going to speculate.

-Dansby is really the only HUGE hit to me so far. He's one of the NFL's best and it's a hole that isn't easy to fill. However, I don't know their backups all that well and I won't speculate because if we lost Tatupu I wouldn't be all that disappointed (other than my respect for the guy) because I know how good Hawthorne is and in my opinion he out played Lofa this year.

Yes, I like to argue, but I wasn't really arguing with you before buddy. I was just saying that we shouldn't get too excited and say that they are going to battle St. Louis for worst in the NFC West because we don't really know what they have to reload with and now they have a ton of draft picks to go after a couple guys they may be targeting. If you ask me it looks like they just got a lot younger and if they fill holes nicely they could be a force for several years to come.

Going back and looking at their depth, I think that Ali Highsmith will fill Dansby's hole adequately. He is a good player and like Walt, no body will really fill Dansby's hole, but it won't make it a weak spot.

I totally agree with you on Rashad Johnson filling the hole at safety. That is why I said Rolle will probably not be missed. However, Dansby was their youngest starting linebacker. This unit is going to need a complete over haul. Even if they have a good linebacker draft, which I think they should. There will be some growing pains.

Until Leinhart proves otherwise, he is an average quarterback at best, and a step back for the Cardinals, and anybody who is selling something different has ocean front property in Arizona. He may pan out. However, to just assume he will pan out is ludicrous.

I guess my question to you would be we had an argument where I said that we were in rebuild mode, and suggested getting value for Trufant and other veterans while they have value, and you disagreed, saying that you keep a nice mix of your best veteran players, and bring in young players to take over the aging spots i.e. (keeping Dansby, but getting young guys to replace Okeafer, Haggans, Hayes). This was your man arguing point in that discuss about the hawks. However you are contradicting your argument now by saying Arizona can trade or let go their talented veterans for value picks and yet still be a contender this year?.....

I'm not saying that. I was offering a different point of view. I never said I agreed with what they were doing, I said that we shouldn't get all excited just yet because we don't know their depth and intentions. I offered a viewpoint on certain positions.

I stand by my opinion on having a good mix of young and old players. They didn't let Warner go, he retired so that isn't on the organization. Dockett is still a Cardinal right now and the only move that makes me scratch my head is Dansby.

As for the Tru arguement, we don't have even adequate depth at CB and that is where my reluctancy and counterpoints came from. It's a totally different scenario. Arizona has good LB's and Highsmith is a good player. It's different than saying we are okay with Lucas or Jennings being the starter as Highsmith is neither an aging vet slowing down or a tiny player who is a bust and can't match up with the recievers of the NFC West.

I don't think I'm contradicting myself, I just think you misinturpreted what I was trying to say and the Tru thing was a completely different scenario. Let's not forget that Arizona made it to the SB two seasons ago and the 2nd round of the playoffs this past season. They aren't exactly in rebuild mode. No, they aren't a great team, but they aren't in our position either.

I get what you are saying about their aging LB core, but that is what the draft is for and again, I didn't get the Dansby trade either. I've said that from the begining. I don't know what they were thinking with that, but what I do know is that they have acquired a bunch of draft picks.

I totally agree with you that they are not in the situation that we are in. Until we actually start making moves to improve our team, we are just that, a 5-11 team. It doesn't mean we will win the division. However, I do believe it significantly hurt THEIR chances of contending NEXT year. (49ers at this point are the favorite)

The seahawks have to make additions, like a Marshall if the price is right, but only if we retain our first two picks. If we were to say get Brandon Marshall, a Left tackle, and one more defensive weapon. I really think we could be right in the hunt this year. Something I wouldn't have said a week ago!

I agree with you, which is why I would think we should try dealing our 1st rounder next year. If we could deal a 2nd I'd try offering next years 2nd and maybe a 6th. That would present value and allow us to fill holes.

I do believe we could make a push if we add a few FA this year and retain our top 3 picks. Bringing in 2-3 guys like Marshall, Bodden, Kampman, Hamilton, etc. would allow us to go after some young talent that would make us contenders in the NFC West.

IF we could get Marshall, Kampman and either Bodden or Hamilton I feel we could make a push. Maybe Berry/Haden/LT/Spiller/QB at 6 and 14 then fill a hole of DL/OL/RB/S/CB (based on FA and round 1) at 40 we would be in good position to add fillers/BPA with the rest of the draft.

I don't know that we necessarily need as much help on defense as believed by most. I really think a lot of the problems on defense stemmed from the offense sucking so bad. Especially our pass rush.

I mean really, what kind of motivation is there in using your best rush moves to get off the field on a 3rd down situation, when you know your going to be right back on the field in three minutes. Plus, the more often your having to rush, the more opportunities the opposing teams O-line has to figure out your moves.

Bodden is intriguing, however Kampman concerns me, there is no doubt he had moves before his knee injury, however I am hesitant to take another 30 year old DE. It seems like a Ruskell kind of move.

PFT is saying that Arizona traded with the Jets for S Kerry Rhodes. Rhodes is pretty damn good, and has attitude to spare. They did well on this one.

So thus far, the only loss that hurts them is Karlos Dansby.

And thier greatest strength as a team is Ken Whisenhunt. The guys is a great young coach. They have in all liklihood, the ability to contend as long as he is thier coach and he keeps innovating. They are gonna be tough to beat next year, and I for one think they have to be the favorites to win the NFC West. Even though I think I just threw up in my mouth a little as I typed that, its true.

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