Chicago Bears Management: Go Get Anquan Boldin NOW!

by Dane Noble on Mar 12, 2009 5:08 PM CDT Comment 66 comments

According to this article, the Arizona Cardinals are back to shopping WR Anquan Boldin. With the Chicago Bears being docile during free agency thus far, we have the cap space to make this happen.

A league source tells us that the Arizona Cardinals are shopping receiver Anquan Boldin to potential trade partners

With teammate Larry Fitzgerald at $10 million per year, Boldin is believed to want at least $9 million annually

Boldin is definately a 100 catch, 1,000 yard WR... and when you look at our current roster of WRs, no one comes close to that level of talent:

In 2008, Boldin had 87 receptions and 11 TDs in 12 games. Devin Hester, Rashied Davis, Marty Booker and Brandon Lloyd had a total of 9 TDs. Matt Forte had 4 TDs receiving and Olsen led the team with 5.

With Forte/ Jones in the back field, a good pick up on the OLine in the draft, and the addition of Rod Marinelli to oil up our defense, this could be a move that would solidify our success in 2009.

Wake up, Chicago Bears management... GO GET BOLDIN!!!

4:20pm, PST Update: General Manager Rod Graves denied a report by PFT that the team is "shopping" receiver Anquan Boldin to potential trade partners

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Yes definitely.

2nd or 3rd round pick and one of our DE.
If this happens, in draft take:
1st – DE
2nd – OL
3rd – FS

by PolishSausage.Ditka.Bears. on Mar 12, 2009 5:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Good luck

Whatever makes sense, just expect the opposite from what we have to call a management team. Our management I guess is expecting to draft 4 to 6 starters, I can live with that because our player developement is outstanding and we’ve been known to start rookies. F#$king Horsesh!t.

by stumpo on Mar 12, 2009 5:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

yes, Yes, YES!

if the bears pull this off, I will personally kiss angelo on the cheek Don Corleone style and take back everything i said about him.

OH! STEWIE!! GET OUT THE WAY BOY! GET OUT THE WAY!
-Stacey King

by ifuwannacrownem on Mar 12, 2009 5:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Boldin in Orange and Navy?

Sounds good. If JA and the McCaskey’s give a shit about this organization they need to make this move. Or they could sit around and let the Vikings pry him away, then that’d give JA a bonafide reason to draft defense in the 1st round, hmmmmm.

"URLACHER IS GOD"

by Acreman20 on Mar 12, 2009 5:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Pay him the $9 mil/season.

No big talent would choose to play with Orton under center. Pay the man!

by PolishSausage.Ditka.Bears. on Mar 12, 2009 5:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

My bad. He's on the trading block so it's not his choice. But make it happen Angelo you douche!

by PolishSausage.Ditka.Bears. on Mar 12, 2009 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If Arizona is serious about trading Boldin...

he could possibly end up in Chicago. The rep that the Bears got from Moose, who said that Chicago is the place where offensive players go to die, Moose could help us with that comment. What better way to punish someone who doesn’t want to be on your team than send him to Chicago, that might be Arizona’s thinking.

However, this all depends on Angelo having the guts to pull off a move like this. But, I seriously believe Arizona would listen to Chicago’s offer.

by chase17 on Mar 12, 2009 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

ANOTHER BIG MOVE

the browns just cut RT Kevin Shaffer. We need to go after this guy he just turned 29 last week and he ~~could~~ will solve the problem at RT.

OH! STEWIE!! GET OUT THE WAY BOY! GET OUT THE WAY!
-Stacey King

by ifuwannacrownem on Mar 12, 2009 5:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

pick up both.

and then you can lay dormant for the rest of free agency like management is so fond of.

by PolishSausage.Ditka.Bears. on Mar 12, 2009 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

make a FP ifuwanna

Ryan Perilloux in 2010!!

by Dane Noble on Mar 12, 2009 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can we send the

link to this page to JA and Lovie just so they get an idea of what they should do.

If things came easy, then everybody would be great at what they did, let's face it.
Mike Ditka
Catch Phrase of the day: YAAAAAAAY! <---- Courtesy of ChiFan13.

by Ditkavsworld on Mar 12, 2009 5:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Tait has officially retired as well

"URLACHER IS GOD"

by Acreman20 on Mar 12, 2009 5:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I've got an article on Tait going up this evening.

Thanks for the head’s up though!

Ryan Perilloux in 2010!!

by Dane Noble on Mar 12, 2009 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

We gotta trade next year's picks...

Cause we need ALL of our picks this year. LOL.

"You win because of the quarterback. We have to get that position stabilized. We're fixated on that.

We know it's the most valuable position on the football team. We've gone through so many scenarios at that position we can write a book, moreso on what not do."

-- Jerry Angelo (12.30.2008)
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by SackMan on Mar 12, 2009 5:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Amen brother.

Unless we can hit a homerun with our 2nd round pick… cause the Cards are gonna want a 1st I would have to imagine.

But, if we trade our 1st (which we may have spent on a WR anyhow), and use our 2nd for OLine, then we really aren’t in that different of a position…

Ryan Perilloux in 2010!!

by Dane Noble on Mar 12, 2009 5:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Cards will want this years first

theoretically if we get Boldin we will be a better team and next years pick will be later in the draft.

Being Who You Thought We Were Since 2005!

by Adam T on Mar 12, 2009 5:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

they will want it

but teams they are trading with know they have to pay him, i wouldn’t be shocked if he went for less than that. this the league where randy moss gets given away.

by mike b on Mar 12, 2009 5:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

only a matter of time until that was brought up.

I’ll go ahead and put it out now. That isn’t a good comparison. Moss was coming off of a horrible year with Oakland. People thought he had lost a step. Boldin is prime right now.

Being Who You Thought We Were Since 2005!

by Adam T on Mar 12, 2009 6:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i'm not saying

you’ll get him for a fourth, just not a guarantee it’ll take a first.

by mike b on Mar 12, 2009 7:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

But Moss was in a different situation.

He was decaying for the Oakland Al’s, and people were wondering if he was washed up. To a lot of people, Moss was a gamble…

Ryan Perilloux in 2010!!

by Dane Noble on Mar 12, 2009 6:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

They'll def want more than a 1st

They don’t want to get rid of him they just don’t want to pay him. Highest bidder is gonna win this war. Phi has two #1’s, NYG and MIN have very few needs, and WAS and OAK are both big spenders. I say the 18th pick this year, possbily our 4th this year, and next year’s 2nd or 3rd.

"URLACHER IS GOD"

by Acreman20 on Mar 12, 2009 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

There's no question about it.

The Cards wont trade him for anything less than a 1st rounder, and a pick next year (4th?).

"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus

by propheteer on Mar 12, 2009 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like the way youre thinking wish the Bears could afford him though.

by payton#34 on Mar 12, 2009 6:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

We can afford him.

Easily.

Ryan Perilloux in 2010!!

by Dane Noble on Mar 12, 2009 6:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

We should be able to

"URLACHER IS GOD"

by Acreman20 on Mar 12, 2009 6:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

afford him yes

competent enought to get him..um no.

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by Adam T on Mar 12, 2009 6:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey,

I never mentioned compentancy.

Ryan Perilloux in 2010!!

by Dane Noble on Mar 12, 2009 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know

I was cleaning up your mess:)

Being Who You Thought We Were Since 2005!

by Adam T on Mar 12, 2009 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No mess to clean up boss.

He just said he wished we could afford him. And you know we can.

We could afford Boldin twice times over, and have room to pay for a 1st round pick.

Ryan Perilloux in 2010!!

by Dane Noble on Mar 12, 2009 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

you still leave a mess to clean up, slimy that way:)

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by Adam T on Mar 12, 2009 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have no idea what you are talking about...

Sometimes, you are a real weird dude, man.

Ryan Perilloux in 2010!!

by Dane Noble on Mar 12, 2009 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

see more mess

Being Who You Thought We Were Since 2005!

by Adam T on Mar 12, 2009 7:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What is any reasonable person supposed to say?

lol

I'M A MAN! I'M 22!

by ChiFan13 on Mar 13, 2009 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do not want

it would be like owning a Ferrari in a town where the speed limit is 20 mph.

by tempchad on Mar 12, 2009 6:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

at least he wouldn't be a lambo

we don’t have good history with them.

Being Who You Thought We Were Since 2005!

by Adam T on Mar 12, 2009 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

I lol'd a little bit right there.

Ryan Perilloux in 2010!!

by Dane Noble on Mar 12, 2009 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

walter had a lambo too

i saw him driving it a couple of times.

lance, not so much.

by tempchad on Mar 12, 2009 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

sure, but not gonna happen.

and nobody “is definately a 100 catch, 1,000 yard WR…” on the Bears. Not saying bears couldn’t use the help at WR or he wouldn’t be an improvement to the O, but I’m not sold on Boldin as a sure fire #1….

On the other hand, odds are we could use whatever package we’d be sending to the Cards to trade up for Crabtree…

by No It All on Mar 12, 2009 7:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

How are you NOT sold on Boldin as a #1?

"URLACHER IS GOD"

by Acreman20 on Mar 12, 2009 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

hasn't happened yet

so while you seem willing to act on speculation that Boldin is a stud #1 WR, i base my judgments on facts. in this instance it is the fact that in his career he has never been a #1. Its not that I don’t like Boldin, i just don’t think he is the answer to the Bears receiver woes.

Crab > Boldin

bottom line: Bears are not interested in adding talent. They don’t want to pay anyone.

by No It All on Mar 12, 2009 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

How am I acting on speculation? He's clearly a #1 WR

He’s been a #1 his entire career and he’s been productive, to say the least. I look at both him and Fitzgerald as #1’s. Take either away and both will suffer but still be #1’s.

"URLACHER IS GOD"

by Acreman20 on Mar 12, 2009 9:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Boldin is a #1 WR, no doubt about it.

The aforementioned had only one year of production without Fitz. Here are his numbers without the aid of LF in ’03 his rookie season.

101 catches (2nd highest in his career)
1,377 yards (2nd highest in yards)
13.6 average (3rd best by .1)
8 TDs (3rd best)

That’s clearly the stat line a #1 WR should have.

"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus

by propheteer on Mar 12, 2009 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Kurt Warner is many times a better quarterback than Kyle Orton

Plus Boldin benefits from the presence of all-world Larry Fitzgerald and a brilliant offensive mind in Ken Whisenhunt.

by BLou on Mar 12, 2009 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Certainly

he’s better, but that doesn’t change the fact that the Bears are in dire need of a top WR.

"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus

by propheteer on Mar 12, 2009 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Boldin didn't always have Warner

do you think jeff blake, josh McCown, and Shaun king are better than Orton? he was a probowler off those bums.

OH! STEWIE!! GET OUT THE WAY BOY! GET OUT THE WAY!
-Stacey King

by ifuwannacrownem on Mar 12, 2009 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dude

I was gonna post these exact same stats. Had it all written out but opted not to post it. He was also the only rookie named to the Pro Bowl that yr. What’s pretty amazing is he had Jeff Blake and Josh McCown throwing the ball, a pretty average running game, and virtually nobodyelse on the team contributing in the receiving department.

As Borat would say…. “VERY NICE”

"URLACHER IS GOD"

by Acreman20 on Mar 12, 2009 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

damn never mind

we’re definitely on the same page

OH! STEWIE!! GET OUT THE WAY BOY! GET OUT THE WAY!
-Stacey King

by ifuwannacrownem on Mar 12, 2009 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Exactly

He put up those numbers on a horrible offense and team.

"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus

by propheteer on Mar 12, 2009 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Boldin < Larry Fitzgerald

Boldin is “good”, but he is not “Larry Fitzgerald good”

all I’m saying is there is a significant difference between the levels of talent that I think is being ignored here. I wouldn’t even be upset if the Bears traded for Boldin, itd be better than nuthin and he would be the Bears’ #1. But if we give up _ value in order to get a #1 WR, I’d rather get Crabtree who appears to me to be “Larry Fitzgerald good”. I don’t think we will have the chance to get a legit #1 at 18. Drafting DHB at 18 and saying the passing game is set for success would be a big mistake.

by No It All on Mar 13, 2009 9:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't disagree with your logic

1- If we gave up our 1st round pick for Boldin, it would essentially be like drafting a WR with the 1st pick (which we may do), so the only difference would be Boldin would make an immediate impact, whilst a rookie WR might have to get his bumps and bruises for a year before he is 100% ready.

2- I do think that we would be able to get a good WR with our 18th pick.

I’d rather get Crabtree who appears to me to be "Larry Fitzgerald good".

How would we pull that off? We’d have to trade up… and “hope” that he is as good as he “appears” to be. I think trading our #1 for Boldin would be safer.

Ryan Perilloux in 2010!!

by Dane Noble on Mar 13, 2009 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No dispute

I don’t think anyone would argue with you about who’s better between Boldin and Fitz. If a team uses their first rounder on a WR there’s a ton of risk because of the learning curve at the position. Why not trade it for Boldin? It makes a lot of sense, and it’s pretty much a guarantee he’ll put up numbers next season unlike a rookie.

"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus

by propheteer on Mar 13, 2009 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No doubt

LF is a beast who is pretty much unstoppable.I was just trying to make the point that Bolidin is a #1 receiver. Of course he’s benefited from Fitz bein on the opposite side of him, but you can make the same statement about Fitz.I’d much rather have Crabtree than any other player in the draft but we’d have to give away our whole draft pretty much to get him. To get Boldin we’d more than likely have to give a 1st this year and a pick next year.

"I'm thinking about getting metal legs. It's a risky operation, but it'll be worth it."

by Acreman20 on Mar 13, 2009 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm ok with that.

I think Boldin is worth it.

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by Adam T on Mar 13, 2009 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Come on fellas

Now you know damn well this will NEVER happen. They might make 1 or 2 more roster filler moves but the Bears are done until the draft. This makes too much sense. That’s why it won’t happen.

by McRipper on Mar 12, 2009 7:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't think

Angelo could pull off a deal for Boldin without screwing the team for the next 5 years. That and he’s chickenshit.

by junkhorse on Mar 12, 2009 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Boldin will stick in Arizona

Arizona rose from the ashes to have it’s first truly special season in franchise history. The Bidwell family is not going to mess with their first taste of something truly good. The fact that Kurt Warner has actively stated that bringing Boldin back must be a priority says to me that he will be back in Arizona.

by BLou on Mar 12, 2009 9:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

You underestimate the Bidwell's incompetence

by chase17 on Mar 12, 2009 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i don't understand

why scott won’t Bid well for Boldin (Mariotti Joke)

OH! STEWIE!! GET OUT THE WAY BOY! GET OUT THE WAY!
-Stacey King

by ifuwannacrownem on Mar 12, 2009 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

well done

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by Adam T on Mar 12, 2009 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

IF...

the Bear’s signed Boldin (or Holt), if they could get themselves another solid lineman (maybe Omiyale could be that guy), and if Chris Williams and Josh Beekman step-up as solid starters the Bears would be a top 5 NFC team this year. With all that if they traded for Cutler (or another Pro Bowl caliber QB), I’d like to think they’d be a NFC front-runner for the Super Bowl.

But there are too many IF’s in that statement. All pipe dreams.

by sirus19x on Mar 12, 2009 11:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Orton

Would make us an NFC front-runner if we were able to get all of that.

"I'm thinking about getting metal legs. It's a risky operation, but it'll be worth it."

by Acreman20 on Mar 12, 2009 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree

People should quit bagging on Orton. Grossman got us to a SB for cryin out loud. I think Orton is a much better QB than him. We won’t need as dominating of a defense as we had then IF we could get one of the big name receivers out there. He managed the games pretty well and we can run the ball again. We’re just a few big moves away from being a contender again.

by dabears83 on Mar 13, 2009 2:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

eh...

I’m not necessarily bagging on Orton, I did say he could help make the Bears a contender. While he has his moments of being a decent QB, I just feel he lacks that swagger that shows people he will take the game over by himself, if need be. Probably because he has little to no range down field. They are missing that deep threat that Grossman brought. I will say on their best days, I feel, Grossman is a better player. Now the problem with that statement is Grossman rarely had really great days, his inconsistency was enough to make one sick.

by sirus19x on Mar 13, 2009 7:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

While he has his moments of being a decent QB, I just feel he lacks that swagger that shows people he will take the game over by himself, if need be.

i have to disagree with that one.There were times Orton took the game over running the no huddle, scrambling and diving for first downs and touchdowns and changing plays before the snap. Remember that atlanta game? Remember that Bears TD drive before the 11 second mishap? All Orton. The fact his teammates elected him captain says it all.

OH! STEWIE!! GET OUT THE WAY BOY! GET OUT THE WAY!
-Stacey King

by ifuwannacrownem on Mar 13, 2009 8:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

with that said

I’d still prefer Cutler. It’s like this: I could settle for a Nissan 240, but I’d rather have a Subaru WRX STI

OH! STEWIE!! GET OUT THE WAY BOY! GET OUT THE WAY!
-Stacey King

by ifuwannacrownem on Mar 13, 2009 8:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Stop being so cheap....Front office!!!!!!

Its real good receivers out there, that we should go after. I mean how can we help out the receiving core, if the front office have a death grip on the money. Get Bolden, or Torry Holt……..or I’ll say a good wide receiver to line up across from Devin Hester….SOS!! Bears Need Help On The Receiving Core!!!!!!

by junior1974 on Mar 15, 2009 1:09 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs