John Clayton continues to fuel Boldin rumors

by JasonB on Feb 12, 2009 4:00 PM EST in News Comment 12 comments

Earlier this week John Clayton said he thought Cardinals' WR Anquan Boldin would be traded and that the Eagles were the "favorite" to land him. Yesterday, in his weekly "mailbag" column he reiterated the idea in response to a question from a Giants fan.

The Giants are in a tough spot. If they release Burress, they probably won't be able to find a No. 1 receiver to replace him. They probably will have to outbid the Eagles to acquire Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin. You saw what happened to the Giants down the stretch. Teams blitzed Eli Manning and there wasn't a go-to receiver he could count on. As much as it might pain the organization, it has to consider taking Burress back.

My issue with the rumor is that Clayton never implies that his thought is based on anything other than a hunch or a guess. He never implies that he has sources or inside info. It seems that he assumes since the Eagles have an extra first round pick and that since everyone always assumes they want a WR... then they must plan to go after Boldin.

It's fun to speculate, but I sure wish we were getting news with more substance than this. Although in the NFL offseason, news with substance is hard to come by.

Cardinal's blog Revenge of the Birds thinks Boldin will be given a new deal and stay in Arizona.

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the thing that concerns me about focus on boldin is there is no guarentee AZ will trade him. he wanted a trade last year and it never happened.

with TJ nfl network is reporting cincy will not use the tag on him…if that is the case he WILL hit the market and we do have a chance at getting him so its not a pipe dream

by 0sirys on Feb 12, 2009 4:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

yea

i dont think the eagles will be real excited to trade for a wr when theres a couple they could just sign and not lose the picks. also it doesnt help rosenhaus is his agent.

by ABails8 on Feb 12, 2009 4:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Agreed.

I don’t think the Eagles front office guys will seriously consider parting ways with a 1st and 3rd round draft pick set for a WR—no matter how good he is. We’re already fairly deep at that position.

by cybourgeoisie on Feb 12, 2009 4:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I think that ...

… this deal would have to happen before Feb 27th or the Eagles would have to pull the trigger on Housh and not mess around with AZ and miss out on Housh. That is of course if they are interested in Housh at all. And of course AZ has to be willing to trade and no one has come out to say that AZ is even entertaining offers so until that happens I’m going with “pipedream” when filing this .

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Feb 12, 2009 4:17 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Strange Days

I wonder if the guys at ROTB are right – maybe this is a Lance Briggs “I will never play for them again…where do I sign my extension?” kind of thing. But he, at least for now, seems adamant that he is not staying.

Also, I wonder if Clayton is basing this on the reports that the Eagles inquired about Boldin last year. They did seem to have genuine interest in him. Has that faded? Maybe not…

by ajay on Feb 12, 2009 4:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

1st and a third is way too much.

The Eagles need offensive linemen! The Eagles scored the sixth-most points in the NFL last year. Sure up the offensive line, maybe a FB who can actually block and they will improve on the 26 points per game. If Housh is there in FA, then I’m fine with it. I’m convinced DJack is a pro bowler in the making, Brent Celek is a stud and Curtis has his best football ahead of him. If a OT is for the taking in FA, then I’d want that more than a WR.

by phillynyc on Feb 12, 2009 7:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Maybe

….. Clayton is as bored as we are waiting for stuff to happen and is trying to stir things up.

by MRPH on Feb 12, 2009 7:49 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

LOL

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Feb 13, 2009 8:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

What would really suck is if we do miss out on Boldin, and then the Giants get him. But Im not sure we would have to double team Boldin did Burress. Any thoughts?

"If they end up 2-14 and both of those wins came against Dallas, that's a pretty good year."

by midnitegreen on Feb 12, 2009 7:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

In light of the Eagles being so far under the salary cap, having 2 first round draft picks and needing to fill out OT, TE, another RB, I don’t think it’s unreasonable for the Eagles to pick up Housh or Boldin at 8-10 million a year.

by JGCarraway on Feb 13, 2009 8:39 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Seriously, what is up with Clayton? I don’t know that anyone has taken him seriously since the “get screamed at by Sean Salisbury” segments ran regularly on SportsCenter, but it’s still in his job description to have legitimate reports, right?

I haven’t watched any of his segments, but does he give any indication that what he’s saying is just his speculation, or is this a “report”?

SportsDork.com

by BFH on Feb 13, 2009 9:31 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

The Eagles will never offer what the Cardinals would want for Boldin anyway. Lito and a 1st rounder is probably all they will part with. I think the more intersting news is how the Bengals dont seem interested in Franchising Housh.

by IgglesFanDeployd on Feb 13, 2009 9:58 AM EST reply actions 0 recs