Anquan Boldin Traded to the San Francisco 49ers

[1/28/01]

I still don't get it, we have 6M extra in cap space after this trade, how will we use it? I think the team may try a late push to sign both Ellerbe & Kruger, that's the only thing that makes sense besides going after Wes Welker or going after Victor Cruz in RFA.

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[rmw10]

We have 6 million more in cap space now, we were $12M under before Anquan's release. All I'm saying is we have enough cap to try to keep Kruger & Ellerbe over Reed or sign Ellerbe/Reed while using our 1st Round Pick in RFA on Victor Cruz. Or we sign Wes Welker. I'm trying to think of reasons to justify letting Boldin go for ONLY a 6th Round pick. That is what has me more mad.

Because it was either a 6th, 7th, or letting him go for nothing. We had 0 leverage in trying to trade Boldin. Teams all over the league knew Boldin was likely to hit the market. For a team with a multitude of draft picks, it was no problem to dangle one out there and secure his services without competition on the market. He's an aging receiver with 1 year left at a high salary. He's not worth much more in trade.

[ghost1986]

Anyone but Cruz. We don't need the salsa here in Baltimore. As long as we keep Jacoby, we're good in the dance department.

[ravensfan520]

What most people don't understand, is that only bad teams pay players for what they have done in the past. Good teams realize when it's time to move on, we did it with Mason, we did it with Heap, we may do it with Boldin. I understand people want him back, but sometimes you have to sit back and realize how foolish it really is to cling to vain pedigrees and past glories.

Yes we did it with Mason and Heap but we had someone there to fill in... we don't have anyone to fill in now... Boldin is 10x the player either of those guys were and we traded him away. We haven't been great in Free agency or the draft on getting wr. Jones is a return guy and Boldin was from a trade and Smith has been our only draft pick to show up. So to think we can replace Q through the draft or free agency is not in our history... its just as bad as finding a qb.

[Latch]

Greg Jennings.

Book it

haven't you heard? we're interested in Danny Amendola. would much rather have Greg, but don't think we'll have the cash to get it done.

[BOLDnPurPnBlacK]

I still don't get it, we have 6M extra in cap space after this trade, how will we use it? I think the team may try a late push to sign both Ellerbe & Kruger, that's the only thing that makes sense besides going after Wes Welker or going after Victor Cruz in RFA.

Really? those are the ONLY things??

Vet nose tackle or one of the left tackles wouldnt make any sense?

Pretty confident whatever they do with the money will make sense in the end.

[ravensdfan]

We have plenty of receiver depth even though no one here seems to believe it. I'd like to have two starting receivers who both command double-teams.

Hello voice of reason. How are you this evening? lol

Good grief. This is probably the biggest chicken little thread I've read since joining this site 3 years ago. We have a lot of talent at the WR position. I figure JJ will take over #2 until or unless one of them shines in pre-season and TC and earns it. I heard someone talk about JJ's hands and how he isn't a #2, really? I disagree. I think he'll be fine at #2. He balled out this post season too you know. Doss, Streeter, Williams....one of them will earn the #3 spot. I do believe there were mentions how JJ stole that spot from all of them at the beginning of this season.

The truth is, Ozzie pulled one out of his butt on this trade. We were going to cut him people. That means zero, zip, nada for us. This way we have another draft pick. Plus it insured he doesn't wind up in the AFC. We're talking about someone who was only going to be here for another season. Yes, he's a fan favorite. Yes, we all loved him. Yes, it is sad to see him go. But it isn't the sky is falling.

[berad]

The ONLY good part about this trade is that we are free of the large cap number...

The ONLY good part. Sad to lose Anquan! And a letdown to only get a 6th.

[Guest llwillow1231]

We have 6 million more in cap space now, we were $12M under before Anquan's release. All I'm saying is we have enough cap to try to keep Kruger & Ellerbe over Reed or sign Ellerbe/Reed while using our 1st Round Pick in RFA on Victor Cruz. Or we sign Wes Welker. I'm trying to think of reasons to justify letting Boldin go for ONLY a 6th Round pick. That is what has me more mad.

if we get victor cruz i will never say another negative thing on these boards again. here's hoping your right . ok just one more kruger is not worth 10-12 million a year .

[Guest llwillow1231]

haven't you heard? we're interested in Danny Amendola. would much rather have Greg, but don't think we'll have the cash to get it done.

i heard over ten million on another thread here jennings was asking for . we wouldn't pay 7.5 i doubt we go ten if that is true

[Latch]

if we get victor cruz i will never say another negative thing on these boards again. here's hoping your right . ok just one more kruger is not worth 10-12 million a year .

he's not worth that, but other teams and his agent seem to think so. personally, i think he's great on a team where he gets a lot if help (suggs, art jones, ngata) but if you put him all by himself he'll be no help.

[Alexir]

Jacoby Jones couldn't play second fiddle to Andre Johnson. You really think Torrey is going to help him? I think you, along with most of the fans, overestimate our players.

Or you over estimate Schaub...

[FerrariFan87]

Q's leadership and toughness will certainly be missed, but the Ravens have made moves like this before and it's almost always worked out. Right player, right price. Boldin's "right price" was about $4M, and he wouldn't budge (and rightfully so). Now we're gonna be loaded with draft picks that we can play with and maybe move up or use them to trade for someone else.

Also, now we have cap space to bring back Reed and possibly Ellerbe.

It was a necessary move.

[Guest llwillow1231]

he's not worth that, but other teams and his agent seem to think so. personally, i think he's great on a team where he gets a lot if help (suggs, art jones, ngata) but if you put him all by himself he'll be no help.

i agree with you at first i thought u meant cruz . i just pray all this nonesense has nothing to do with clearing cap space for cary williams or kruger i will be livid.

[H8R]

3 year extension? Boldin is good for another three years.

I personally don't think he's good for another 3 years the Ravens were at a point of diminishing returns.

[Guest llwillow1231]

Q's leadership and toughness will certainly be missed, but the Ravens have made moves like this before and it's almost always worked out. Right player, right price. Boldin's "right price" was about $4M, and he wouldn't budge (and rightfully so). Now we're gonna be loaded with draft picks that we can play with and maybe move up or use them to trade for someone else.

Also, now we have cap space to bring back Reed and possibly Ellerbe.

It was a necessary move.

here's hoping ozzie gets a good player and no more projects everyone knows he is good at developing players now its time to prove to the world he can pick a wr that is on the field making plays running routes day one of the new year no more ir players

[Tyler]

How are we deep at wide reciever? What have we seen from Doss besides a lot of dropped balls that proves he is a viable option? What have we seen from guys like streeter laquan and deonte besides some pre season flashes and a few regular season catches? I'm not saying this is 0-16 and the sky is falling, but they need to draft a guy who isn't a project or sign a second tier wideout in free agency.

[BohBalmerOsbohs]

you dont question Ozzie in march. simple as that

[Corvus_corax]

I am sad to see Q go. He has been, and still is, a fine WR and I get the sense that he really did enjoy being a Raven. His play in the post season this year was fantastic and I will always retain the memory of him scoring that TD in Foxboro then laughing at the Patriots DB who was lying beaten on the ground.

I understand why this trade happened but to only get a 6th round pick for a guy with that much talent doesn't feel like a fair trade. If we'd have got a 4th round pick for him I could just about have made my peace with it.

Thank you for all your efforts Q. You will be missed.

[ravefan52]

We dont pay big money to players on the decline. Ozzie ALWAYS has a plan and proves everyone wrong in the end. I love Q sooo much and he was a great player and leader, but its a business. Its just next man up.

[flynismo]

How are we deep at wide reciever? What have we seen from Doss besides a lot of dropped balls that proves he is a viable option? What have we seen from guys like streeter laquan and deonte besides some pre season flashes and a few regular season catches? I'm not saying this is 0-16 and the sky is falling, but they need to draft a guy who isn't a project or sign a second tier wideout in free agency.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that our FO has taken this into consideration before trading Boldin.

[MrPlankton]

he's not worth that, but other teams and his agent seem to think so. personally, i think he's great on a team where he gets a lot if help (suggs, art jones, ngata) but if you put him all by himself he'll be no help.

Well, if we get Cruz we'll have two guys dancing in the endzone now.

[runamuk]

here's hoping ozzie gets a good player and no more projects everyone knows he is good at developing players now its time to prove to the world he can pick a wr that is on the field making plays running routes day one of the new year no more ir players

lol hope is a fickle thing and i wouldn't bet on getting victor cruz either not ozzies style.

[BohBalmerOsbohs]

Someone a little salty?

[gabefergy]

He made some great contested catches during the season and even more so in the play-offs, but let's not pretend a good number of those grabs were just as much the result of pin-point accuracy. Let's also not forget that there weren't many occasions when his lack of separation hurt the offense.

I always remember Greg Cosell talking about how our WRs struggle to get separation, and almost every completion to Boldin has to be a perfect throw trusting that Q would come down with the contested catch.

[jdynamite]

The Ravens rarely ask a player to take a straight out pay cut. Usually the cap is reduced through an extension, with the FO figuring that the last year could likely be dead money. I have no issue with Boldin sticking to his guns for his pay, however, HE is the one who stated he would retire before play for another team if he was cut. Now, he is changing his stand on that point. I don't respect that in the least.

The last time I got royally upset about cuts was when we let Heap & Mason go. I will be upset to see Boldin go, but I just don't think we're sunk, we're doomed, OMG no one else will ever catch a Joe Flacco pass again. Doss will step it up, or he won't and he'll be replaced. We'll move on like we always do and we'll be right there in the thick of things come post season.

Edit: I feel the need to add these blasts from the past when we cut Mason. They might sound familiar if you've read this thread lol

"you let go one of the best hard hitting TE's in the game along with a super solid WR who single handedly won you some games last year? unreal. here's to the ravens NEVER figuring out they have good players til way after they've cut/ traded em. they'd have a superbowl by now if they woulda stuck with chester taylor."

"After the embarrassing personnel decisions made by the Ravens yesterday, I am now convinced what I have suspected for years – the Ravens are in bed with the Steelers, and are being paid off by creepy old Dan Rooney himself to make personnel decisions that my two year old would have known better to avoid. Why would you cut Mason and Heap? So who do we throw to now besides Boldin? Tandon Doss? Ed Dickson? How about I polish the AFC North trophy and just hand it to Pittsburgh now. This is why we are always a bridesmaid and never the bride – we are being paid by the Steelers to make these types of decisions."

Lol. See I wasn't upset about Mason & Heap sure I liked them both, but I was ready to see what the 2 young TEs had to offer. And I felt like Mason needed to go so that Flacco could get off his security crutch. It just seemed like a wash to have two WRs that could only work intermediate routes but an OC that constantly tries to send them both deep lol.

[Ed_Reed20]

I always remember Greg Cosell talking about how our WRs struggle to get separation, and almost every completion to Boldin has to be a perfect throw trusting that Q would come down with the contested catch.

Fully agreed. I messed up the syntax a little in my post but this was my point.

[Purple Nurple]

I've heard victor Cruz's name thrown around. What's the chance of that $ wise? Obviously pick 32 could be worth spending but I don't know the $ facts.

[DMH_in_WA]

I understand why this trade happened but to only get a 6th round pick for a guy with that much talent doesn't feel like a fair trade. If we'd have got a 4th round pick for him I could just about have made my peace with it.

Thank you for all your efforts Q. You will be missed.

People seem stuck on the 6th round pick thing. I think 6th round pick sounds a lot better than "cut with nothing to show". From everything I have read, 6th round is the most anyone would offer for him. With our cap, no chance to offer him what he wanted so you take what you can get, which amounts to 6th Round pick and, more importantly, more cap space.

Not happy it happened .. but it makes perfect sense. Now if we keep Kruger, with what he wants, then I have a problem.

[K-Dog]

He only got a sixth cause he is in his final year talking about retiring.