Anquan Boldin Traded to the San Francisco 49ers

[funky141]

san fran is the same team we were a few years ago. dominant defense, young and promising qb, top 3 rb, top tier tight end, and a boatload of possession receivers with no speed. ill bet their season turns out like ours did too, wild card, loss in the divisional round to seattle, just like we lost to pitt 3 years ago. im calling it!

seriously...the 49ers were a few plays short of winning the Super Bowl. I agree with some of the similarities but this really helps them to get back to the big game.

On a side note Crabtree and Hanningham are their deep threats.

[funky141]

Agreed completely

Not at all

[JO_75]

Some Tweets from Boldin, says he will leave his future in god's hands

I thought this was the last stop of my career but regardless of the circumstances I came here to win a Championship

and in February we came home Champions.

For my future in San Francisco, I will leave that in God's hands.

[GrimCoconut]

Some Tweets from Boldin, says he will leave his future in god's hand

What does that even mean?

[stormie]

ugh, wth? They trade Boldin and probably will cut Ed Reed but they sign David Reed?

[JO_75]

This is why I hate player's agents.. Boldin says he had NO CLUE he was going to be traded. He said he was shocked to find out. Something tells me his agent played dirty with us and forced us to trade Boldin. If Boldin really had no clue and this was all his agent, then I feel really bad for him. His agent should have been in contact with him about the entire situation, and should have told him everything that was happening. I'm positive Boldin would have accepted the 2M pay cut with no issue but his agent was the one who made a big deal out of it.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/12/anquan-boldin-i-had-no-clue-i-would-be-traded-it-was-shocking/

[Gordo52]

My new lock screen, thanks.

Same!

[Guest llwillow1231]

ugh, wth? They trade Boldin and probably will cut Ed Reed but they sign David Reed?

hes cheaper so it works for ozzie sorry didn't want anyone thinking it works for me lol

[Guest llwillow1231]

so if he comes back from africa and god decides he should retire. and the draft is over with do we send the 6th round player to the 49ers. how would that work out?

[AsianRice]

This is why I hate player's agents.. Boldin says he had NO CLUE he was going to be traded. He said he was shocked to find out. Something tells me his agent played dirty with us and forced us to trade Boldin. If Boldin really had no clue and this was all his agent, then I feel really bad for him. His agent should have been in contact with him about the entire situation, and should have told him everything that was happening. I'm positive Boldin would have accepted the 2M pay cut with no issue but his agent was the one who made a big deal out of it.

http://profootballta...t-was-shocking/

wow, he should know most agent or all agents are greedy like a son of the gun so I think it's best for players to keep up-to-date infomation about their situation if they are intended to stay; however, if they look for money, they can let their agents do all the dirty work which is what they are best at.

I felt bad for Boldin cuz nobody can really excel Boldin's capability except Joe/Caldwell.....

I was shocked too........

[stormie]

There's just something about this that sits wrong with me. Boldin was a TEAM player and I can't believe they just traded him like that without some type of conversation about it. That's just wrong. Yes I know it happens but I think in Boldin's case it was wrong to do it like that. He deserved better.

[jazz1988]

It sucks that boldin has been traded he meant a lot to the team especially as a leader on offense but the ravens seem to want to go younger which is understandable. I seen people say its a good thing that boldin is gone because he was slowest wideout in the league but how is that possible when he average 4.2 yards after the catch while some like Jordan Shipley average 1.9 yards after the catch and theres definitely others the average way less than Boldin

[dirtybird10]

There's just something about this that sits wrong with me. Boldin was a TEAM player and I can't believe they just traded him like that without some type of conversation about it. That's just wrong. Yes I know it happens but I think in Boldin's case it was wrong to do it like that. He deserved better.

It sucks for sure. I feel for Boldin, I mostly just wanted him to have an easy path to retirement without any turmoil. However, if the Ravens felt they needed to clear his salary, this really is the best thing for both. We at least get something for him, and he goes to a good organization that will certainly be vying for another superbowl run. I hope nothing but the best for Boldin, but I hope when its all said and done, he still looks at the Ravens as his team. I know the Ravens from top to bottom loved Boldin, but they had to do what they felt they had to do to ensure they keep a competing presence going forward. Hopefully it works out for both parties.

[jazz1988]

The way I see it, the 49ers are going to look a lot like the 2010 Ravens when we had Mason and Boldin. They now have Crabtree and Boldin. Two receivers with identical skill sets. They can't gain separation and they don't have burner type speed. They're route running possession guys and they won't be able to benefit from each other like Boldin benefited from Torrey stretching the field. This isn't going to help Kaepernick at all because he simply doesn't deliver balls like Flacco can. He throws footballs on ropes and he won't be able to deliver them in a way for a guy like Boldin to go up and get them under tight coverage. And with that Seattle secondary mugging them in tight man-to-man coverage I don't foresee those two games fairing well for the niner offense.

Not really because the 49ers have a different offensive philosophy than then the ravens . Mason and Boldin at the time were in the don corydell offense which honestly fits speedy wideouts and really tall wideouts more than anything. The 49ers run a west coast offense which is built for a wideout like Boldin also the 49ers have speedy wideouts like ted gin and their 2012 first rounder aj Jenkins to stretch the field if needed

[Ed_Reed20]

Not really because the 49ers have a different offensive philosophy than then the ravens . Mason and Boldin at the time were in the don corydell offense which honestly fits speedy wideouts and really tall wideouts more than anything. The 49ers run a west coast offense which is built for a wideout like Boldin also the 49ers have speedy wideouts like ted gin and their 2012 first rounder aj Jenkins to stretch the field if needed

Ginn is a FA and the 9ers don't appear to want him back. Jenkins has yet to prove he can effectively stretch the field at the NFL level.

[BMORElegacy]

Not really because the 49ers have a different offensive philosophy than then the ravens . Mason and Boldin at the time were in the don corydell offense which honestly fits speedy wideouts and really tall wideouts more than anything. The 49ers run a west coast offense which is built for a wideout like Boldin also the 49ers have speedy wideouts like ted gin and their 2012 first rounder aj Jenkins to stretch the field if needed

But they are a run first team that rely heavily on a fullback. You can only have 11 players on the field so you either keep the RB or sacrifice the play action so a WR in name only (Ted Ginn) 'stretches the field' but has never been a true threat because he can't catch the ball...

[gabefergy]

Ginn is a FA and the 9ers don't appear to want him back. Jenkins has to prove he can effectively stretch the field at the NFL level.

Jenkins has to prove he can get on the field at the NFL level.

[The Raven]

This is why I hate player's agents.. Boldin says he had NO CLUE he was going to be traded. He said he was shocked to find out. Something tells me his agent played dirty with us and forced us to trade Boldin. If Boldin really had no clue and this was all his agent, then I feel really bad for him. His agent should have been in contact with him about the entire situation, and should have told him everything that was happening. I'm positive Boldin would have accepted the 2M pay cut with no issue but his agent was the one who made a big deal out of it.

http://profootballta...t-was-shocking/

My gut feeling says that Boldin is not that naive. If we heard rumblings of him being cut or traded, I feel like he would know too.

[The Raven]

so if he comes back from africa and god decides he should retire. and the draft is over with do we send the 6th round player to the 49ers. how would that work out?

We keep the 6th round pick. Simple as that.

[Guest llwillow1231]

We keep the 6th round pick. Simple as that.

thanks .

[Ravens_destiny]

This really was a slap in the face that could come back and bite us this year. I can easily say that if it were not for him we would not be champions this season. You will never see T Smith, Doss anyone we currently have make those catch's he made. Face it Smith is not a physical receiver, Doss has trouble catching a clean pass period. To top it off we trade him for a 6th round pick, is that what we valued him as between him and rice they were probably 3/4 of our offenses totals. So sorry that treated you this way Boldin, thats the way our FO does things. Did not value Mason at all, let Heap go after all he sacrificed with trying to flag down Brian Billicks QB Boller and sacrificed his back doing it.

[mdrsharon]

Bottom line = lame move.

[JoeyFlex5]

seriously...the 49ers were a few plays short of winning the Super Bowl. I agree with some of the similarities but this really helps them to get back to the big game.

On a side note Crabtree and Hanningham are their deep threats.

crabtree is a possession receiver, he doesn't have high end speed but hes big and tough with sure hands and decent route running, strong comparison.. tj housh, just like we had that year.

[Moderator 2]

ugh, wth? They trade Boldin and probably will cut Ed Reed but they sign David Reed?

Ed Reed is not CUT he is a Free Agent and played his contract out.

[blackbird29]

What drives me crazy is that if you read some of the other media outlets everyone is blaming Joe's new contract for Q being traded. People need to realize that his contract had no bearing on this move and get their facts straight.

[RavensAllTheWay]

What drives me crazy is that if you read some of the other media outlets everyone is blaming Joe's new contract for Q being traded. People need to realize that his contract had no bearing on this move and get their facts straight.

Skip....

[Sizzlebshu]

What drives me crazy is that if you read some of the other media outlets everyone is blaming Joe's new contract for Q being traded. People need to realize that his contract had no bearing on this move and get their facts straight.

It actually does have a bearing on this move because we needed to free up additional cap to make resiginings. It's one of those things where you are damned if you do and damned if you don't

[blackandpurplesacks]

I am TIRED of all the whininess here! Come on guys and gals, Ozzie has been doing this for years and has put together 2 super bowl teams in his career. This is the nature of the beast known as the salary cap. Stop whining about it. I loved Boldin as much as anyone, but we have to move on and see what Oz can do for us. I believe good things are gonna happen and we will hopefully be back in the playoffs next year. There is a plan. So, as Ditka would say, STOP IT!

[BMORElegacy]

What drives me crazy is that if you read some of the other media outlets everyone is blaming Joe's new contract for Q being traded. People need to realize that his contract had no bearing on this move and get their facts straight.

yeah, I blame ESPN for the masses of ignorant fans who think they're making some insightful comment by revealing their ignorance about our cap and the contracts of our players.

[dirtybird10]

It actually does have a bearing on this move because we needed to free up additional cap to make resiginings. It's one of those things where you are damned if you do and damned if you don't

A 6.8 mill (or what ever it was) cap hit for a franchise QB made that necessary? No! Boldin's cap hit making him one of the highest cap hits this year on our roster is what made this deal necessary.