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Boldin shoots down trade talk
May 2, 2008 4:06 PM
Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando
Anquan Boldin doesn't want a trade, after all. The Cardinals' receiver is attending the team's post-draft camp and shooting down trade talk that surfaced after teammate Larry Fitzgerald signed a four-year, $40 million contract this offseason.
"I went to sleep one night and woke up the next morning and I was disgruntled, wanted out of Arizona and all this stuff," Boldin said. "I hadn't even talked to nobody. It's funny to see the reports going around, especially around draft time. It is what it is. I can't do anything about it. None of it was me."
The Arizona Republic has quoted Cardinals officials as saying Boldin's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, had asked whether the team would be amenable to a trade. Asked if his agent had requested a trade, Boldin said, "No."
"We didn't say anything about it," Boldin said. "We were under the impression the whole time of just keeping things under wraps, like we usually do. I don't feel I need to go to the media every time something happens. He did address some things after he heard the allegations or whatever, the reports that came out."
The bottom line is that Boldin said he plans to go about his work the way he always has, letting his agent handle the contract situation. The team plans to re-work Boldin's contract when the opportunity is right, coach Ken Whisenhunt said today. Boldin appeared unfazed.
"I do what I do, and that is play football," he said. "That is not a distraction to me at all."
Boldin is among several players resting injuries during camp. He has a sore hamstring, Whisenhunt said.
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May 2, 2008 4:06 PM
Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando
Anquan Boldin doesn't want a trade, after all. The Cardinals' receiver is attending the team's post-draft camp and shooting down trade talk that surfaced after teammate Larry Fitzgerald signed a four-year, $40 million contract this offseason.
"I went to sleep one night and woke up the next morning and I was disgruntled, wanted out of Arizona and all this stuff," Boldin said. "I hadn't even talked to nobody. It's funny to see the reports going around, especially around draft time. It is what it is. I can't do anything about it. None of it was me."
The Arizona Republic has quoted Cardinals officials as saying Boldin's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, had asked whether the team would be amenable to a trade. Asked if his agent had requested a trade, Boldin said, "No."
"We didn't say anything about it," Boldin said. "We were under the impression the whole time of just keeping things under wraps, like we usually do. I don't feel I need to go to the media every time something happens. He did address some things after he heard the allegations or whatever, the reports that came out."
The bottom line is that Boldin said he plans to go about his work the way he always has, letting his agent handle the contract situation. The team plans to re-work Boldin's contract when the opportunity is right, coach Ken Whisenhunt said today. Boldin appeared unfazed.
"I do what I do, and that is play football," he said. "That is not a distraction to me at all."
Boldin is among several players resting injuries during camp. He has a sore hamstring, Whisenhunt said.
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