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Chad Johnson isn’t the only disgruntled veteran wide receiver who has been the subject of trade inquiries from the Washington Redskins.
Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports that the Cardinals have declined a trade offer from the Redskins for wide receiver Anquan Boldin. Per ESPN, the Philadelphia Eagles also have asked whether Boldin is available and have offered cornerback Lito Sheppard as part of a trade.
The Redskins’ interest shows that they’re serious about adding a receiver who can improve their passing game now, rather than drafting a receiver they hope can improve their passing game in the future. Yesterday Bengals coach Marvin Lewis first denied, then admitted, that the Redskins had made an offer for Johnson.
As for Boldin, who is reportedly unhappy that teammate Larry Fitzgerald makes significantly more money than he does, the Cardinals say he’s not going anywhere.
“We’re not interested in trading Anquan,” Cardinals General Manager Rod Graves told the Arizona Republic. “That’s the short of it.”
Graves said he hopes to work out a long-term contract extension to keep Boldin in Arizona, but he did acknowledge that “a few teams have called to inquire” about making a trade.
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:50 am
The cardinals and Bengals should just trade with each other.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 10:56 am
At this point, The Cowboys, Eagles and Redskins might as well resign themselves to the fact that nobody is going to give up a number 1 receiver this year and, if they do, their going to ask for a kings ransom in return. Drafting one at this point and not picking a turd( i.e. Freddie Mitchell, Rod Gardner) is about all they can hope for.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 10:57 am
I heard an interview with AB last week on Sirius. It’s the total opposite of what you are reporting here. He said he’s very happy with Fitz’s contract and that he earned it. He believes that if you keep working hard and performing at a high level, your big payday will come, and he said that is exactly what he intends to do.
I know what you say publicly and privately are two different things, but he is very excited to be part of the AZ organization, and very proud of what they have been able to build around him and others. He isn’t going anywhere–that much he was clear about.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 11:01 am
I hear the Eagles are interested in Tim Dwight too, so the Redskins figured they should offer the Raiders their 1st round picks this year and next year so they could outbid the Eagles, lmfao.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 11:04 am
It almost comes across as the Eagles are desperate at this point to get any wide receiver
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April 23rd, 2008 at 11:06 am
Boldin isn’t in charge of whether he goes anywhere or not.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 11:07 am
I love how the Eagles have offered Lito plus draft picks to everybody.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 11:11 am
its become a punchline that the Cowboys, Eagles, and Redskins are interested in ANY wide receiver that wants out of his current city…..its become the laughing story of the league….
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April 23rd, 2008 at 11:12 am
>>>It almost comes across as the Eagles are desperate at this point to get any wide receiver
If they were desperate to get any wide receiver they would have overpaid for Javon Walker or Bernard Berrian.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 11:24 am
The Birds think that Lito and his continual injuries and unwilliness to play hurt, will bring a decent reciever or pick in the draft. No one wants damaged goods or a soft player who is going to cry about his contract every other year. Where’s that signing bonus Lito?
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April 23rd, 2008 at 11:24 am
Boldin is the heart soul of the Cardinals. Whiz knows it and so does management. Boldin plays @ 110% the fans know this. If the Bidwill’s allow a trade of Boldin UOPS will look like Sun Devil for a preseason game in August, empty.
Boldin stays!
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April 23rd, 2008 at 11:29 am
Eagles should have gotten the other Arizona WR, Bryant Johnson, when they had the chance.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 11:30 am
coming from a birds fan, Reid & co would not be offering lito and picks to every team with a #1 wr supposedly aking for a trade like this, it would be decreasing the value for when they actually want to go through with a trade. if a trade is going to come at all, it will be on draft day when a team loses out on their pick and will be desperate for a proven shutdown corner (even though he is frequently injured)
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April 23rd, 2008 at 11:45 am
“It almost comes across as the Eagles are desperate at this point to get any wide receiver”
I wouldn’t call Moss, Boldin, and Fitz just “any wide receiver.”
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April 23rd, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Boldin isn’t going anywhere…..let’s go back to Ocho Psycho…he’s so much more fun to talk about….great material. Any doubt Eagles go with Limas at this point? If you don’t..WE WILL! You’ve been Zorned.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 12:25 pm
I read that Andy Reid went in to buy a new car and offered Lito Sheppard as part of his down…
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April 23rd, 2008 at 12:34 pm
i have to agree with jar94, you dont keep offering the same thing to every team. this will be a draft day trade of lito if they do indeed get rid of him, but really i am so sick of these cry baby’s and contracts. hey jack*** you signed it , it was good enough back then. sack up and be a man. maybe teams can start asking for money back when these “stars” don’t play like they should. anyway, the eagles have ok recievers the problem is you can’t run or throw from your back
the o line needs some help.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Come on now, Joe Banner says Lito is in the plans as a part of our future!!!
Jokes aside, I would love to have an upgrade at WR…I love pft during draft week.
It’s looking like the Eagles are going to have to do a three way trade…some team with a high pick gets Lito and #19, the pick goes to AZ/Cincy/Detroit, and we get the WR. Otherwise it doesn’t look like this is gonna happen…though I hope it does.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Lol, the Eagles have offered Lito Sheppard to everyone. they’ve offered him to Arizona twice in about 2 weeks, lol.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 12:48 pm
boldin is a class act, it does a disservice to him to have his name mentioned anywhere in the same article as chad johnson
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April 23rd, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Lito’s not gonna be here. This is his last weekend as an Eagle unless we hold onto him until the June 1st cuts and package him then. As for our O-Line, it’s been one of the better lines in the NFL over the past several years. See William Thomas, Jon Runyan, and Shawn Andrews. The only WR that’s worth trading for is Roy Williams of Detroit. Boldin is another number 2 which the Eagles have plenty of. He’s only been healthy for 2 out of his 5 years in the league and has had problems holding onto the ball. And FYI, theres a better chance of Dallas trading TO back to Philly then there is of ocho stinko in midnight green this year. All the chemo-therapy in the world couldn’t cure Chad Johnson. He’s a cancer and I want nothing to do with him. Once 5 gets traded next year, he’s gonna want out and end up making TO look like a chior boy. Birds take o-lineman with first pick, 2nd pick will be a WR, 3rd pick will be secondary. Write it down.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 3:03 pm
they are for sure taking a lineman in the first round. we have a ok line, when andrews is not hurt or tra thomas is not hurt. mcnabb was sacked 44 times last year. 44 that is 3 highest in the league last year. we go line, then corner or safety. they are building the d for when kolb takes over.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 3:19 pm
looks like a lot of NFC East haters out here sorry your teams dont play in the best division in football of course Cardinals and Bengals fans are going to mouth off because they are disgruntled and upset that their teams are life-long losers I mean cmon the Cards have 1 playoff win since WWII (lmfao) and the Bengals have 1 playoff game under their belts since 1990 (lmfao) face it your teams are losers get what you can for your players while you can if anyones dumb its the Cards and Bungals for not swinging the deals look what the Chiefs got for Allen and your tellin me Boldin and Chad arent bigger playmakers than them please
GO SKINS CHAD IN DC IN ‘08
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April 23rd, 2008 at 3:24 pm
I think our line is great. When 5 went down and Garcia took over, every analyst was saying that our line was the best in the league for the whole month of December. It hasn’t really changed at all since then except Garcia isn’t the QB anymore. (Ok, perhaps we could use an upgrade at center) And of course Donny was sacked 44 times last year. He holds onto the ball wayyyy too long. Anyway….heres to wishful thinking that Andy Reid goes safety in the first round and takes Kenny Phillips to replace B-Dawk!
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April 23rd, 2008 at 3:41 pm
When tra and shawn are well we play alot better. 5 should be a lot better this year. i think dawk is done after this year, unless they give a 2 year to retire as a eagle. my conern on the line is we cant get those 3rd and 1’s and goal to go’s, whether we need a bigger back or a better push i dont know. plus lj is hurt as much as lito so why not trade him too if celek pans out. god i miss chad lewis.
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