Though Cardinals receiver Anquan Boldin won’t be holding out or demanding a trade, the veteran wideout has made it clear that, once he’s eligible for free agency, he’s gone.

In fact, Boldin has ordered agent Drew Rosenhaus not to negotiate with the team.

“After last year, I was promised a deal would get done before this season,” Boldin said.  “But the season is here and obviously that hasn’t happened.  I don’t want a deal.  People may think I’m being funny, or just saying that to say that.  But I’m just tired of it.  I’m washing my hands of the whole situation.”

Boldin is signed through 2010.  As that date approaches, our guess is that the Cardinals will get plenty of offers for a trade.

Complicating matters is that the ridiculous rookie contract that the Cardinals gave to Larry Fitzgerald required the team to replace it with a four-year, $40 million deal.  Fitzgerald isn’t a noticeably better player than Boldin, but the team can’t afford to tie up $18 million to $20 million per year on two receivers.

Though Boldin says that Fitzgerald’s deal has nothing to do with Boldin’s current stance, we don’t buy it.