Cards Do It Again

Then again, they had to know this was coming.

Quotes from Anquan Boldin regarding his contract situation, via AZ Central:

“At this point, I’m not even interested in a contract,” said Boldin. “For me, it’s been going on two years, and especially after last year, I was promised a deal would get done before the season. But the season’s here and obviously that hasn’t happened."

Basically, after the Cardinal's gave Larry Fitzgerald a 4-year, $40 million deal this spring, Boldin immediately wanted to get paid similar money. Right now he's scheduled to make a little over $8 million for the next three years.

I can see where Boldin might have an issue.

Now Boldin feels as if he has been betrayed by the Cards, claiming Rod Graves promised Boldin a new contract before the season. Boldin has now cut off negotiations, saying he doesn't want a contract with the Cardinal's and that he doesn't want to play for them. While not outright requesting a trade, he did say he didn't want to play for the Cardinals anymore.

Not the best quotes coming from a team leader, and not a good sign for the Cards with camp set to begin tomorrow. It will be interesting to see how this plays out...

Ahh ha ha ha ha, Ahh ha ha ha, oh stop it, c'mon! Ahh ha ha ha ha...

Look, this is a story about Larry Fitzgerald and the attempts by The Buzzsaw (aka the Arizona Cardinals - Hat Tip to Deadspin) to re-sign him.

The story in and of itself is is mostly uninteresting to this here blog, except for the minor fact that i would love Fitty to leave the Cards and sign with the Vikings. But even all that is un-important next to this quote from the AZ Central story about the situation:

"The Cardinals are trying to appeal to Fitzgerald's desire to play for a winner."

There is absolutely nothing i can add to that statement to make it any funnier. Or more funny. Whatever. Just bask in the glory of that statement...

Cardinal's Preview.

There is a decent write-up on the Cardinals over at the Worldwide Leader. Here is the link. I will be doing my own write-up on the Card's before the season starts, but thought this was a good way to start getting into them.

Card's Winning Attitude...

As first reported by azcentral.com here, the Valley is already gearing up in anticipation of the Super Bowl being held in February, with party-planning in full mode. And while this does all look interesting and i'm already scheming to find a way into some of those parties (hey, why not?), i did find one particular tidbit of note.

One of the parties being planned and put together is hosted by John Travolta and Matt Leinart. Umm, hey Matt? Maybe you should, you know, at least attempt to act like you're not already conceding the season. I mean, realistically, there is basically no chance the Cardinal's make the Super Bowl. But shouldn't our star quarterback at least not be making his plans for that week already?

I see even a new coach hasn't changed the 'winning' attitude of this franchise...

Ineptitude at it's finest...

Former Cardinals Safety Robert Griffith: "That's what happened when I signed my deal in '05," Griffith says. "The Fed Ex cost $14.11 or something, and when I got my check, they'd deducted it -- the check was for like $499,985.89, or whatever. That's how they do s--- in Arizona. That's how they run their business!" (via cnnsi.com)

If this story is actually true, and i have no reason to believe it's not... Well, it sure explains a lot about the Cardinals and their owners, the Bidwell's. And we wonder why we're the laughing stock of the NFL...

PS- A check for 500k? That's more than i've made in my entire life! In one check! I'm in the wrong profession...