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lay of the Day (8/12/03)“Anquan Boldin was running a crossing pattern and Jeff Blake threw it just a little bit behind him. Boldin reaches back with his right hand and grabs the ball and pulled it in with a one-handed catch. You heard oohs and aahs from the players. Even Coach Mac went over and shook Anquan’s hand after that.” On receivers that stuck out…'I thought Anquan Boldin. That guy is just a player. Bryant Johnson made some plays in there. I wish he had caught the long one when his ankle got twisted. I told him go ahead and twist your ankle, but catch the ball. But, Anquan is pretty sweet back there (catching punts). We are going to do a lot of things with Anquan. I’ll go ahead and put it out there right now. Get prepared to see a lot of things from him because he’s a guy you can do a lot of things with.'"A Roland Moss gathers no stone.
Blake will get it downfield but Boldin will be about 15 yards shy of it...I've watched every FSU game for the last 15 years or so; season ticket holder, booster, etc.Even pre-ACL, Boldin's strength wasn't his speed. He's not slow, but definitely not fast. Rather, his best points are his elusiveness and strength. He's a big WR who relies on that and cutting to get YAC than he does on speed. That's why I was so concerned as he came off the injury as he's not a burner but relies on planting and cutting...Edited to add: I'm now concerned about his effectiveness in the NFL, where the LBs and DBs are harder to juke than in college, especially if you don't have the speed to create more separation.I think he can have a nice little NFL career as a possession WR, and can see him being Arizona's #3 WR right off the bat, possibly in perpetuity. The Blogger ran a recent story about McGinnis putting him back to return punts (which he did early at FSU) and possibly taking a few snaps this season (HS QB at Pahokee, he was competing against Rix at QB when he tore his ACL a few years back, showed his arm in this year's Sugar Bowl). He's also a very fiery guy, can show good hands but sometimes has concentration lapses.
Sorry I let you down Yao, never want to disappoint the big guy...I admit not knowing much about Boldin, other than he put up huge numbers in college and has been highly hyped in training camp, and looks to be in a great situation. I'm not saying anyone should rick ANY draftpick on him, but just wait and see, and if he starts to look good, at least keep an eye on him.
Think about what you just wrote... he's in the ideal situation.Backup QB who used to be a starter, and wants to succeed, and throws a great deep ball.A team with no set WRs, where ANYONE can get the QBs attention.Like I said, I don't know too much about Boldin, but he definitely is in a situation where he could explode.
obviously, the Moss/Boldin comparison proves that.What in the world made you think this?
because if he names it the Anquan Boldin is the next Bill Schroeder...nobody responds!
Actually no one has even mentioned Boldin to me. It's just been from my observations from camp news, and game news. The reaosn I asked is becasue I was looking for positive feedback. At least two people in here added something menaingful. Glad the rest of you guys got a chuckle, but too bad you had nothing meaningful to add.The beauty of these forums is the opportunity to gain knowledge by sharing. Of course the downside is the people who have no knowledge and just heckle.
A. Positive Feedback was meant in the sense that people would provide something useful, not necessarily agreeing with me, but reasons... no misconception on my part, but perhaps the wrong terminology, "useful feedback" would have been better in retrospect (Edited to add: Contextually you should have understood what I meant by positive...)B. I don't use VBD - it's inherently flawed, good tool for when you are at a spot and need to decide bewteen two players, but otherwise useless. In fact often times I find that my "gut" is much better than "VBD" although my projections are pretty accurate.
, it's a simple equationArizona WR's = Waiver Wire TransactionsI wouldn't draft any of them and I hope that no other sharks would.Can one of them surface long enough during the season to merit a roster spot, it's possible (see Corey Bradford 2002 same situation IMO)But, its way too early to know that
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Looks like Boldin has been moving up and McAddley has been moving down. I really like McAddley's athleticism, though, and he made some beautiful catches last year before he got hurt.
Put down the crack pipe, Switz.
