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Great post, RolleRocks! Looks like Graves understands that one of the keys to keeping Boldin is to re-sign Warner. It's as elementary as 2+2=4.Graves talking about Anquan Boldin:
Graves remains optimistic the club can re-sign the receiver, although the two sides have not negotiated since last summer. "He's made it clear he didn't want to talk until the end of the season," Graves said. "My sense is he's enjoying this team and likes playing with Kurt and in this offense."
Wow... Where to begin?Boldin also backed Matt during the offseason because he thought he would excell more with Matt who throws more underneath stuff then Warner who at the time was locking onto Fitz the last 8 games of last season. Boldin wont mind playing with either QB. The scheme will be the same for Both QB's concerning Boldin. Wildcat formation, run plays, reverses, WR screens, quick hitters and so on, doesnt matter which QB it is Boldin will be used the same.
First of all, the dropoff from Warner to Leinart is almost too steep to fathom... reminds me of the dropoff from Tony Romo down to Brad Johnson.
Perhaps "joeshmoe" has forgotten that, with identical weapons at wide receiver last season, Matt Leinart averaged 129 passing yards per game (lowest in the NFL), posted a 61.9 passer rating (also lowest in the NFL), only 5.8 YPA, and only completed about 53% of his passes. Through 5 games, he tossed 1 touchdown to Boldin and ZERO to Larry Fitzgerald. And he threw 2 interceptions for every touchdown. Were he not injured, he was on pace to finish the season with 6 touchdowns, 12 interceptions, and 2070 yards.
That same season, Warner finished with an 89.8 passer rating and tossed 1 touchdown per game EACH to Fitzgerald AND Boldin, and finished in the top-10 in most QB categories -- including touchdowns, yards per game, touchdowns per game, completion %, YPA, etc, etc... In the 2nd half of 2007, Warner threw even more TD's than Tom Brady during his record-breaking season.
And this season, there's a very good possibility Warner will have 3 receivers with over 1000 yards (only been done twice before in NFL history). So posters such as "joeshmoe" should really spare the forum mindless drivel about Warner "locking onto" a receiver. Kurt is the master at locking onto 4 or 5 simultaneously.
And to claim that our great wide receivers wouldn't have a QB preference... or that Boldin will be used the same regardless of who's at QB is absurd.
It is unchallengable fact that Boldin and Fitzgerald were under-used with Leinart. Were the Cardinals to return to Leinart, history has shown that Fitzgerald and Boldin again become the most expensive decoys in the NFL as Leinart "locks onto" the checkdown receiver. It's as elementary as Leinart+Fitz+Q+BJ=129.
And can anyone imagine combining Leinart with our pathetic running game? I can, and it looks like an ugly 2-14 season.
Finally, would Graves and Whisenhunt really want to take the huge risk of letting our MVP-caliber quarterback walk to the Vikings with Leinart's history of fragility?? After all, Matt has suffered 2 season-ending injuries in his last 5 sacks!
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