Same ol' Boston/Sullivan crap

[Jetstream Green]

After being let go by the Chargers, everyone was saying what a good move it was for Boston to be reunited with WR coach Jerry Sullivan in Miami and how it would all work out. Now on KFFL, Head Coach Nolan of the Niners is saying that it might be a good move to get Boston because he would be reunited with Sullivan who is now on the Niner staff. Hey Nolan, reunited never felt so bad.

 

[Russ Smith]

After being let go by the Chargers, everyone was saying what a good move it was for Boston to be reunited with WR coach Jerry Sullivan in Miami and how it would all work out. Now on KFFL, Head Coach Nolan of the Niners is saying that it might be a good move to get Boston because he would be reunited with Sullivan who is now on the Niner staff. Hey Nolan, reunited never felt so bad.

Yes that's the rumor that SF has an interest. Sullivan could be a godsend to the young WR's in SF but if he brings in Boston and makes him his pet project it could be career limiting. FWIW Boston is reportedly 228 pounds which I believe was his weight his Pro Bowl year with us. He also of course failed a physical before the Dolphins cut him.

 

[TheCardFan]

Yes that's the rumor that SF has an interest. Sullivan could be a godsend to the young WR's in SF but if he brings in Boston and makes him his pet project it could be career limiting. FWIW Boston is reportedly 228 pounds which I believe was his weight his Pro Bowl year with us. He also of course failed a physical before the Dolphins cut him.

Why can't Sullivan stick with a team? It this 4 teams in 4 years?

 

[Jetstream Green]

Because

nothing but bad luck, his head coach is either fired or quits and he sent packing along with the rest of the old staff.

 

[Lex]

The Niners better figure out a way to get Jake Plummer, Boston and Sullivan have sucked ever since they lost him.

 

[Renz]

Now on KFFL, Head Coach Nolan of the Niners is saying that it might be a good move to get Boston because he would be reunited with Sullivan who is now on the Niner staff.

Yeah, being reunited in Miami did wonders for Boston's career. What a joke! I hope they do sign him. It will only help us when he implodes again.

 

[Stout]

The Niners better figure out a way to get Jake Plummer, Boston and Sullivan have sucked ever since they lost him.

Hey Lex, Jake asked me to tell you to fuel up his jock before you return it...you've been riding it too much.

 

[Russ Smith]

The Niners better figure out a way to get Jake Plummer, Boston and Sullivan have sucked ever since they lost him.

If they don't draft Rodgers or Smith this year they can sign Jake next year after Denver lets him go.

Poor Jake I'm not sure how good Denver is going to be they've lost Herndon, Spragan and Hayward, don't seem to have a deal for Pryce, lost Nalen, they need to have a heck of a draft just to be as good as they were this year.

 

[Lex]

Hey Stout, I'm only having some fun over here, and since you're talking to Jake, tell him to send me a check.

 

[TigToad]

The Boston move

I will say, in retrospect, that our letting Boston walk was pure genius. Everyone was upset we didn't try to get something for him.. but he hasn't had even a partly good season since leaving the Cardinals. I want to give one prop for soemthing done right. I mean, we could have locked this guy up to a long term big money deal and we didn't.

 

[JPlay]

I will say, in retrospect, that our letting Boston walk was pure genius. Everyone was upset we didn't try to get something for him.. but he hasn't had even a partly good season since leaving the Cardinals. I want to give one prop for soemthing done right. I mean, we could have locked this guy up to a long term big money deal and we didn't.

We could have gotten a 1st or 2nd rounder for him knowing he was garbage. The Cardinals were idiots and that is one of the biggest GM blunders in our history.

 

[Rats]

We could have gotten a 1st or 2nd rounder for him knowing he was garbage. The Cardinals were idiots and that is one of the biggest GM blunders in our history.

The only way you could possibly make this claim is that you are blind, deaf, and stupid. After all that has happened to the malcontent crack smokin, roid abuser known as David Boston there is not a person alive that can say we should have gotten anything for him. He was a waste of human flesh, paradeing as a Body Building freak show. The Cards did the right thing in cutting his selfish ass. We put up with your pollution on both of the boards now but at least call it like you see it rather than how you want it to be...not trying to hate on you but this is pure stupidity to make this claim.

 

[Cheesebeef]

The only way you could possibly make this claim is that you are blind, deaf, and stupid. After all that has happened to the malcontent crack smokin, roid abuser known as David Boston there is not a person alive that can say we should have gotten anything for him. He was a waste of human flesh, paradeing as a Body Building freak show. The Cards did the right thing in cutting his selfish ass. We put up with your pollution on both of the boards now but at least call it like you see it rather than how you want it to be...not trying to hate on you but this is pure stupidity to make this claim.

dude - if the Chargers got SOMETHING for him after we let him go, surely we could done the same, considering it was BEFORE all the real bad press came out. I'm glad as hell Graves and Co. didn't sign him long term, but the above post is almost as insane as JPlays.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

I'm over the whole losing Boston for nothing fiasco. For one, the decision was overshadowed by the following free agent class and 1st round disaster that completed the worst offseason in NFL history. Also, even if we did get a pick for DBo, we probably would have ended up with one of Mac's "heart" guys who would probably be as far down as Calvin Pace on the current depth chart.

 

[D-Dogg]

We could have gotten a 1st or 2nd rounder for him knowing he was garbage. The Cardinals were idiots and that is one of the biggest GM blunders in our history.

They were afraid they would have gotten stuck with him...doubtful they would have given a 1 and 2 for that guy...it was already known he was trouble.

They made a strategic decision that in hindsight looks bad, but at the time wasn't so bad.

 

[Stout]

Hey Stout, I'm only having some fun over here, and since you're talking to Jake, tell him to send me a check.

I know, but considering my situation, I'll keep the money for myself

 

[kerouac9]

I'm over the whole losing Boston for nothing fiasco. For one, the decision was overshadowed by the following free agent class and 1st round disaster that completed the worst offseason in NFL history. Also, even if we did get a pick for DBo, we probably would have ended up with one of Mac's "heart" guys who would probably be as far down as Calvin Pace on the current depth chart.

Zing! That's gotta hurt! I'd hate to be Rod Graves or Dave McGinnis right now!

You're right, the following FA class and 1st round disaster did take a lot of the sting out of tossing Jake and DBo under the bus. And by "take the sting out" I, of course mean, "hacked off the entire limb with a rusty knife."

Anyway, to those that say that DBo did "nothing" since he left the Cards: he had a better season in 2002 than Fitz did, and was probably being paid less to do so. Oh, and I believe that he's found the end zone more recently than do-no-wrong Marcel Shipp.

 

[CardLogic]

dude - if the Chargers got SOMETHING for him after we let him go, surely we could done the same, considering it was BEFORE all the real bad press came out. I'm glad as hell Graves and Co. didn't sign him long term, but the above post is almost as insane as JPlays.

I will preface the following by stating that the following could be totally inaccurate, but...

As I recall and what everyone seems to omit is that Boston was a FA at the time San Diego signed him. He didn't want to remain in Arizona and made that perfectly clear. So in order for the Cardinals to have gotten any "value" in trade for Boston it would have been necessary to sign him or Franchise him. The Cardinals made exactly the right move, in letting him walk!

 

[TheCardFan]

I will preface the following by stating that the following could be totally inaccurate, but...

As I recall and what everyone seems to omit is that Boston was a FA at the time San Diego signed him. He didn't want to remain in Arizona and made that perfectly clear. So in order for the Cardinals to have gotten any "value" in trade for Boston it would have been necessary to sign him or Franchise him. The Cardinals made exactly the right move, in letting him walk!

I disagree. D. Darius does not want to be in Jacksonville..he is even openly soliciting other teams. He was franchised and Jacksonville will get something for him. There are other examples....

 

[CardLogic]

Anyway, to those that say that DBo did "nothing" since he left the Cards: he had a better season in 2002 than Fitz did, and was probably being paid less to do so.

Fitzgerald was a Freshman at Pitt in 2002, I don't think he was being paid any thing at the time?

If you are comparing Boston in 2002 to Fitz in 2004, well... it's not even close!

NFL receiving stats comp: G GS No Yards Avg Lg TD 20+ 40+ FD
DBo - 2002 Arizona Cardinals 8 8 32 512 16.0 34 1 10 0 28
Fitz - 2004 Arizona Cardinals 16 16 58 780 13.4 48 8 15 1 36

 

[Rivercard]

San Fran Inks Boston

Profootballtalk.com says......

SAN FRAN INKS BOSTON

Eight days after one of the most notorious receivers in the NFL arrived in Oakland, the Raiders' rivals across the Bay have upped the ante.

Desperate to improve a receiving corps that hasn't been the since since T.O. fly the coop for Philly, the San Francisco 49ers have signed free-agent wideout David "Barry Bonds" Boston to a short-term deal, apparently with lots of incentive-based payments.

Boston has had an eventual couple of years. Drafted by the Cardinals in 1999, 'Zona made no effort to keep him in free agency after the 2002 season. The Chargers signed Boston to a big-money deal two years ago, but his one-year stay was marred by incidents ranging from obscene tirades aimed at the strength coach to making phone calls during a game to bolting early from the locker room after a game.

He was traded by the Chargers to the Dolphins a year ago as the Fins tried desperately to bolster their own fleet of pass-catchers. But a ruptured knee tendon knocked him out for the season, and he likewise got in hot water for allegedly assaulting an airport worker as he rehabbed his injury.

The Dolphins recently severed ties with Boston.

Boston once was regarded as one of the most promising receivers in the game, but an apparent obsession with the size of his upper body diminished his speed and effectiveness. Though he still has the potential to be a game breaker, he's essentially become a forgotten man in NFL circles.

And it remains to be seen whether the presence of Boston, who played at Ohio State, will affect the Niners consideration of Michigan receiver Braylon Edwards with the No. 1 overall pick in the draft.

 

[TheCardFan]

They just signed Joe Nedney too...

Like it wasn't bad enough they took Tim McDonald from us!

 

[Jetstream Green]

Let the BOOS begin

Have fun playing that home game in Zona David. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

 

[CardLogic]

I disagree. D. Darius does not want to be in Jacksonville..he is even openly soliciting other teams. He was franchised and Jacksonville will get something for him. There are other examples....

In order to sign another teams franchised tagged player the signing team is required to give the other team two first round draft picks as compensation, correct? Or can the team that has tagged the player agree to trade for less compenstation? If no other team is interested in aquiring the player what is the tagging team obligated to do regarding the player franchised? Can the team, at a later date cut the franchised player outright with no obligation?

I choose not to get into the financial aspect of sports much so I don't know all the ramifications of such questions as posed...

My point, however, was the Boston wasn't "worth" jack... and he most certainly has proven that point!

 

[CardLogic]

Have fun playing that home game in Zona David. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

That's assuming that Boston is still on the SF roster by then...