Posted: Saturday, April 25, 2009, 11:34 AM | 16 comments |
 

Biggest Boldin question: the contract
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Nobody talks about Anquan Boldin's contract, which is the reason he wants out of Arizona.  If the Eagles were to acquire him in a trade, they would have to renegotiate his contract with two years remaining and throw in an SUV full of cash. If the rumors about Boldin wanting $9 million-plus per season are true, this is an enormous mouthful.

Renegotiate with two years remaining...

After already doing Jason Peters...

Paging Sheldon Brown...

Paging Donovan McNabb...

This is the real problem -- and that is acknowledging that I'm not even sure that the Eagles love him as a player. The contract is the hurdle, both for the cash involved and for the locker room ramifications.

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With that, I will end with a jerk question that encapsulates every bit of Eagles news for the last few days:

If the Eagles could only afford to do one thing, which would it be?

Get Boldin and give him a big new contract?

Or, pay the City of Philadelphia the $8 million it says it is owed?
Posted by Rich Hofmann @ 11:34 AM  Permalink | 16 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:13 PM, 04/25/2009
    Pay the city, I'm afraid. It's the right thing to do. Oh, wait, this professional sports. Never mind.
    — barcelona fan
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:28 PM, 04/25/2009
    The eagles are darn near printing money down there 10 mill a year won't hurt their pockets especially if it ends in the ultimate goal of a parade down broad street.
    — amann08
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:43 PM, 04/25/2009
    Yeah, I'm sure that McNabb would absolutely hate it if the Eagles acquired Boldin. Come on. You guys have been constantly talking about McNabb wanting "weapons" for the last few years. McNabb would do cartwheels if the Eagles got Boldin. The Eagles are WAY under the salary cap and could easily afford a new deal for Boldin. The problem with your analogy of comparing new deals for Peters or Boldin to Brown or McNabb has a couple of major flaws. First of all, the Eagles didn't give Peters or Boldin their original signing bonus. One of the main reasons teams don't want to re-negotiate is because they give these players big signing bonuses in exchange for the length of the deal. The Eagles weren't re-negotiating a deal with Peters based on a contract and signing bonus they had given him. By contrast, the Eagles gave Brown a big signing bonus and risked the fact that Brown might not develop as a player in exchange for a long-term contract extension. The Eagles had no attachment to Peters' old contract and they have no attachment to Boldin's current contract. So it's a very different situation. Furthermore, the rumor (no confirmation from McNabb) is that he may want a contract extension depending on what the Eagles do personnel-wise. McNabb doesn't want his contract ripped up...he's going to be paid well the next 2 years...he is supposedly asking for an extension beyond that. Brown wants his entire deal re-done right now. Again, very different situations.
    — JimG
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:57 PM, 04/25/2009
    They wanna save the 30 mil under the cap for cheeseburgers
    — Gigs1777
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:17 PM, 04/25/2009
    Is this so hard? Andy wanted Peters for years and look how easy that was getting him. Stop trying to get over on the Cards and MAKE THE DEAL, period. A Boldin addition would just solidify that the Eagles are going for it right now. MAKE THE DEAL!
    — LiLTone3
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:20 PM, 04/25/2009
    Everyone is holding up on deal because the NFL players assoc. contract is up next year. Remember the stike of yesteryear? At least is got Keanu Reeves a movie deal - can you replacements?
    — I dont think so
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:29 PM, 04/25/2009
    The're gonna do what they want to do, we don't have a say, end of story!!!
    — FireChief
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:37 PM, 04/25/2009
    I dont think so: That would be my answer to you if you asked me if your writing level was beyond the second-grade level.
    — phillyinsd
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:42 PM, 04/25/2009
    at first i thought this was a lot of money to give up for boldin, but this is a good deal for the eagles... last year the 21st pick was sam baker and he got 7.5 million per year.. so why not get a proven player for that little bit extra(i know this is alot to most people but to the nfl that 2.5 million is nothing... pull the trigger and makes us a better football team... get boldin and give him the contract he is looking for.
    — bleed green forever
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:48 PM, 04/25/2009
    DLine, CB, RB, TE will be the picks in order for Eagles.
    — JBP
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:59 PM, 04/25/2009
    Speak for yourself Rich, the contract situation was mentioned before.
    — EL Zorro
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:50 PM, 04/25/2009
    get this done already im tire of hearing this and watchin tony gonzo go the falcons super bowl or bust
    — eaglesfanphx
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:58 PM, 04/25/2009
    Sheldon Brown and a 5th round draft pick for Boldin.Anquan is making 6 million a year,so by trading Brown that will free up the extra 3-4 miliion needed to sign him.
    — reggleston38
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:06 PM, 04/25/2009
    MAKE THE DEAL FOR BOLDIN SWITCH 1STS,THROW IN A SECOND AND GET IT DONE ANDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
    — soliteryman
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:09 PM, 04/25/2009
    And if we land Boldin,Banner and Andy need to give McNabb an extension to make him happy,When McNabb is smileing we WIN period.
    — reggleston38


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About Rich Hofmann
Rich Hofmann arrived at the Daily News in 1980 for a job whose status was officially designated as "full-time, temporary." A senior at Penn at the time, he was hired to fill in on the copy desk during a staff illness. The notion of him covering the Eagles or being a columnist did not exist in anyone's imagination. It was supposed to be six weeks and out, but he never left. It is only one of the reasons why so many people have concerns about him as a potential house guest. Rich has blogged the postseasons of the Flyers and Eagles. E-mail Rich at hofmanr@phillynews.com

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