Anquan Boldin

[Essex Johnson]

(03-02-2016, 04:15 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Slowest player you've ever watched, with a hammy problem, with Kap/Gabbert at QB, without AJ Green taking double coverage, and without Eifert taking the best safety away.....

....and still produced only 27 less yards receiving than Marvin Jones in 2 less games.


I certainly can live with that for a year while the drafted rookie gets his feet under him. Not to mention, Anquan Boldin's game has NEVER revolved around speed. His 40 time was a 4.71 and he still put up over 1,300 yards his rookie year. Boldin's game isn't speed, it's routes, hands, aggression, body positioning, and fighting for contested catches. He still does all of those.

Sure Boldin he did not have the benefit of AJ and Eifert, at same time that means Jones had less targets since he had AJ and Eifert.  Also who else did San Fran have as WR ?  Boldin was their #1, not their #2/#3 option he had two times the amount of catches than any other player and almost targeted twice the amount of any WR on San Fran.  Even with a bad team,, a decent #1 is going to get catches and the the ball their way a lot especially when you have very little at #2#3 option.  Jones on the other hand being a #2/#3 option will have to share the wealth a bit more.  A good question to ask is if Jones was on San Fran last year, would his stats be similar to Boldin ?    
I still think Boldin has something in the tank but  I would think it is a bad fit to replace Jones a speed guy with Boldin a possession guy plus Jones might cost a 2-3 million more a year but he is much younger and adds something to our team that we lack...SPEED, SPEED, SPEED.

If we lose Sanu, I understand looking at Boldin if the price is correct.