Chiefs Failing To Win Boldin Sweepstakes Is Perplexing

Too soon.

Doesn’t bother me so much. I’d rather use that 3rd to draft Walton and anchor our oline for the next 12 years.

And if there’s anyone that knows what kind of receiver Boldin is, it’s Todd Haley.

It’s actually possible that this might be a reason that KC didn’t go for this trade. Haley knows the guy better than any of us does, and it’s entirely possible that he didn’t think Boldin was worth the pick. Heck, he might not have wanted that personality in practices or something. Maybe there’s bad blood between them. Who knows?

if they hadn’t made a play for Boldin. Even though they lost out at least it shows they were trying to do something in free agency. I trust Pioli and if he felt the asking price was too high for Boldin then so be it.

Boldin is at least a proven Top 20 Reciever. How many top-flight players total in 10 years has Pioli nabbed in the 3rd round?

I would say the odds would be in favor of Boldin being a better pick then whatever we get in the 3rd round.

Of this is pure common sense speculation that Pioli has maybe drafted 1 or 2 Pro Bowl caliber players out of the 3rd in his entire career.

Lets talk trade. Unless you leak the news that we are in trade talks. Then we are gone.

It’s likely that parting with a 3rd and a 4th or 5th would have put a wrinkle in his plans.

I’m not mad at him. I think this is mostly just a major shock to a lot of fans because of the way the previous regime did things. Peterson would have traded at least a 3rd and 4th or 5th, or he may have traded away one of the 2nd rounders for Boldin.

This is a new era of Chiefs football folks. Pioli has a plan and a certain way of doing things. Get used to it.

As King points out, it’s the 68th pick of the draft. This is said to be one of the deepest drafts ever, so that early 3rd rounder is probably the equivalent of a mid-2nd rounder in any other year.

Would you trade a mid-2nd round pick on a non-contending team for a really good, but often injured receiver who is wanting a big contract on the declining end of his career? You could argue in favor if it, but personally I’d shy away.

…The trick is finding him. I wouldn’t say it is out of the question that we could do that. The other thing that bothers me is that we have a Boldin-like player on our team, his name is Bowe. I think he had kind of a down season in a year of transition, it wasn’t that long ago that we were all praising him and after a few drops we are ready to trade him for picks.

dollars for Boldin. If he could have been obtained for less than an arm and a leg, okay. But really, we can pick up other receivers for less.

Remember when we traded a 4th for Herm? Then that fourth turned out to be Leon Washington and everyone was and still are pissed. Then remember when we traded Jared Allen and that turned into two significant players in Brandon Albert and JC. What happens if we trade those picks to Arizona for Boldin? What if Boldin comes in and doesn’t turn out to be what we thought we were getting? Who would we be complaining about in a few years that we could have drafted had we not traded for Boldin?

that we might’ve just been driving up the price?

It really isn’t perplexing.

I wouldn’t want to play in Kansas City either. And I even live in the Hometown of Len Dawson

We need a speedy ‘take it to the house’ WR opposite Bowe, not another “possession” receiver. I realize the Chiefs receivers had the dropsies but some of that I put on Cassel and some I put on the o-line for getting shoved into Cassel’s lap.

The ideal WR for KC is a guy that does KR/PR/ and happens to be a solid deep threat. Boldin would have been a luxury but doesnt scare people over the top.

Seriously? Sure, maybe the compensation wasn’t worth it, but nobody can truly be glad we didn’t get a top 10 receiver in the league. I’m going to assume you guys mean “I’m glad we didn’t give up too much for him” instead of what appears to be rationalizing defeat.

If it was just a 3rd or 4th, I could see possibly making the deal but not both. This is the deepest draft in several years. There will be some great talent to be had in the 3rd and 4th round, particularly at the spot the Chiefs are drafting. Guys that would grade out to a 2nd round at least in a typical draft year. If it was any other year I would say Pioli would be nuts to not do the deal for Boldin. The situation being what it is, backing out after what the Ravens put on the table was a smart move.

and said he wasn’t willing to go to a team that wasn’t a contender. I think the Chiefs offered more than the Ravens, but Anquan was not willing to come to a contract agreement with the Chiefs. Not coming to a contract agreement was the deal breaker. No team was going to trade for him unless they could sign him to an extension right away. While many think AZ had all the power, Anquan had some say so in where he went. He chose Baltimore, and thats fine. Im glad we still have our 3rd and 4th round picks.

Personally I would of even given up my second 2nd round pick for Boldin and left no doubt that we got him. Boldin is a pro bowler that had 84 catches and over 1000 yrds last season. Which blows away any receiver on our team. Now tell me, is a rookie going to come in and have those kinds of numbers this yr?…Hell no…or next yr…..
People act like this is the last draft we are ever going to have. If we would have gotten Boldin, that tightens up our receiving corp, lights a fire under Bowes ass, and we have a good receiver here for the next 4-5 yrs…Boldin does not turn 30 until Oct…..then we can draft recievers in a yr or two….we need proven NFL caliber players here NOW….not developmental guys.
We CAN compete this yr……Oakland sucks,Denver is a mess, and the Chargers are on shakey ground with no run game right now, and they always come out of the gates slow…..8-8 won this division 2 yrs ago….we COULD compete this yr for a playoff spot….im not saying we win the super bowl, but just think of what a playoff game would do for this franchise and this fanbase……we should be using some of that money to get better instead of sitting on it and waiting for the next washed up player that was cut by some other team to fall in our laps.

Im not saying trade ALL our draft picks!!!!!!!….trade one, that brings in a pro bowler!…thats it!

is saying right now that the Chiefs in fact made a better offer. He said they offered up a 3rd which is a much higher third than the ravens. The Ravens got a fourth but got back a fifth.

Interesting

I hope it works out. I already miss FOOTBALL!

Didn’t they also announce Boldin had signed a new contract with Balt? Could it be that the Chiefs were not able to hammer out a contract with him as easily as the Ravens did so the Cards took the trade they could make now?

Like everyones said here it doesnt make any sense how we got left out. We had the better offer if it was our third round pick and Pioli wouldve known what kind of money he was looking at before he even got involved so I cant see that factoring in.

The only other thing that could make some sense was that Arizona already negotiated the Kerry Rhodes trade and wanted another 4th rounder to make that trade happen but even that is a pretty weak reason to take a lesser offer.

He was crying for more money before his contract was up . he is just a diva that wants money . I am glad we did not get him save our picks .

In Boldin’s first televised public comments regarding his trade, he expressed a desire to go to a team that is ready to win championships and was happy that he got that.

PR message: I got to go to the best team and I’m really glad. Is it true? We’ll never know because statements like this are pure PR and he would have said the same thing if it was the Patriots. And if KC was the choice it would have been “I’m really glad to join Coach Haley again and help get this team to the playoffs!”

He knows the PR game and that is exactly what every player says upon arriving with their new team. Remember when Tony G went to Atlanta…Same exact statement.

How often do you hear players say “Boy I sure wish I could have gone to a good team, but I’m stuck here now, so let’s see if we can win.”

It seems lots of folks are reading Boldin’s words as a criticism of KC and that is not correct. He was simply polishing up his image for his new fans by saying that he is on a great team and he is glad to be making the move. Simple really.

A high 3rd would have been too much for Boldin, an old 29, on the dowslide, who is injury prone. I’m glad Pioli is in charge, because Carl would have gladly given up a #1, or #2, and signed him to a 6 year, 50 million dollar contract to appease the whiners. Then he would have had to be cut in year 2 or 3 when he was finsihed.