Anquan Boldin is fed up with the Arizona Cardinals and head coach Ken Whisenhunt, criticizing the entire organization for "lying" to him while negotiating his new contract.
"If you ask me, coaches should be coaches, management should be management, and I don't think those lines should be crossed. But when you cross those lines, you put yourself in position for things like this to happen."
Boldin told the NFL Network Monday that he and the coach are at odds. "At this point, we have no relationship and I don't see that changing."
He goes on to say, "As long as I'm here, I can't see myself as a happy member of this organization at all, not with this situation being what it is. I don't see it being rectified, either. The relationship with me and the organization is done. I'm here to uphold my contract, that's it."
Boldin’s contract extension keeps him with the team through 2010. He’s scheduled to make $2.5 million for this season. NFL Network reported, “The Cardinals have said they hope to get Boldin a new deal, they have tried to give him a new deal in the past, and they will continue to do so in the future. But Boldin has vowed not to re-sign with Arizona, not after what he feels the Cardinals have put him through.”
All of this coming after wide receiver, Larry Fitzgerald, signed a four-year, $40 million contract.
"They made different promises saying they would take care of me," Boldin said. "It all goes back to last year, even before camp. I sat in on a meeting with Whisenhunt and the (team owners) Bidwills, and their exact words were they wouldn't let me go into this season without a new deal.
"Well, here we are a year later and still no new deal. The deals they put on the table were slaps in the face as opposed to deals that would take care of me. For me, it's an uncomfortable situation. I feel lied to by the organization. It's hard for them to ask me to give me my all when it hasn't been reciprocated."
However, Boldin said, "I can be productive on the field but that's as far as it goes. I will try to detach myself from the organization as much as possible.”
Boldin’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, requested that Boldin be traded back in April for a first-round draft pick.
Boldin is convinced that Arizona "turned down a bunch of teams willing to give up first-round picks. They clearly don't want to get a deal done."
