Card's Star Wants Out

Cardinals' Pro Bowl wide receiver Anguan Boldin has had enough of Arizona and has asked to be traded. For whatever reason Boldin and Cardinals' coach Ken Whisenhunt do not see eye to eye.

Boldin, who has three years remaining on a four-year $22.75 million extension that he signed after the 2005 season, is under contract with Arizona through the 2010 season.

At Tuesday's practice at Cardinals camp Boldin had the following to say about his situation,

"It's a tough situation, especially when you come into a working environment. But my job is to stay professional. I'm going to do what I'm supposed to do. At the beginning of camp, I hadn't asked for a trade. As of recently, we did."

Boldin then went on to add that he felt the current situation with coach Whisenhunt could not be resolved.

It is never a good thing when a star players wants out of an organization. It puts both parties in a tough spot. If you are the Cardinals, you don't want to lose your star wide receiver, but you don't want disgruntled players rubbing off on the rest of the locker room. If you are Boldin, I can't blame you for wanting out of Arizona. They have struggled his entire time there to put a competitive team on the field and that is not for a lack of his excellent play.

The biggest question now for the Cardinals is what can you get for this guy? He has all the talent in the world, more so than pretty much anyone who will be in next year's draft. Fair value for him would have to be at least a first round pick. But who is going to give that up this time of year, and for a wide receiver no less? It is a sticky situation in Arizona. At this point it appears to be a lose-lose either way.