Boldin, done!

[Snake]

Sign him! Out of retirement! 

[GoobyPls]

McDermott is following the Gettleman route. No receivers 

[Ivan The Awesome]

Smart move. The bills weren't competing this year. Bills owner needs to be patient. 

[top dawg]

1 hour ago, stbugs said:

It may have to do with the Bills, but as had happened before sometimes the guys on the edge of retiring just need one more camp to realize they are done and/or don't want it anymore. Plenty of examples of guys retiring during preseason.

That said, the Bills aren't going to be good at all this year. 

There are examples of guys retiring during the preseason, but not so many who retire short of two weeks after signing, especially after discussing building upon their legacy and acting as a mentor

"Boldin's decision came as a complete surprise especially after he talked about building on his legacy entering his 15th season and serving as a mentor for Buffalo's young group of receivers."

----John Rawrow, Associated Press

Now it's not like I am the only one who lauds Boldin's reason for stepping down, but also alludes that the Bills' state of affairs may have had a little to do with it. Here is Vic Carruci's thought number 2 on the matter:

http://buffalonews.com/2017/08/21/vic-caruccis-3-thoughts-boldins-retirement-punch-gut-isnt-totally-explained-desire-focus-humaniterian-efforts/

 

2. Which leads to this point: I respect, as the Bills do, Boldin's noble explanation for his shocking decision. I'm sure he's being absolutely sincere in saying, in a statement he released Sunday night and reiterating during an interview that Ross Tucker and I conducted with him on SiriusXM NFL Radio Monday morning, that he wants to pursue humanitarian and charitable work rather than continue to play football. I salute and admire what he has done on those counts and that he realizes how much more there is for him to do to give back to society. I believe him when he said, during the interview, that he was profoundly impacted by the recent events in Charlottesville, Va., and that it contributed to a decision he had been contemplating for the past couple of years.

But …

It's hard for me to accept Boldin suddenly realizing only days after his first preseason game with his new team that he could be doing something far important with his life than running patterns and catching passes. It's hard for me to accept his abrupt change of heart wasn't impacted by a couple of abrupt moves the Bills made after Boldin's arrival. One, of course, was the trade that sent Watkins to the Los Angeles Rams, while the other was the trade that sent cornerback Ronald Darby to the Philadelphia Eagles.

All of a sudden, the Bills weren't the team Boldin thought he was joining, the team he said during his introductory news conference at training camp he was looking to help win a championship, the team that he said gave him a whole lot of encouragement based on all that he had seen during his visit to Orchard Park a couple of weeks earlier. He anticipated being a nice underneath complement to Watkins' defensive-stretching skills. Now, he was working outside, hardly his strength, and the rest of the remaining wideouts were, like him, slot guys.

Last Thursday night's preseason game at Philadelphia was an eye-opener as well.

One, Boldin didn't look the least bit comfortable in the outside role. Darby not only was with him step-for-step, but seemed to run Boldin's patterns better than Boldin. I have little doubt that Darby made Boldin's soon-to-be-37-year-old body feel even older.

Two, Tyrod Taylor's horrific showing couldn't have given Boldin much in the way of confidence. After watching his quarterback throw a pair of interceptions and nearly get picked off three times, seeing how late and wildly off-target he was on several passes, Boldin likely said to himself, "What the heck did I get myself into?"

I do think Boldin would end up doing more of what suits his abilities, but I also think it made sense for the coaches to see what he can do before Jordan Matthews returned from the chip fracture of his sternum and with the anticipation that rookie Zay Jones is eventually going to grow into himself as a pro.

 

Now those were the thoughts of someone infinitely more knowledgeable about the team than I am. And if you look at his third point, he basically says that it's not a good luck for Beane and McDermott, which is why I thought this could provide the Panthers with an opportunity in the first place.

[brandon_87]

On Monday, August 21, 2017 at 8:33 AM, top dawg said:

Boldin made a nice statement about wanting to focus on his humanitarianism...But I am sure that he looked at what was going on and probably said, "To hell with this sh*t!"

This^

 

buy then there is the question of why he signed there in the first place.... he specifically said he only wanted to play with a contender... the bills themselves don't even think they are contenders haha wtf

[Chaos]

That's a team waiting for Belichek and Brady to retire, and hoping to improve through New England stepping off of their throats in the division.