Len Pasquarelli Gives Cards Props On Q/Docket Stance

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Cards' hard-lined stance refreshing
By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

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Anquan Boldin, left, and Darnell Dockett both want new contracts. The Cardinals don't appear to be feeling any urgency to grant their players' wishes.

Kudos to the Arizona Cardinals.

Bet you never thought you'd hear such a positive compliment, right? Certainly not before last season, when the team won its first division title since 1975 and advanced to Super Bowl XLIII.

Well, get in line, folks, because we thought we'd never type those five words, either. At least not in that particular sequence.

But in refusing to acquiesce to the contract demands of wide receiver Anquan Boldin and defensive tackle Darnell Dockett, each of whom has requested a new and more pricey deal, the Cardinals' organization is demonstrating the kind of gumption that was once anathema to the franchise.


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[Jetstream Green]

very very nice...

 

[Timm Rosenbach]

Winning changes EVERYTHING.

2 Years ago, if the FO would have taken the identical stance (which I agree is right, particularly with Dockett) they would have been ripped as cheap.

Signing McFadden this offseason was the turning point in me trusting management. They made a proactive move when they didn't necessarily have to coming off of the unlikely miracle run.

That being said, I hope that the Whiz era and a couple more winning seasons will prevent the kind of bush-league attacks that we have taken on a daily basis for over 20 years.

 

[az1965]

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[RonF]

"The 98-pound weakling is actually flexing his muscles." I think Len Pasquarelli is saying that we still have room for improvement.