Kurt Warner is in the Hall of Fame, and he's had a chance to play with a lot of receivers that also could get a gold jacket. Larry Fitzgerald will be there someday, and Warner knows that. But in an interview with PFT Live, Warner was asked who he'd bang the table for to try and help get into Canton. He said former Rams teammate Isaac Bruce, in his view, should already be in so he'd probably lobby that way, but he also said he expects Bruce and fellow Ram Torry Holt to eventually get in. So, Warner said, that would turn his attention to former Cardinals teammate Anquan Boldin.
"I might bang the table for Anquan Boldin, because I think of all those guys, he gets the least respect for how great he is," Warner said. "It amazes me, we want to keep looking at measurables and how fast guys are, as opposed to (being) one of the greatest football players I ever played with, competed more than anybody I ever played (with).
"He wanted the ball in his hands, was a difference-maker. Everybody tries to get rid of him and he just goes and he's the No. 1 receiver on that next team. So I believe he's the one who gets the least amount of respect, so I would love to get on the table for him."
Boldin's career, like Fitz's, is winding down. He's currently set to be a free agent after spending 2016 with the Lions, and said -- while at the Super Bowl in Houston -- his plans for 2017 were undecided.
"You probably have to ask my wife," Boldin said with a chuckle. "The decisions I make now don't just affect me. If it was up to me, I'd say I'd probably be playing in 2017, but I have to sit down with my wife. We have two boys, my decision affects them, so it'll be a family decision."
(No, I would not think, if Boldin continues to play, the Cardinals would be an option.)
Boldin's numbers deserve Hall consideration for sure, as does the fact he played for some good teams -- the Cards' Super Bowl team, the Ravens when they won a Super Bowl, playoff teams in San Francisco and Detroit. With 1,076 receptions for 13,779 yards and 82 touchdowns, his stats were close to Fitzgerald's up until a couple of seasons ago when Fitz's production popped. (Fitz is at 1,125-14,389-104 for his career).
As great as Boldin's career has been there's no question his best years -- and longest tenure -- was his time in Arizona. Seven seasons, five 1,000-yard years (of the seven in his career.) When he and Fitz played together at the height of their powers, they deserved to be in the argument for best duo.
