Cardinals deny hiring outside help to try and unload Boldin before draft

Early reports from ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio indicated that the Cardinals were willing to lower their asking price for star receiver Anquan Boldin. Rumors elsewhere suggested that the Cardinals had hired an outside agent to try and unload the wideout before Saturday’s NFL Draft.

It now appears as if each of the reports were fabricated — or at least one of them — as the Cardinals have denied any change in their stance on trading Boldin.

“We are still open to trading Anquan, but this stuff about hiring Sleazy Pete to unload him for us is nonsense,” said Cardinals GM Rod Graves. “If Pete is trying to push Anquan for us, we definitely didn’t put him up to it. But…umm…he didn’t happen to mention anything about actually being able to dump him…did he?”

Zaki is the Chief Rocka and senior writer for PhillyGameday.com.