Friday, February 6, 2009

Haley to the Chiefs; Boldin Next?

Todd Haley has accepted an offer from the Kansas City Chiefs to become their next head coach, Jay Glazer of FOXSports.com is reporting. Glazer broke the news late last night that the Chiefs had offered the job to Haley, and Glazer reported early this morning that Haley indeed accepted. 

So how does this change the Chiefs' philosophy heading forward into the offseason? If Haley is planning on recreating the style and potentness of the Cardinals' offense that he is leaving, Kansas City will undoubtedly target a wide receiver via the draft or trade - which leads us to this question:

Does Anquan Boldin follow his offensive coordinator to Kansas City? Most people would immediately say no, citing Boldin's tirade in the NFC Championship game that was directed at Haley. 

However, Haley is now a first-time head coach and, if he's not already, will soon feel the pressure to perform beyond realistic expectations in order to keep his job. Our guess is that those expectations are more than enough to make Haley attempt to bring an elite weapon like Boldin to KC. On Boldin's end, it never seemed like the coaching structure was the source of his frustration in Arizona; fellow wideout Larry Fitzgerald's contract (which paid Fitz about seven times as much as Boldin in 2008) set things in motion that led to the relationship between Boldin and the Cardinals falling apart.

So if we prove correct (hold your breath), these two guys will voluntarily choose to get back together:



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