sotuorlando Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 By John ClaytonESPN.comWide receiver David Boston is headed to the Miami Dolphins in a trade from the San Diego Chargers in exchange for a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2005 draft and a player to be named later. Boston Boston must pass a physical for the trade to be approved. For the Chargers to get the draft choice, Boston must make the Dolphins' 53-man roster.The trade announcement Monday ended three days of intense negotiations between the Chargers, Dolphins and Boston. The Chargers wanted to unload Boston, who was their main free-agent acquisition last season.The Dolphins wanted to add him to their offense and reunite him with his former receivers coach, Jerry Sullivan, who was hired by the Dolphins during the offseason.For the deal to happen, though, Boston had to work out a contract with the Dolphins. He is scheduled to make $24 million over the first four years of a seven-year, $47.4 million deal, and under terms of the renegotiated contract, Boston will make almost all of that money.The Dolphins will have Boston's base pay at around $535,000. He can make close to $2.5 million in addition to the base salary by just being on the roster for each game. Those roster bonuses will fill out what will be a $3 million salary for 2004. Boston can make $4 million next year in a similar arrangement.The final part of the settlement came when Boston worked out an agreement for the remaining guarantees of his Chargers contract. The Chargers guaranteed a little less than $12 million of the $47 million contract he signed last year. He made $5.1 million during the first year. The Chargers and Boston reached a settlement Monday night that gets Boston an additional $1.5 million of guarantees. The Chargers save $5 million by making this trade. Had they cut Boston, they would have been responsible for the entire amount of the guarantee. That means Boston will make $6.6 million from the Chargers instead of $11.6 million.Boston, 25, is considered one of the league's most powerful deep threats. He's run in the 4.3 second range in the 40-yard dash despite weighing 240 pounds. Boston and the Chargers differed over how much he should weigh.A heavy weightlifter, Boston wanted to be in the 240-pound range. The Chargers wanted him at around 235 pounds.The Dolphins made it clear they want him at around 230, and he was agreeable to those numbers.Boston, a former first-round choice (eighth overall) from Ohio State in 1999, caught 98 passes for the Cardinals in 2001 and led the NFL with 1,598 receiving yards. Last year, he caught 70 passes for 880 yards for the Chargers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absolutv Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 now we need an O-LINE so we can throw the ballwilliamschambersbostonmcmichaelnice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest saleen351 Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 1. juice head... ever see him with his shirt off? everyone knows he jucies, and will get caught2. attitude problem, was suspended for many games..bad move fish.. Boston had LT (best back in the league) running the ball, thus why boston got a lot of attention since Defenses would stack the box to stop LT...fish 7-9Jets 11-5ovaaaaaaaaaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavosdeldiablo Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 lol... A juicehead in the NFL ...whats this world coming to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djrx06 Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Originally posted by saleen351 1. juice head... ever see him with his shirt off? everyone knows he jucies, and will get caught2. attitude problem, was suspended for many games..bad move fish.. Boston had LT (best back in the league) running the ball, thus why boston got a lot of attention since Defenses would stack the box to stop LT...fish 7-9Jets 11-5ovaaaaaaaaaa A lot of attention?? He only caught 80 passes for less than 800 yards with 8 tds. Those are mediocre numbers for a player with Boston's talent. Don't you mean LT got a lot of attention and still performed with the worst team in the league?? He is the most underated/underappreciated player in the league, IMO!Your Jets are going 11-5??? I think you permanently hallucinate. Figured you had to be a Jets Fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digital7 Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Saleen is a jokester, get used to it djrx... dont you see him working for ESPN? the man has a hidden talent I tell ya.oh and we'll see Boston and Chambers eating your CB's alive, even if they dont get the ball thrown to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djrx06 Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Originally posted by digital7 Saleen is a jokester, get used to it djrx... dont you see him working for ESPN? the man has a hidden talent I tell ya.oh and we'll see Boston and Chambers eating your CB's alive, even if they dont get the ball thrown to them. Yes he does, most of us don't know what it is.Our wideouts will have a field day if they plug the eigth man in the box like they did last season trying to stop Ricky. Even if we don't have an offensive line, starting running some slant routes and something good will happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globalgroover Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Maybe he should report to camp at 320 so he can move over and play on the line.Seriously though, AJ Feely at QB?C'mon, Vinny T. is available.Sorry Phin' fans, your window has closed.JETS get back into the playoffs next year. They should trade down in the draft & pick up Vilma later on.-g.g.J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyguerra305 Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 boston is a tank.. woo hooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrankadelic Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 vinny T? hahahahhahahhahahahahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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