Jun 22nd 2008 9:56PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: AZ Cardinals, PhoenixDavid Boston had back-to-back 1,000-yard receiving seasons for the Arizona Cardinals in 2000 and 2001, when he was just 22 and 23 years old. He looked like he was going to be the best receiver in football for a decade to come.

It didn’t work out that way, of course, because of a combination of Boston getting caught using steroids, getting arrested for drunk driving and displaying the kind of attitude that made him unwelcome in any NFL locker room.

So it’s surprising to read an article from Canada, where he’s now with the Toronto Argonauts, in which Boston comes across as the ultimate team player: He talks about how he is willing to play through pain just to help his team win, and how he loves the game so much that he’s just happy to be playing it. That’s not the Boston NFL fans remember.

But if this new and improved Boston is for real, it’s not out of the question that he could be back in the NFL some day. He’s only 29 years old, and he has incredible talent. All he ever needed was the right attitude, and he may have found it in Canada.