Anquan Boldin

Anquan Boldin helped bring a Super Bowl to Baltimore, and now he is poised to do the same in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Pat Semansky)

If Baltimore general manager Ozzie Newsome is watching Sunday's late game between Green Bay and San Francisco, he probably feels a twinge in his gut.

The Ravens made a huge mistake by not resigning wide receiver Anquan Boldin.

Boldin torched the Packers defense to the tune of 10 catches for 143 yards and a touchdown. All of that in only 39 minutes.

It became glaringly obvious how valuable Boldin is to a team on the first drive of the second half. He caught balls of 22, 9, 30 and 9 yards to set up a Niners touchdown drive.

Boldin has run a wide variety of routes, something he grew accustomed to while with the Ravens. Colin Kaepernick hit him in the flats, on hook routes, short posts and crossing routes to rack up over 300 yards passing.

The Ravens could have used that variety in Thursday's setback to Denver. Quarterback Joe Flacco lacked a possession receiver, which makes Boldin the biggest loss for the Ravens — including retired linebacker Ray Lews — in the offseason.

Boldin is better than injured wideout Michael Crabtree (Achilles). His ability and experience has made Kaepernick and the Niners offense better than a year ago.

And it just might be what this team needs to get over the hump and add another championship to this organization's war chest.

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