Turns out receiver Anquan Boldin might not be done playing.

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 file photo, Buffalo Bills' Anquan Boldin warms up before a preseason NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings in Orchard Park, N.Y. A person with direct knowledge of the decision has confirmed to The Associated Press that the Buffalo Bills have granted retired receiver Anquan Boldin permission to explore the possibility of being traded to another team. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 because the Bills and Boldin have not revealed this information.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Turns out receiver Anquan Boldin might not be done playing.

A person with direct knowledge of the decision has confirmed to The Associated Press on Thursday that the Cheap NFL Jerseys,Buffalo Bills have granted Boldin permission to explore the possibility of being traded to another team.

The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the Bills and Boldin have not announced it. ESPN.com first reported the development and posted a copy of the letter of permission the Bills issued to Boldin.

The Bills hold the rights to Boldin after they signed him to a one-year contract on Aug. 7. The 37-year-old player abruptly retired two weeks later by saying he wanted to focus on his charitable causes and social justice issues.

The timing of Boldin's decision comes with the NFL trading deadline set for Tuesday.

Though Boldin has permission to speak to teams, Jerseys NFL Wholesale,the Bills would have to approve any trade offer.

Messages left with Boldin's representatives were not returned.

This is a considerable change of heart for Boldin, who dismissed the possibility he might reconsider retiring and choose to play for a contender later in the season.

"Do I feel like I can still play? Of course," Boldin told Sirius XM NFL Radio a day after he retired. "My passion for the advocacy work that I do outweighs football at this point, so I'm not coming back to play for a contender or to do anything else. I'm done with the game of football."

Boldin said he didn't make his decision Wholesale Jerseys,to retire overnight and noted it was spurred by the deadline and racially charged protests that occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia.

"I think anybody with any sense can see how divided we are as a country, and Charlottesville only magnified what we were already seeing," Boldin told The AP .

He said he was disturbed by the hateful messages directed at African-Americans, Jewish people and the LGBT community during a rally involving neo-Nazis and other right-wing groups in which a counter-protester was killed and two Virginia state police officers died on Aug. 13.

"There's not enough money in this world for me to continue to allow the things that are going on to continue to spread," said Boldin, who has two boys. "I will not feel safe leaving this earth and having my kids have to live in the America that we have today."

The NFL's 2015 Walter Payton Man of the Year, Cheap Jerseys Online,Boldin is no stranger to activism and humanitarian causes. He oversees the South Florida-based Q81 Foundation, which offers educational support for underprivileged children.

Boldin was out of football before signing with Buffalo. He spent last season with Detroit, where he had 67 catches for 584 yards and eight touchdowns in 16 games.

Overall, he ranks in the top four among active receivers with 1,076 catches, 13,779 yards receiving and 82 touchdowns receiving.

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