The Baltimore Ravens' trade of Anquan Boldin to the San Francisco 49ers came together quickly following a phone call between John Harbaugh and Jim Harbaugh.

"Oh, I'm sure he probably was suspicious," John Harbaugh said Tuesday.

"It was a situation where we were really working hard to try to do something to make it work for Anquan to stay (with the Ravens)," John Harbaugh said. "And, I believe Anquan was working hard, too. But when it came down to it, the numbers didn't work work for either side.

"In the end, we decided to make a couple calls. We knew it wasn't going to work out, as far as changing the contract around. So we were going to lose him. We thought we could work it out in the best interest of both parties."