Beanie Gives The Edge His Freedom
ESPN's John Clayton reports that veteran Cardinals running back Edgerrin James has been released.
Not a surprise. The move comes three days after Arizona made Ohio State's Beanie Wells was drafted with the 31st overall pick in the first round of the draft.
James, who signed a four-year $30 million free agent deal with the Cards after the 2005 season, lost his starting job midway through last season. He wasn't happy about it and began quietly agitating for his release.
Even though the 30-year-old resurrected his game in the playoffs and was not much of a distaction (to his credit), he's not the Edge he was when he was a force for the Indianapolis Colts.
James may yet find a team willing to take a chance on him but if he's hoping to be paid as he's accustomed to, he'll be out of luck. A one or two-year "show me" deal would be likely.
Whether James has much left to show remains to be seen.
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