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Salary jump: Under-the-radar free agents set for big payoffs

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Less than three years ago, the Arizona Cardinals considered handing underachieving defensive end Calvin Pace a pink slip. The former first-round pick had missed the final 11 games of the 2005 season due to an accident in which he severely lacerated his right forearm after he slipped and smashed through a window of a sliding door. The non-football related injury allowed the team to withhold 65 percent of his $473,750 base salary. But now, with the veteran edge defender ready to move into the un ...

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