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Cardinals make room for Wells, release James

By Tristan H. Cockcroft

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

After selecting Chris "Beanie" Wells with the No. 31 pick overall in the past weekend's NFL draft, the Arizona Cardinals cut ties with their starting running back of 2006, 2007, seven games of 2008 and the entire 2008 postseason, releasing Edgerrin James on Wednesday. Wells' arrival made the move inevitable, and by letting James go the Cardinals saved about $5 million of salary cap space. Despite his starter status, he was a constant disappointment in the desert; James averaged 69.8 rushing yar ...

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