Arizona Cardinals finally cut Edgerrin James and Travis LaBoy

Why should they cut Edge before they had another rb? Because he wanted them too? I’m sure the Colts would never dream of keeping another player on the roster until they were sure they had an adequate replacement. The poor guy might have been stuck there playing out the contract he signed if they hadn’t finally cut him.

The personal attack on Warner was a nice touch too….very relevant to the topic of Edge being cut.

I think calling Warner a fat ass qualifies as a personal attack. The Cards didn’t pick until late in the 1st round of the draft. They have no idea if they’ll get a back they want drafting that late. Edge was highly compensated in Arizona. He didn’t like the way he was being used last season so he starts airing his demands to the media about being released. What would you do if you were running that team? Oh, look they guy we’ve been paying multi-million dollars a year is now unhappy. Let’s do exactly what he wants when he wants it.

It’s obvious they both wanted to part ways but Arizona would be stupid (even by Arizona’s standards) to cut a quality back like Edge loose if all they had was Tim Hightower behind him.

you, my friend, are a frickin douche. Edge is done-

 It was pretty apparant that one of three first round RB’s was going to be there at 31, They should have release him when requested it after the season ended.
 
As far as Wiz goes I think he’s a good coach, he got that team to improve two years in a row that hasn’t happend in a long time, but, he had problems with Boldin and Edge. With Boldin, he reportedly got involved with contract negotations. With Edge it seem personal, like Wiz only played him when the offense was sputtering and the other RB’s weren’t getting the job done. Once he got in there and got the Offense back on track he would be benched again. He had the best YPC of any of their backs.

There were reports that wiz didn’t like edge haveing two lockers, and maybe considered him a bit of primadona. I find that hard to believe, but, I do believe that Wiz was trying replace Edge all season, and couldn’t.

What ever happend to Wiz’s relations with those two players is going to cost him big time. Even if Edge isn’t his prime, he is still productiive, he is a great locker room presence and mentor to the young RB’s. Hightower, even gave Edge his first game ball, that he won in the NFL, for Edges mentoring.
Boldin still wants to be traded, that guy is irreplaceable, if they lose him or when they lose him, they are in trouble. No way Steve Breaston is going to fill those shoes. He had a great year becasue of Fitzgerald and Boldin. Even if he does hold up to the pressure of being the #2 WR, he will never match Boldin’s production, 600 YAC last year alone.
Boldin is the Larry Zonka of receivers

During his first season with the Cardinals, James complained to the media about not getting the ball (shortly before helping cost his team the infamous Monday night game against the Bears). Later that year, he abandoned the team at a Minnesota airport, went home to Miami, skipped a mandatory practice, and didn’t respond to calls (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ms-morningrush082707&prov=yhoo&type=lgns). Last year, he complained to the media, asking that he be used more or released in the middle of the most successful season in franchise history *http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d80ca1ff0&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true). The Cardinals may have acted like jerks, but James fully deserved it.

I’m a Cardinals fan, so naturally with regards to your anti-Cardinals ranting and raving I think you’re full of crap. Much of it is simply ill-informed, but then you can’t expect everyone to be well-informed as to every team in the league. Boldin, for instance, turned down a new contract worth top-5 wide receiver money a year ago, with three years still left on an already freshly reworked contract.

With regards to Edge, first you criticize the Cards for cutting their best running back, then you criticize them for not cutting him when he wanted to be cut. Yes, the Cards knew they wanted to cut him—but they also knew there was a good chance he would be their best running back, even after he underperformed and lost his starting job to Tim Hightower for a while last season.

If the Cardinals released Edge, potentially their best running back, and then it turned out one of the top three running backs wasn’t available at the 31st pick, the Cards would be rightfully lambasted for their stupidity. As it turns out, that almost happened—if the Eagles had picked a running back in the first round, as many thought they might, the top three backs would have been gone.

But I’m not posting to attack your criticisms of the Cards, and I didn’t mean to go that deep into it. Sorry. I’m actually posting to say that LaBoy is a great player when healthy. If the Colts have room for him on the roster, he would be a contributor. He’s still relatively young, and he has a ton of experience as a starter. His injuries have been his only weakness. For the record, I think the Cardinals made a mistake in cutting him. Whatever team picks him up will benefit greatly from that mistake.

Edge was treated like a king compared to other media complainers. Dont be so angry the cardinals are going to take the colts crown in the top 5 year in and year out from here on out. Also take Laboy he had 4 sacks and 31 tackles, and the rest of the time was injured, I think it was triceps, biceps, quad, and back injuries all in one season. Hell Q had his face crushed and only missed 5 games, and good luck with Waybe being your #1 in the future. LOL

For a player like Edge to be treated like that shows that the Cards have a long way to go in treating players good. True it is a business but that is not an excuse to act like a jackass any time you want to get rid of someone.

Doing so will result in other FA’s not wanting to come to your team

Thats my take what is yours