Cards release Shelton & Diamond

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Cards Release Pair of Players

The Arizona Cardinals announced Wednesday that the team has released offensive tackle L.J. Shelton and tight end Lorenzo Diamond

 

[thirty-two]

crap

 

[az jam]

Knew it was coming. A pithy we could get nothing for Shelton. Surprised we didn't wait till June 1st for cap purposes.

 

[English on tour]

where is this from???

 

[mdamien13]

Surprised we didn't wait till June 1st for cap purposes.

Exactly. Why release them now?

 

[spanky1]

No surprises here...........both will be with a new team within a week.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

ASFN meltdown coming...

 

[WizardOfAz]

http://www.azcardinals.com/news/news_details.html?iid=2847

 

[Cheesebeef]

good riddance to more of the Mackage.

 

[DeAnna]

double crap. Sad to see LJ go.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

good riddance to more of the Mackage.

 

[Totally_Red]

What's the cap ramifications? I realize it puts everything in this year, but is it neutral or do we take a hit?

 

[Russ Smith]

What did we decide was the cap implications with LJ both ways, today, and waiting 13 days to release him after June 1st?

Seems like Green wants all the caphits this year I'm assuming that means next year we'll spend more in FA?

 

[Pariah]

 

[Cheesebeef]

What did we decide was the cap implications with LJ both ways, today, and waiting 13 days to release him after June 1st?

Seems like Green wants all the caphits this year I'm assuming that means next year we'll spend more in FA?

seems like the smart way to go - why save even more cap then we already have for this season? We're not gonna sign another high priced FA and we still have room to put some of Q extension into this year's cap - so why not continue to look toward the future and ensure that we will continue to have cap flexibility in order to shore up even mroe holes and possibly extend even mroe players next year? Makes perfect sense to me.

 

[azdad1978]

It was bound to happen anyway. Goodluck to LJ.

 

[CaptTurbo]

ASFN meltdown coming...

lol

shelton man

oh well Green said some didnt buy into his program. Its evident here is one that didnt. Ciao.

 

[clif]

 

[spanky1]

Remember......one of Warner or McCown will cost us big dough next year. This reduces the amount of dead money we'll have on the books for 2006. Heck, we might even be through carrying dead money by 2006.

 

[KingLouieLouie]

I wonder what this siginfiies at the TE posiiton? (yes, I know more are obviously focusing on the release of LJ)....

I thought that Diamond was #2 at the depth chart (perhaps I was mistaken) behind Edwards.. Does this mean that Bergen has already impressed enough to warrant a spot? Or has Blizzard impacted Green enough to be the 2nd TE?

Quite honestly TE was the 3rd position entering this past draft that I was more concerned about (behind CB and RB) and now to somewhat deplete it further (oh, I know Diamond wasnt the greatest, but still).... Are there still any decent TE that are currently available or might be subject to June 1st cuts that the Cardinals could acquire to fill this somewhat "huge" (using huge loosely) void?

 

[Pariah]

Are there still any decent TE that are currently available or might be subject to June 1st cuts that the Cardinals could acquire to fill this somewhat "huge" (using huge loosely) void?

I'm not at all worried about the TE position this year. I think we'll see one of the three guys (Bergen, Blizzard, Edwards) really shine this year. They all have the potential to do it, IMO.

 

[English on tour]

I wonder what this siginfiies at the TE posiiton? (yes, I know more are obviously focusing on the release of LJ)....

I thought that Diamond was #2 at the depth chart (perhaps I was mistaken) behind Edwards.. Does this mean that Bergen has already impressed enough to warrant a spot? Or has Blizzard impacted Green enough to be the 2nd TE?

Quite honestly TE was the 3rd position entering this past draft that I was more concerned about (behind CB and RB) and now to somewhat deplete it further (oh, I know Diamond wasnt the greatest, but still).... Are there still any decent TE that are currently available or might be subject to June 1st cuts that the Cardinals could acquire to fill this somewhat "huge" (using huge loosely) void?

blizzard looks ok in NFLE but it leaves us really short in a posistion that is fast becoming a hot one on the NFL and whats seems to give teams a game winning extra dimension

 

[Red Hawk]

Cards release Shelton & Diamond

 

[KingLouieLouie]

I'm not at all worried about the TE position this year. I think we'll see one of the three guys (Bergen, Blizzard, Edwards) really shine this year. They all have the potential to do it, IMO.

Yeah...I guess I'm worried about "unprovens", however, it's not if as though obviously that Diamond was the best TE either, so perhaps Green and co. realized that Bergen and Blizzard were equal or in fact better than Diamond and at a lesser cost.... Also, I should not overlook either that Rowen has worked wonders with TEs all throughout his coaching career, so why not now again with the Cardinals?????

 

[Totally_Red]

I wonder what this siginfiies at the TE posiiton? (yes, I know more are obviously focusing on the release of LJ)....

I thought that Diamond was #2 at the depth chart (perhaps I was mistaken) behind Edwards.. Does this mean that Bergen has already impressed enough to warrant a spot? Or has Blizzard impacted Green enough to be the 2nd TE?

Quite honestly TE was the 3rd position entering this past draft that I was more concerned about (behind CB and RB) and now to somewhat deplete it further (oh, I know Diamond wasnt the greatest, but still).... Are there still any decent TE that are currently available or might be subject to June 1st cuts that the Cardinals could acquire to fill this somewhat "huge" (using huge loosely) void?

I'm guessing they were impressed enuf with Bergen, Bronson, and obviously Eric Edwards to let him go.