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| Height: 6-0 Weight: 214 Born: Aug 1, 1978, Immokalee, FL |
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| November 23, 2008 Edgerrin James will not be released by Arizona until after the 2008 season, according to Chris Mortensen of ESPN. |
| November 20, 2008 The Cardinals denied Edgerrin James' request to be released, according to John Clayton of ESPN. His agent (Drew Rosenhaus) said, "We spoke with GM Rod Graves because Edgerrin still believes he is a 1,000-yard back and he is healthy and he is still capable of being a 1,000-yard back for a team. He is not playing now, and there are teams that are banged up at the running back position that he could help. We didn't get the answer we were hoping for." |
| November 19, 2008 Edgerrin James reportedly asked the Cardinals to release him after being unseated from the starting job at running back by rookie Tim Hightower, according to ProFootballTalk.com. |
| November 3, 2008 Edgerrin James is supporting rookie Tim Hightower, who unseated James as the Cardinals' starting running back Sunday against the Rams, according to the East Valley Tribune. James did not have a carry in the game and said, "Its been brewing for a while. Im not surprised. Im happy for Tim. I expected him to have a big day. We knew we should have a big day running the ball regardless of who was in there." |
| October 28, 2008 It's possible that Edgerrin James could lose his starting job to rookie Tim Hightower in the coming days or weeks, according to the East Valley Tribune. Coach Ken Whisenhunt isn't saying that a switch is coming, but he isn't shooting the idea down, either. "I think we've shown we're going to play the players who give us the best chance to win," he said. "We did that with the quarterback. We've done that at linebacker, we've done it with the offensive line. At a point where we feel Tim gives us the best chance to win, then absolutely. But I don't think you can judge it just based on (Sunday's) game." After hearing that Whisenhunt suggested that Hightower was due for a heavier workload, James replied, "That's the way it was heading anyway, so it's cool." |
| October 23, 2008 Arizona running back Edgerrin James is not thrilled with his role being reduced, as Tim Hightower and J.J. Arrington are becoming a bigger part of the offense, according to ESPN.com. "I don't know what's going on. I'm just here, just going to ride it out and get to the playoffs and, hey, that may be it right there," James said. |
| September 28, 2008 Running back Edgerrin James carried the ball nine times for only 29 yards, but he scored two touchdowns in the Week 4 loss to New York. |
| September 23, 2008 The East Valley Tribune reports that Edgerrin James could lose more carries to rookie Tim Hightower. |
| September 14, 2008 With his 55 rushing yards on the day, Cardinals running back Edgerrin James now has 15,004 yards from scrimmage in his career, and is just the 14th player in NFL history to have that many yards, according to the Arizona Republic. |
| September 8, 2008 Edgerrin James racked up 100 yards on 26 carries in Sunday's win over the 49ers, according to the East Valley Tribune. It was his 56th 100-yard effort of his career, and his seventh as a member of the Cardinals. |
| July 29, 2008 Edgerrin James does not think the fact that he turns 30 on August 1st means anything for his impact as a running back this season, according to the Arizona Republic. "I don't think (the idea that running backs begin to fade at 30) applies to me, because after all I've done and the way I take care of my body, I'm not even concerned with that. I see some guys who haven't even played as long as I've played, they're missing practices and not able to play every game." |
| July 13, 2008 Edgerrin James looked to be in great shape in preparing for what could be a 20 carry-per-game season, according to Pro Football Weekly. |
| April 24, 2008 Since the end of last season, there has been speculation the Arizona Cardinals were eager to replace running back Edgerrin James with a younger, faster model. Not so, team officials say. The organization would like to add a running back in this weekend's draft, but the Cardinals would be content to again go with James and develop a potential replacement, according to the Arizona Republic. |
| February 23, 2008 The Arizona Republic is reporting that the Cardinals are searching for a young running back to share the load with starter Edgerrin James, and will do so through the draft. Whisenhunt told AzCentral.com that current backups J.J. Arrington and Marcel Shipp are contenders to take some of the load off the veteran James next season. But both were on the roster last year and were rarely trusted to work an entire series. "It would be nice to have a guy who would give us the home-run ability at that position like we've seen a lot of young backs do recently," Whisenhunt said. Whisenhunt pimped James' ability and pointed out that he gained 1,232 yards, but look for the team to draft young speed in the upcoming amateur draft. |
| February 8, 2008 Edgerrin James could be traded or released this offseason in a salary-cap move, according to the East Valley Tribune. He's scheduled to be paid $5 million, but he'll cost $6.75 million on the salary cap. GM Rod Graves said working out a new deal with Larry Fitzgerald to give the team some salary-cap flexibility likely will determine what they'll be able to do with Edge, who had a quiet 1,222 rushing yards and seven touchdowns last season. |
| January 2, 2008 Edgerrin James said after the season finale that he wanted to play a bigger role in 2007, the Arizona Republic reports. Perhaps James doesn't realize that his 324 carries were actually the second-most in the league, and his 3.8 yards per carry is nothing to get too excited about. |