The Arizona Cardinals have announced that they have reduced their roster down to the required 53 players on Saturday.
Cardinals cuts include:
- QB Phillip Sims
- QB Logan Thomas
- RB Marion Grice (injured)
- RB Robert Hughes
- RB Paul Lasike
- RB Kerwynn Williams
- WR Trevor Harman
- WR Jaxon Shipley
- G Jon Halapio
- G Antoine McClain
- G Anthony Steen
- T Cameron Bradfield
- DE Matt Shaughnessy
- NT Alameda Ta’amu
- ILB Gabe Martin
- CB Cariel Brooks
- CB Jonte Green
- CB C.J. Roberts
- CB Jimmy Legree (injured)
- S Harold Jones-Quartey
- S Anthony Walters
The Cardinals have also placed TE Gerald Christian on the season-ending injured reserve after sustaining a knee injury during the preseason finale.
Shaughnessy, 28, was in the year of his final two-year, $4.4 million contract that included another $2.2 million is available through incentives. He was set to make a base salary of $1.45 million for the 2015 season.
Jason Fitzgerald mentions that the Cardinals already paid Shaughnessy a $500,000 bonus this offseason. Although, they’ll save $1.45 million in salary following this move.
In 2014, Shaughnessy was limited to appearing in just eight games for the Cardinals after he was placed on short-term injured reserve. He finished the year with 17 tackles.
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I guess Bruce knows what he is doing. I think he should’ve saved the draft pick and kept Phillip Sims. I would rather have Tebow than trading a 7th round pick for Barkley, Tebow is a winner and with the injury prone quarterbacks he has I would like to see him get a better deal. GO CARDINALS!