Cardinals Roster Cuts Including DE Matt Shaughnessy

Josina Anderson of ESPN reports that the Cardinals have released DEย Matt Shaughnessy on Friday, as they get their roster down to 53 players.

Other Cardinals’ roster cuts include:

  • RB Paul Lasike
  • RB Robert Hughes
  • QB Phillip Sims

Shaughnessy, 28, was in the year of his final two-year, $4.4 million contractย that included another $2.2 million is available through incentives. He was set to make a base salary ofย $1.45 million for the 2015 season.

Jason Fitzgerald mentions that the Cardinals already paidย Shaughnessy aย $500,000 bonus this offseason. Although, they’ll saveย $1.45ย million inย salary following this move.

In 2014,ย Shaughnessyย 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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