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The NFL notebook …
INDIANAPOLIS ó The Indianapolis Colts have released Marvin Harrison, ending the star receiver’s 13-year stay with the team.
Colts owner Jim Irsay announced the move Tuesday after meeting with Harrison in a final effort to re-sign the franchise’s career receiving leader.
Agent Tom Condon said a day earlier that the Colts had agreed to release Harrison after he declined a pay cut. Harrison had the highest salary-cap number of any NFL receiver at $13.4 million.
Harrison is second in NFL career receptions. He turns 37 in August and is coming off the least productive season of his career in which he was not injured. Cutting him could save the Colts about $6 million on next season’s salary cap.
WARNER’S FUTURE
TEMPE, AZ. ó The agent for Kurt Warner says he expected the quarterback and the Cardinals would have a contract agreement by now and hopes the team isn’t using his client’s desire to stay in Arizona against him.
Agent Mark Bartelstein said Warner deserves a salary among the top “four or five” quarterbacks in the league, no matter where he plays. According to Bartelstein, those five earn an average of about $14.5 million per year.
In an interview with The Associated Press Tuesday night, Bartelstein declined to say what the Cardinals were offering.
“It’s unfortunate,,” Bartelstein said. “I thought it would get done quickly, but it hasn’t. We’ll keep working on it.”
Barring an agreement, Warner will become a free agent on Friday.
In an interview on Sporting News Radio, the 37-year-old quarterback said he was leaning toward either signing with Arizona or retiring.
CRABTREEINDIANAPOLIS ó Michael Crabtree might not perform in front of NFL scouts, after all.
The top-rated receiver in this year’s draft told NFL Network on Tuesday there was only a 50-50 chance he would run at his personal workout next month in Lubbock, Texas.
On Saturday, doctors at the league’s annual scouting combine diagnosed a stress fracture in his left foot and recommended surgery to insert a screw.
REDSKINSWASHINGTON ó The Washington Redskins reworked the contract of offensive lineman Chris Samuels and were close to doing the same with defensive lineman Cornelius Griffin, league sources said Tuesday, creating more space under the salary cap with the free agent market opening Friday.
BILLSORCHARD PARK, N.Y. ó Former Jaguars running back Fred Taylor got a head start on the NFL free agency period, visiting with the Buffalo Bills on Tuesday.
Taylor, released last week by Jacksonville, was also scheduled to meet with the Patriots later in the afternoon. The 33-year-old running back is looking to latch onto a new team after spending 11 seasons with the Jaguars.
CHIEFSKANSAS CITY, Mo. ó Three oft-injured veterans who hardly played last season were cut loose on Tuesday by the Kansas City Chiefs: linebacker Donnie Edwards, quarterback Damon Huard and cornerback Patrick Surtain.
RAIDERSOAKLAND, Calif. ó The Oakland Raiders released veteran tackle Kwame Harris and fullback Justin Griffith on Monday, freeing more than $8 million in salary cap space.