NFL Not for long

[Locksley]

David Tyree has gone from Super Bowl hero to a receiver out of a job.

He was released by the New York Giants in a move confirmed Saturday by his agents, Mark and Michael Clouser.

Tyree missed last season after failing to come all the way back from offseason knee surgery. The 29-year-old wide receiver battled minor groin, hamstring and knee injuries in training camp this year and played in only two preseason games, missing the last two.

"My experience here has been nothing short of a dream and obviously to be placed in the team history and sports history, where do you go from here?" Tyree said earlier in the week when asked about his six years with the Giants. "At the same time, my love for this game has not died out yet and I really feel like I still have something great to add on to my career, legacy or whatever word you want to put after that."

A sixth-round draft pick out of Syracuse, Tyree only had 54 catches for 650 yards and four touchdowns with New York. His biggest contributions always came on special teams, which earned him a Pro Bowl berth in 2005.


This catch by David Tyree propelled the Giants to a Super Bowl title in 2008. (Doug Pensinger / Getty Images)

Eli Manning called Tyree a true professional.

"He has been a great teammate, a great friend of mine since I have gotten here," Manning said Friday. "Honestly, I will always have a special place in my heart, not only because of the play he made in the Super Bowl, but just the person he is and the friend he has been for me."

Tyree made one of the most remarkable catches in Super Bowl history some 19 months ago when the Giants defeated the previously unbeaten New England Patriots.

With the Giants trailing 14-10 late in the fourth quarter, Tyree hauled in a 32-yard pass from Manning, pinning the ball against his helmet as defender Rodney Harrison yanked him to the ground. The play set up Manning's winning touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress.

Tyree also caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from Manning earlier in the game, which was his first touchdown catch of the season. Coming into the Super Bowl, he had caught four passes all season.

Browns: Browns running back Jamal Lewis survived and was not among the 23 cuts made by first-year Cleveland coach Eric Mangini.

Lewis, who has already eclipsed 10,000 career yards, was believed to be in danger of missing the Browns' opening-week roster. But the 30-year-old will open the season as Cleveland's starting running back after Mangini trimmed his roster before Saturday's deadline.

The Browns did cut linebacker Beau Bell, a fourth-round pick in 2008, and terminated the contract of wide receiver David Patten, who won three Super Bowl titles with New England.

Cardinals: Former starting tight end Leonard Pope and four-year Cardinals safety Aaron Francisco were among 21 players cut by Arizona to reach the NFL's 53-man limit.

Others released by the team on Friday included offensive tackle Oliver Ross.

Pope, a 6-foot-8 third-round draft pick out of Georgia in 2006, played in 42 games and started 25 in three seasons with the Cardinals, including eight last year. He has 48 career catches but only nine in 13 games last season. Francisco, a standout on special teams, played in 53 games over four seasons after making the club as an undrafted free agent out of BYU in 2005.

Colts: The Indianapolis Colts waived rookie defensive tackle Terrance Taylor and running back Mike Hart on Saturday.

Taylor was a fourth-round pick in April. Hart, Michigan's career rushing leader, was a sixth-round pick in 2008.

Of the 22 players released in the cutdown, seven were drafted since 2006. Offensive linemen Jaimie Thomas and Steve Justice, who started games last season as rookies, were both released. Other former draft picks released were defensive end Marcus Howard, cornerback Dante Hughes and offensive lineman Michael Toudouze.

Eagles: The Eagles placed quarterback Michael Vick on the exempt/commissioner's permission list on Saturday and cut 17 players to get to the mandatory 53-man limit.

The Vick move allowed Philadelphia to keep A.J. Feeley as their No. 3 quarterback. He has been the subject of trade rumors.

Vick will not be reinstated until the third game of the season against the Kansas City Chiefs. He can't practice with the team until he is placed on the roster.

"We can do that at any time," Eagles general manager Tom Heckert said. "We could put him on as soon as tomorrow, or up until the third week. And he can do anything with the team, attend meetings, everything, except practice."

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[Locksley]

One of the reasons we lost to TEXAS today we can not keep our players under his cap rule stuff.

CHRIS BROWN

CAREER (through 2007 season): Physical veteran runner who joined the Texans as an unrestricted free agent in 2008�missed last season with back injury�runs with a slashing style and possesses breakaway speed�has played in 54 NFL games with 29 starts�career totals include 2,757 rushing yards on 643 carries with 16 touchdowns and 74 catches for 667 yards and two scores.

2008 (Houston 0/0): Missed the season after being placed on the reserve/injured list before the season with a back injury.

2007 (Tennessee 12/1): Played in 12 games with one start and finished the year with 102 carries for 462 yards and five touchdowns, plus 19 receptions for 128 yards�started the season opener at Jacksonville (9/9) and rushed for a career-high 175 yards on just 19 carries and caught one pass for three yards�carried 12 times for 34 yards and had one catch for two yards vs. Indianapolis (9/16)�carried 11 times for 38 yards and tied a career high with four receptions for 18 yards at New Orleans (9/24)�gained 27 yards on 10 carries and scored his first touchdown of the season and added two catches for seven yards vs. Atlanta (10/7)�ran five times for 26 yards at Tampa Bay (10/14)�inactive for the next four games at Houston (10/21), vs. Oakland (10/28), vs. Carolina (11/4) and vs. Jacksonville (11/11)�returned to the field and had three carries for 14 yards and tied a career high with four catches for 61 yards at Denver (11/19)�ran eight times for 28 yards and caught one pass for seven yards at Cincinnati (11/25)�rushed 11 times for 46 yards and a touchdown and caught two passes for 13 yards vs. Houston (12/2)�ran five times for 16 yards and a touchdown and caught two passes for 11 yards vs. San Diego (12/9)�carried six times for 21 yards and caught two passes for six yards at Kansas City (12/16)�gained 15 yards on five carries and scored a touchdown vs. the New York Jets (12/23)�ran seven times for 22 yards and scored the Titans' only touchdown at Indianapolis (12/30)...gained 13 yards on four carries in the AFC Wild Card Playoff at San Diego (1/6/08).

2006 (Tennessee 5/3): Played in five games with three starts and gained 156 rushing yards on 41 attempts�helped team post a franchise-record 4.7-average per carry for season and was also part of rushing attack that ranked third in AFC and fifth in NFL�also added two receptions for four yards.

2005 (Tennessee 15/14): Played in 15 games with 14 starts and led the team in rushing for the second consecutive season with 851 yards on 224 carries and five touchdowns�set career highs with 25 receptions for 327 yards with two touchdowns and posted first-ever 100-yard receiving game vs. San Francisco (11/27)�tied career high with two touchdowns vs. Cincinnati (10/16)�rushed for season- and team-high 97 yards on 19 carries vs. Oakland (10/30) and scored on 38-yard TD run...posted his first career 100-yard receiving game with 105 yards, including a career-long 57-yarder, vs. San Francisco (11/27).

2004 (Tennessee 11/11): Played in and started 11 games�had the most productive season of his career, rushing for 1,067 yards on 220 carries and six touchdowns�recorded six 100-yard games�his 4.8 yards-per-carry average was the best in the NFL among runners with 200 or more attempts�became the second player in NFL history to rush for 100 or more yards in each of his first three starts, joining St. Louis Cardinals RB Stump Mitchell�ran for 100 yards on 16 carries and caught one pass for three yards at Miami (9/11)�carried 26 times for a season-high 152 yards and a touchdown, and caught one pass for eight yards vs. Indianapolis (9/19)�ran 23 times for 101 yards and a touchdown and caught three passes for 30 yards vs. Jacksonville (9/26)�ran for 148 yards and a career-high two touchdowns on 27 carries and added three catches for 24 yards at Green Bay (10/11)�carried a career-high 32 times for 147 yards and a touchdown, and caught a career-high four passes for 23 yards vs. Cincinnati (10/31)�gained 104 yards on 19 carries at Indianapolis (12/5)�missed five games with a toe injury.

2003 (Tennessee 11/0): Saw action in 11 games as a rookie behind veterans Eddie George and Robert Holcombe�rushed for 221 yards on 56 carries and caught eight passes for 61 yards�also carried 18 times for 96 yards and two touchdowns in two postseason contests�missed the first three games due to a hamstring injury�made his NFL debut at Pittsburgh (9/28) and carried six times for three yards�led team in rushing vs. Miami (11/9), gaining 46 yards on 12 attempts�rushed for season-high 69 yards, including 28-yarder, at Houston (12/21)�the run was the team's longest of season�rushed for 61 yards and his first career touchdown, a six-yarder, in AFC Wild Card Playoff win at Baltimore (1/3/04)�ran for a five-yard touchdown in AFC Divisional Playoff loss at New England (1/10/04).