[Lefty Noob]

Cross the Arizona Cardinals off of the list of teams bidding for MVP running back Shawn Alexander's services. They're not interested.

No great rush for Alexander
Arizona denies hot pursuit of MVP running back

MIKE SANDO; The News Tribune
Published: February 26th, 2006 02:30 AM

INDIANAPOLIS – Coach Dennis Green cast doubt on the Arizona Cardinals’ possible interest in Seattle running back Shaun Alexander as a free-agent acquisition.

“If you ask me if we’re going to go after one of the incredible backs that might be available in a blockbuster deal, that probably will not happen,” Green said Saturday at the NFL scouting combine.

Alexander, the reigning league MVP and rushing champion, is scheduled to become a free agent Friday.

The Cardinals are expected to have ample salary-cap room to pursue free agents. But Green said the team is more likely to sign players such as Chike Okeafor and Bertrand Berry.

“We’ve not had a blockbuster deal, and a blockbuster deal in my opinion is a deal that eats up most of your cap space,” Green said. “It means you get one player and one and done. And we’re not going to do that. … I think we’ll go and get three or four or five free agents that we think are going to have a good impact on our football team, and then we’ll add those to the draft picks.”

I don't know. This could wind up being a huge mistake for a team that is almost there, at least offensively. Of course, maybe if they hadn't tied up so much money in Kurt Warner, they could've signed both Alexander and either Okeafor or Berry...