Cardinals Release Sam Bradford Into The Wild To Search For His Next Team To Grift

The Arizona Cardinals became the latest team to realize Sam Bradford had no purpose being on their roster and cut the nine-year veteran on Saturday, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

The Cardinals signed Bradford in March to a one-year, $20 million contract with $15 million guaranteed. The move seemed less than ideal at the time, and looked even worse after Arizona drafted Josh Rosen with their first-round pick.

Bradford started three games for Arizona before getting benched in the fourth quarter of a Sept. 23 loss to the Bears. He threw for 400 yards, two touchdowns and four interceptions before Josh Rosen replaced him as a starter in Week 4. Since then, he has remained inactive on the sideline in sweats and a clipboard, forcing him to miss out on $1,562,500 in incentives.

The former Heisman Trophy winner will now go to waivers, where another team can pick up his contract worth $2.5 million in base salary, $2.5 million in roster bonuses and a $20 million salary for 2019, according to Schefter. He’s earned over $130 million since entering the NFL in 2010, per Spotrac, and has never won more than seven games in a season. How he keeps getting employed is beyond me, but I honestly respect the hustle.

Even if it is an embarrassing look for Arizona to cut a quarterback in the same calendar year that they signed him for seven figures, there is a bright side. The release means the Cardinals will get some extra draft capital in April.