Seahawks release former MVP running back Shaun Alexander
Published 4/23/2008 by Gregg Bell, AP Sports Writer at Boston.com -- Football news
From MVP to vilified to unemployed in a little more than two years. Shaun Alexander's free fall in Seattle was completed Tuesday when the Seahawks cut the running back who led them to their only Super Bowl appearance in 2006 and was rewarded soon after with a $62 million contract.
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