Putting Alexander's demise in perspective

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FanHouse found this 4/23/2008 on myespn.go.com [flag]
Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando The numbers say Shaun Alexander let down the Seahawks after signing a lucrative contract following his 2005 MVP season. That is the easiest part of the Alexander story to understand. A case could be made that the Seahawks let down Alexander as well. They failed to keep their Super Bowl line together, and they hired a proven line coach only recently, after ... [link]

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Shockingly, It Wasn't All Shaun Alexander's Fault That Things Didn't Work Out in Seattle
Published 4/23/2008 by Ryan Wilson at FanHouse
... ESPN.com's Mike Sando, a long-time Seahawks beat reporter, does a good job of putting the Alexander's swift downfall in perspective. He writes that the 2005 NFL MVP's exorbitant salary, age, lack of physicality, unwillingness to pass protect and inability to catch passes all led us to this point. But that's really just half the story: ...

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…for killing whatever little drama there might’ve been concerning the first overall pick in this weekend’s 2008 NFL Draft. Seattle waived RB Shaun Alexander earlier today , the former league MVP never fully recovering from the twin curses of making the cover of Madden ‘07 and a somewhat prescient commercial for ESPN Mobile.