Ex-Cardinal Edgerrin James is a motivated addition for Seattle Seahawks

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Published: August 24, 2009

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... our franchise running back who is about to become a free agent?

Well, the Colts let Edgerrin James go to Arizona, and the Seahawks gave Shaun Alexander a $62 million contract to stay. James had a couple of good years for Arizona, and Alexander had a couple of bad ones for Seattle. But both were on the street this off-season, a couple of over-30 running backs no one wanted.

Until today.

There’s probably no question what Alexander thinks about the Seahawks signing James instead of bringing their former league MVP back. But it doesn’t matter what this means to the former Seahawk running back.

The important questions are: What does the addition of the 31-year-old mean to the current backs? And why did president Tim Ruskell feel he needed to sign James to a deal reportedly worth $2 million in 2009?

Assuming Julius Jones’ thigh injury isn’t more serious than a bruise and won’t keep him out for long, it’s likely that...

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