Arizona Cardinals' Terrell Suggs released after struggling in recent games
The Arizona Cardinals have released veteran pass rusher Terrell Suggs, the team announced Friday.
Suggs, 37, signed with the Cardinals in the offseason after spending the previous 16 seasons with the Baltimore Ravens.
He has 138 career sacks, 5.5 of which came with the Cardinals this season.
Suggs struggled in recent games for Arizona.
He didn't record any stats in Week 13 against the Los Angeles Rams and he followed it up with a rough performance against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 14.
In 46 defensive snaps against Pittsburgh, Suggs recovered a fumble, but he did not record a tackle or a QB hit or anything else.
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He did get flagged for a personal foul in the loss.
Suggs had 37 tackles and four forced fumbles this season.
Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury said that in releasing Suggs, his team wanted to get more of a look at some younger guys and also give the linebacker a chance to land somewhere else.
Another team can pick up Suggs through the waiver process beginning Monday.
NFL career sacks leaders (since NFL started keeping track of sacks in 1982):
- Bruce Smith - 200.0
- Reggie White - 198.0
- Kevin Greene - 160.0
- Julius Peppers - 159.5
- Chris Doleman - 150.5
- Michael Strahan - 141.5
- Jason Taylor - 139.5
- DeMarcus Ware - 138.5
- Terrell Suggs - 138.0