NFL Roster Cuts: Leinart, Houshmandzadeh Among Players Cut As Teams Trim To 53 Players

Today marked the deadline for NFL teams to cut their rosters to 53 players, and that has meant some big names have been released.

Arizona's cut is the biggest of those names: Matt Leinart, the 10th pick in the 2006 NFL Draft, was released today after an underwhelming preseason. He was unable to win the starter's job after a preseason competition with Derek Anderson, and made more and bigger headlines for partying earlier in his career than anything he accomplished as a Cardinal.

Seattle, after looking to trade T.J. Houshmandzadeh, released their big free agent pick-up of 2009 and ate a chunk of his salary in doing so. The Seahawks will have paid Houshmandzadeh $15 million of his five-year, $40 million contract when they are done with him, and got just three touchdown catches from him in 2009.

We'll continue updating this StoryStream with all the names and stories of the NFL's roster-trimming as they roll in.