Well, unfortunately, keeping him for the last year of his contract would have been a huge gamble if he would have gotten hurt again. Then where would we be? His toughness and heart is not in question, but his ability to hit the hole and make plays afterwards are. Most RB's only last about 3 or 4 years anyway. The Colts GM doesn't keep any RB past 4 years. Most teams that have "contacted" him are checking on his availability. Lions let him go because he would not have been ready by the season's start and he simply was not that productive.

Cutting him now is actually a favor to him so he can be picked up by a team so as to get acclamated to their offense. KJ really is now to be considered a 3rd down back or a 35-40% a game back to spell the bellcow.

btw, the figure I got is from Hondo and his sources. They said more like $3M. With other Likely To Be Earned money that possibly could have been his this year I'm guessing.