IRVING, Texas -- The Dallas Cowboys released former Pro Bowl
receiver Peerless Price on Saturday, according to a report on the
team's Web site.
Price, who signed a one-year, $1.8 million contract in
September, played in seven games with one start for the Cowboys. He
caught six passes for 96 yards and averaged 5.3 yards on 12 punt
returns.
He was inactive four times earlier in the season before receiver
Patrick Crayton injured his ankle in the Cowboys' win against the
New York Giants on Oct. 16. Crayton, who had 18 catches for 272 and
two touchdowns before his injury, practiced this week and said he
was ready to return.
Price picked Dallas in the offseason after also visiting Miami,
New England and the New Orleans Saints.
Price chose the Cowboys for the chance to be reunited with Drew
Bledsoe. With Bledsoe as his quarterback in Buffalo in 2002, Price
had 94 catches for 1,252 yards and made the Pro Bowl.
He parlayed that season into a $37 million, seven-year contract
with Atlanta, but never lived up to expectations.