Release of Alexander shows that nothing is guaranteed in NFL

Nothing lasts forever. And that adage is no more appropriate than the NFL, where you can be a star one day, and a has-been the next. Just ask the former Seattle Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander, who was released yesterday. How the mighty really have fallen. Alexander is a three-time Pro Bowler, and won the NFL MVP award in 2005, when he set a league record for TDs in a season with 27 to go with 1,880 yards rushing. So good and so confident were the Seahawks with his 2005 season that they rewarded him with a huge $60+ million contract in March 2006. In retrospect, a mistake. So, he's only two seasons removed from one of the most impressive seasons for any player, and he's now unemployed. That is amazing.