Updated: August 25, 2014, 2:37 PM ET
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Veteran kicker Jay Feely was among 13 cuts made by the Arizona Cardinals on Monday morning.
Throughout offseason workouts and training camp, the 38-year-old was engulfed in a kicking competition, which he ultimately lost, with rookie Chandler Catanzaro. Feely struggled with his hang time and distance on kickoffs last season and into this year’s camp, but missing a 48-yard field goal Sunday night against the Bengals likely sealed his fate.
Feely was released after four seasons during which he made 85.2 percent of his field goal attempts for the Cardinals. Six of his 98 field goals as a Cardinal were game winners, including two in 2013. Feely made 30 of 36 kicks in 2013 but missed two in the season finale against San Francisco, which Arizona lost by a field goal.
He has made 82.7 percent of his kicks in his 13-year career. Since entering the league in 2001, Feely’s 329 field goals were second most to David Akers, according to ESPN Stats & Information. His 90 field goals from 40 to 49 yards were second most during that stretch. And his 1,437 points are fourth among active players.
Also released by the Cardinals was veteran tackle Max Starks, who won two Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was signed Aug. 1, but his stint in Arizona, which began with Starks playing with the second team but ended Sunday with the third-team offense, was marred by an ankle injury.
Quarterback Ryan Lindley was cut after two seasons with the Cardinals. He was drafted in the sixth round in 2012 and started four games that season as part of the Cardinals’ quarterback carousel that led to Ken Whisenhunt’s demise in Arizona. He had 752 yards and seven touchdowns in six games in 2012 while completing 52 percent of his passes. Lindley didn’t see the field in 2013 a result of the Cardinals trading for Carson Palmer in the offseason.
Lindley was competing with Logan Thomas, Arizona’s fourth-round pick in 2014, during training camp for the Cardinals’ third-string job.
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