DE Erasmus James finally took the next step toward making his Redskins debut when he participated in individual drills on Aug. 11. "It felt good and I'm very excited about tomorrow when we actually put the pads on," James said after his first session in shells. "It definitely felt like I was part of the team, but it kinda sucks when you're not out there with those guys." James hasn't been out there more often than not during his brief NFL career. Taken 18th overall by Minnesota in the 2005 draft, James had a decent rookie season -- 15 games, nine starts, 34 tackles, four sacks -- but he blew out a knee in Week 2 of 2006 and repeated that misfortune in Week 13 in 2007. So James' statistics for the past two seasons were: eight games, three starts, one sack, two major knee operations. 08/17/2008

Washington released James on Tuesday.
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