 Brown released the 33-year-old James on waivers before the 1956 season, which allowed other teams to pick up his contract.Brown said it was "one of the toughest things I've had to do in football" because of the effort James put out.James had worked in the offseason as a sporting goods salesman and had an offer to join a trucking firm, but said he wanted to continue his football career for one more year.