The New York Giants released cornerback James Bradberry on Monday in order to save around $10.1 million against the salary cap this season.

New general manager Joe Schoen was trying to find a trade for Bradberry since before free agency in March but couldn't find anything that worked for all parties involved. Schoen admitted last week he was surprised there wasn't more interest in the team's No. 1 cornerback.

"Yeah, I was," he said last Wednesday on WFAN Sports Radio. "I thought there would be more interest. There were some teams that showed interest pre-draft, and we had a couple different times there were compensation in place and the contract never worked out. Being the fact that we did have good talks with the other teams and their agents had good talks with teams, sometimes if you're going to renegotiate a contract and couldn't come to an agreement, it is what it is."