Kolb's agents could push for a resolution shortly before the free-agent market dries up. Matt Cassel was released Thursday, joining Ryan Fitzpatrick as the best free-agent quarterbacks available. Kolb should be able to get a job as a backup somewhere, but he has come a long way from 2011, when the Cardinals gave up a second-round draft pick and cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie to obtain him from the Philadelphia Eagles.