The emergence of Andre Brown as a capable backup and effective goal-line runner last season also helped make Bradshaw expendable.
Granderson, who will be 32 by opening day, has been a fast straight-line runner who uses his speed to chase down balls, but who sometimes makes imperfect reads off the bat.
Their conundrum is that finish-line crowds represent a runner reward for finishing 26.2 miles.
One runner crossed the finish line carrying a large American flag.
Hayley Yelling was the first domestic runner across the finishing line.
When hitter Al Bridwell slapped a line drive into center field, the runner on third trotted in with the apparent winning run, and the happy crowd poured onto the field.
Race organizers are also donating 2 British pounds to the One Fund Boston -- set up to help those most affected by the Boston bombing -- for each runner to cross the finish line.
One coach telling his player to stop short of the goal line, the other instructing his defenders to allow a runner to waltz into the end zone unmolested.
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Another runner, Dave Jacobs Robinson, says he got close to the finish line when he was told to stop.
Their three centre halves, sat deep, made it tough for Agbonlahor to break the back line, and they always had a spare man to either track the front-runner or follow Heskey when he dropped a little deeper.
It may well help former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the perceived front-runner, by allowing him to stay above the fray and out of the line of fire longer.
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