Bears Release Tank

Espn.com is reporting that the Chicago Bears have released Tank Johnson.  Johnson, who was already suspended by the NFL for half the 2007 season, was pulled over late Friday night for speeding, possibly under the influence of drugs or alcohol.  Though the results have not yet returned from a blood test Tank took on Friday down at the station after he was pulled over, the Bears simply decided this was the last strike for Tank, and today, they waived him.

This marks a tragic end to Tank Johnson’s career as a Chicago Bear.  Though it may strike some as odd that the Bears would stick with Tank through all his problems in 2006, then release him after a routine traffic stop in what may have simply been an incident of racial profiling (not saying it was, just saying, those things do happen), this may simply have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.  Or it may have just been the fact that the Bears are not, at present, right in the thick of a Super Bowl season in the National Football League, and now Tank is a bit more expendable.  I, for one, don’t care which it is.  I simply hope that this talented individual can now focus all his energies on getting his life on track and reclaiming his NFL career.

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