Well this didn't take long... _____ Bears pull plug on Tank 'Embarrassed' by his legal troubles, team releases DT Tank Johnson tried the patience of the Chicago Bears numerous times. Still, they provided support, visited him in jail and gave him more than enough chances to turn his life around and advance his career. But after his latest run-in with the law in Arizona, the Bears had seen enough and it was time to let him go. The Bears, saying they were "embarrassed" and that Johnson had "compromised the credibility" of the team with his latest incident, released the defensive tackle Monday. Johnson was waived three days after he was pulled over by police in Arizona. He already had been suspended for the first eight games of the 2007 season for violating probation on a gun charge. He spent two months in jail and was released in May. "We are upset and embarrassed by Tank's actions last week," general manager Jerry Angelo said in a statement. "He compromised the credibility of our organization. We made it clear to him that he had no room for error. Our goal was to help someone through a difficult period in his life, but the effort needs to come from both sides. It didn't, and we have decided to move on." Police in the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert said Johnson was stopped for driving 40 mph in a 25 mph zone at 3:30 a.m. Friday and the officer made observations that led him to believe Johnson was impaired. Sgt. Andrew Duncan, a police spokesman, said Johnson was arrested for "DUI Impaired to the Slightest Degree" but was released without being booked or charged. Duncan said Johnson was taken to the Gilbert police station, where officials drew blood for a blood-alcohol content test before his release. He described Johnson as "very cooperative." Test results aren't expected for up to two weeks, and they would be sent to Gilbert town prosecutors for consideration of any charges. Johnson had called his suspension an "opportunity for me to move forward." NFL commissioner Roger Goodell had said the suspension could be reduced to six games if Johnson had no further involvement with law enforcement and underwent counseling. "A lot of people within our organization gave extra time and energy to support Tank: players, coaches and our front office," Bears coach Lovie Smith said in a statement. "We did our best to establish an environment for him to move forward. Ultimately, Tank needed to live up to his side of the deal." Johnson released a statement Monday evening through his Chicago attorney Lorna Propes: "I want to thank the Bears organization and fans for their support during a difficult time," he said. "I regret that I have to leave Chicago under these circumstances and wish my friends at the Chicago Bears nothing but the best." full article
Pacman is gonna get cut too, the Titans have already given up on him, I would imagine that the Bengals are going to start to clean things up too starting with Chris Henry. The only way to teach these thugs is too take away their paychecks and in Pacman's case that didn't even work.
People just need to realize these guys don't give a crap about football it was just their ticket to fame and money. I mean how hard is it to stay out of trouble, I understand one mess up but after that and your still getting in trouble I just don't think you care anymore.
Kinda hard to take 87,000 in 1's away from a felon. Hell, the strippers had a hard time taking it away much less the Titans, and they have boobies.
well looks like he wasn't drunk afterall.... maybe the cowboys will pick him up. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2923817
When you can barely go a week without hearing about some dumb**** NFL player being arrested, you need to do something about it. Maybe if people like Tank Johnson or Pacman Jones would actually learn from their mistakes, the commish wouldn't have to take this kind of stance. Yet, you keep hearing about guys who are constantly in trouble with the law and at some point, there's a chance that could hurt the product. At least he's not telling them what to wear.
Why? Having players like Tank Johnson, Chris Henry, and Pacman Jones constantly being complete morons is a good thing?
He wasn't drunk and if that'd been the only incident I doubt he would have been cut. However, considering the Bears stood by him through his previous issues, they expected him to be on his best behavior, Tank had said he wanted to be the NFL's Man of the Year this upcoming season, and Tank decides he'll have some drinks, not be drunk but still, and speed at 3 am.
but the only reason you know about most of this stuff is because their pro athletes. I mean mike vick has a suspicious bottle at an airport that turns out to be nothing and people act like he's al qaeda.
