After a long legal ordeal overshadowed only by the Pacman Jones saga, the Bears waived Tank Johnson today. This pleases us to no end, as we always thought the NFL and a manipulative courts system bent the rules to make the Super Bowl more competitive by allowing Johnson to travel to Miami and play in the game. It ended up not mattering, as the Colts creamed the Bears anyway. But good for the Bears for doing something they should have done last season. We imagine they are hoping to no end that Tommie Harris stays healthy this year.
At any rate, Bears GM Jerry Angelo sounds uber-pissed in an announcement made on the team's site. In reference to Tank being pulled over for impaired driving last week in Arizona:
"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."
As always, some team's going to sign Tank. He's a perfectly servicable defensive tackle and he wants to be the NFL's Man of the Year. Of course, he's also suspended for the first eight games of the season, so teams would be wise to wait until around week six to bring him in. Fiscal responsibility is always a concern when you're a struggling league like the NFL.
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