From SI.com
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions have been trapped in an unpleasant cycle this offseason: A player is arrested, the team expresses disappointment and then the process repeats itself.
On Monday, the Lions took an additional step after Aaron Berry‘s second arrest of the summer. They terminated the defensive back’s contract.
“We have repeatedly stressed to everyone in our organization that there will be appropriate consequences when an expected standard of behavior is not upheld,” Lions president Tom Lewand said.
The team said it cut Berry because of “personal conduct which adversely affects the club.”
Berry was arrested twice this offseason in Pennsylvania. Cpl. Kyle Gautsch of the Harrisburg Police Department said he was taken into custody early Saturday morning on three charges of simple assault. Gautsch said there “was a weapon allegedly brandished during the incident.”…MORE