Tank Johnson… A Model Citizen??

Chicago Bears defensive tackle Tank Johnson finally heard from the league office about his suspension today. The verdict? …Eight games!!

We’ve spent the last couple of weeks listening the talking heads tell us that Tank Johnson should get a shorter suspension than Chris Henry of the Bengals, because he had already spent time in jail and that, in some way, was a good thing. Uh…What?? Are You Kidding Me??

I’ll grant you that Chris Henry probably isn’t sitting around waiting for NASA to call him or anything, but compared to Tank Johnson he’s like …well …Julie Andrews, or Princess Leia, or even Snow White. …WOW, Tank Johnson and Julie Andrews in the same sentence. Who’d a thunk??

Basically, Chris Henry and Pacman Jones, of the Titans, have been proven guilty of little more than being, …in the immortal words of Bugs Bunny, a maroon. Tank Johnson was arrested for, and convicted of weapons related crimes, and not only that, but violation of probation which means this wasn’t his first time around the block. There is no way that the multitude of things that Henry has done equals what Johnson has now been suspended for.

I guess in the end all of this might be considered splitting hairs, but Tank Johnson is not as cute and cuddly a Teddy “Bear” as the media would have you believe and I, for one, applaud NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for trying to put an end to the National Felons League.