Bears cut Ratliff after reported altercation with GM

[Denim Chicken]

Washed up

 

[Denim Chicken]

 

[remdak]

Let's bring him in for a workout and then tell him to shove it up his you know what. Of course, if I was about to tell him that, I would have Hardy and Tyrone standing with me.

 

[BAZ]

Oh man I hope that is a serious tweet.

 

[YosemiteSam]

lol. Same thing different team.

I think that dude uses steroids or something. How else can you be that big and crazy strong with the inability to control yourself mentally? haha

 

[JoeyBoy718]

I didn't realize he had 6.5 sacks in 11 games last year. He had 7.5 sacks in 16 games his first Pro Bowl year and 6.0 in 16 his only All Pro year. Those were his two best seasons in Dallas by far.

 

[remdak]

Almost sounds bipolar

 

[BAZ]

If he's not injured I wonder if the Giants or Pats kick the tires.

 

[knightrider94]

Almost sounds bipolar

I think he is mentally ill. Someone needs to keep a watch on him.

 

[TheCoolFan]

I used to love making fun of how much he declined as a player but the guy has some mental issues it seems like. Hope he gets help.

 

[rags747]

Evidently the Bears also had extra police posted at the teams facility.

The Chicago Bears released defensive lineman Jeremiah Ratliff on Thursday, and the former Auburn standout apparently hadn't taken the news well.

Adam Jahns of the Chicago Sun-Times reported Ratliff and Chicago general manager Ryan Pace had "an animated exchange" outside the Bears' training facility on Wednesday. Lake Forest (Ill.) police came to the site after security escorted the player off the premises. No police action was taken, however.

Ratliff had a noted verbal run-in with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones in December 2012, jawing toe-to-toe after Jones told him the team needed him and the lineman, who'd missed seven games with injuries, took offense to the remark.

The Cowboys released Ratliff in October 2013 off their physically-unable-to-perform list, where he'd spent the season to that point because of a hamstring injury. Dallas released Ratliff even though he was a Pro Bowl nose tackle for the Cowboys annually from 2008 through 2011.

RELATED: AUBURN'S ALL-TIME PRO BOWL LINEUP

Ratliff's agent, Matt Slough, said at the time that the lineman's relationship with the team's doctors was "strained" and that the Cowboys had "unrealistic expectations" about when Ratliff could play again.

Ratliff joined the Bears for the final five games of the 2013 season. Last season, he started 11 games for Chicago, missing five with injuries.

Ratliff was suspended for the first three games of the 2015 season by the NFL for violating the league's Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse. Ratliff's suspension stemmed from a DWI arrest on Jan. 22, 2013.

Ratliff suffered an ankle injury late in the preseason and also missed the fourth game of the regular season while recovering from that. He had started at nose tackle for the Bears in their past two games.

During training camp, Vic Fangio, the defensive coordinator for the Bears, called Ratliff the only "really good player" on Chicago's defensive line.

"We felt moving forward without Jeremiah was in the best interest of our team," Pace said in a statement. "We appreciate his contributions and wish him well. We are also excited to be able to add Ziggy Hood to our roster."

Hood, a defensive lineman who had been on Jacksonville's injured reserve list, had been released by the Jaguars on Tuesday. Hood has played five seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers and one with Jacksonville.

Then known as Jay, Ratliff came to Auburn as a tight end, played two seasons at defensive end, then finished his collegiate career as a defensive tackle on the Tigers' undefeated 2004 squad. He entered the NFL as a seventh-round draft pick of the Dallas Cowboys.

 

[xwalker]

Evidently the Bears also had extra police posted at the teams facility.

The Chicago Bears released defensive lineman Jeremiah Ratliff on Thursday, and the former Auburn standout apparently hadn't taken the news well.

Adam Jahns of the Chicago Sun-Times reported Ratliff and Chicago general manager Ryan Pace had "an animated exchange" outside the Bears' training facility on Wednesday. Lake Forest (Ill.) police came to the site after security escorted the player off the premises. No police action was taken, however.

Ratliff had a noted verbal run-in with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones in December 2012, jawing toe-to-toe after Jones told him the team needed him and the lineman, who'd missed seven games with injuries, took offense to the remark.

The Cowboys released Ratliff in October 2013 off their physically-unable-to-perform list, where he'd spent the season to that point because of a hamstring injury. Dallas released Ratliff even though he was a Pro Bowl nose tackle for the Cowboys annually from 2008 through 2011.

RELATED: AUBURN'S ALL-TIME PRO BOWL LINEUP

Ratliff's agent, Matt Slough, said at the time that the lineman's relationship with the team's doctors was "strained" and that the Cowboys had "unrealistic expectations" about when Ratliff could play again.

Ratliff joined the Bears for the final five games of the 2013 season. Last season, he started 11 games for Chicago, missing five with injuries.

Ratliff was suspended for the first three games of the 2015 season by the NFL for violating the league's Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse. Ratliff's suspension stemmed from a DWI arrest on Jan. 22, 2013.

Ratliff suffered an ankle injury late in the preseason and also missed the fourth game of the regular season while recovering from that. He had started at nose tackle for the Bears in their past two games.

During training camp, Vic Fangio, the defensive coordinator for the Bears, called Ratliff the only "really good player" on Chicago's defensive line.

"We felt moving forward without Jeremiah was in the best interest of our team," Pace said in a statement. "We appreciate his contributions and wish him well. We are also excited to be able to add Ziggy Hood to our roster."

Hood, a defensive lineman who had been on Jacksonville's injured reserve list, had been released by the Jaguars on Tuesday. Hood has played five seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers and one with Jacksonville.

Then known as Jay, Ratliff came to Auburn as a tight end, played two seasons at defensive end, then finished his collegiate career as a defensive tackle on the Tigers' undefeated 2004 squad. He entered the NFL as a seventh-round draft pick of the Dallas Cowboys.

Interesting.

I always wondered what would have happened if he actually attacked Jerry physically. Jerry's bodyguard might have put a bullet in his arse.

 

[Manster68]

This is sad to see. I at one time was so thrilled that the Cowboys cashed in handsomely with a 7th round draft pick which solidified the 2005 draft as one of the best in Cowboys history.

Then Dallas signed him for mega money - and all of a sudden, he gets injured and doesn't want to play. So Dallas let him go.

Then Ratliff immediately shows up in Chicago fully healthy - hmmm. No more sympathy from me.

 

[Zordon]

I worry about him post career.

 

[AsthmaField]

I wonder what he's going to change his name to this time?

 

[SHAMSzy]

Interesting.

I always wondered what would have happened if he actually attacked Jerry physically. Jerry's bodyguard might have put a bullet in his arse.

Jerry would've whooped his ***!

 

[big dog cowboy]

He's going to have a phobia about Octobers before long.

 

[xwalker]

This is sad to see. I at one time was so thrilled that the Cowboys cashed in handsomely with a 7th round draft pick which solidified the 2005 draft as one of the best in Cowboys history.

Then Dallas signed him for mega money - and all of a sudden, he gets injured and doesn't want to play. So Dallas let him go.

Then Ratliff immediately shows up in Chicago fully healthy - hmmm. No more sympathy from me.

I always thought that might eventually go to court.

 

[rafaelgreco]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...ut-ratliff-after-reported-altercation-with-gm

After playing in 17 games across three seasons in Chicago, veteran defensive lineman Jeremiah Ratliff's Bears career is over.

The team announced Thursday that Ratliff has been released, replaced on the roster by formerSteelers first-round pick Ziggy Hood.

Ratliff was escorted out of Halas Hall on Wednesday, per Adam Jahns of Chicago Sun-Times, after a heated exchange with general manager Ryan Pace. Lake Forest, Illinois, police were later kept outside Halas Hall after Ratliff was escorted off the premises.

When asked by NFL Media about the Sun-Times' report, a Bearsspokesman referred to their comment in their release on the Ratliff news.

"We felt moving forward without Jeremiah was in the best interest of our team," Pace said. "We appreciate his contributions and wish him well. We are also excited to be able to add Ziggy Hood to our roster."

 

[Zimmy Lives]

Good old Jay...new scenery, same story.