When the season started, Bears coach Dave Wannstedt and playerpersonnel director Mark Hatley thought defensive end Mark Thomasmight blossom into an impact player.
On Monday, they cut him.
In a curious move, the Bears waived Thomas, theirsecond-leading sacker (4 1/2) who had started as recently as Nov. 15against the Detroit Lions.The official explanation was that the move was"performance-related," according to Wannstedt and Hatley. Thomas didnot have a sack in his last four games. He had been hampered by aknee injury suffered against the Arizona Cardinals on Oct. 11 thatforced him to miss two games.Both Wannstedt and Hatley insisted the move was not related …
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