Perhaps, for San Francisco 49ers General Manager John Lynch and HC Kyle Shanahan, it was a case of deja vu all over again. Maybe, it was that they felt he just wasn’t going to get it – ever. And maybe they just didn’t want to travel down this already well-worn path the franchise has traveled before with another incredibly talented, but troubled, player.
Whatever the reason, after his third arrest in less than a year, Lynch and Shanahan dropped the hammer on linebacker Reuben Foster lightning fast.
It’s a blow to a team that viewed the 2017 first-round draft pick as a cornerstone piece of this defense for years to come.