ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- The Detroit Lions have released tight end Andrew Quarless, the same day he was eligible to come off the NFL's suspended list.
Quarless had been suspended due to a gun charge on July 4, 2015 and eventually entered a plea, being sentenced to a year's probation for firing a gun in public in Miami Beach, Florida.
He served that suspension during the Lions' victory over Indianapolis and loss to Tennessee.
The signing of Quarless was a big deal in Detroit initially because it appeared to go against general manager Bob Quinn's policy of zero tolerance for domestic violence and gun issues -- something he made clear during his introductory press conference in January.