NFL | Bears decide to cut safety Adam Archuleta

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears released veteran strong safety Adam Archuleta on Tuesday, ending a disappointing tenure with the team.

Archuleta, 30, broke a hand early last season and started in 10 of the 15 games in which he appeared. He lost his starting job to Brandon McGowan.

The Bears drafted Louisiana State safety Craig Steltz in the fourth round last month, but the Archuleta announcement was a surprise. Chicago coach Lovie Smith said at an NFL combine in February that the Bears did not plan to cut Archuleta.

"Adam, just like some more of our players, didn't have the type of season we were hoping, he was hoping," Smith said at the combine. "But he's still a part of our ballclub and we're expecting him to come back stronger this year."

The Bears acquired Archuleta from the Washington franchise in March 2007 for a sixth-round draft pick. When he joined Washington in 2006, he got a $30 million, six-year contract.

Randle El

has knee surgery

ASHBURN, Va. — Washington receiver Antwaan Randle El had arthroscopic knee surgery and is expected to recover in time for training camp.

Washington coach Jim Zorn, previously quarterbacks coach of the Seahawks, said an MRI discovered a "floating body" that was causing an irritation in the 28-year-old's knee.

Washington signed quarterback Derek Devine and safety Patrick Ghee, who were undrafted rookies in Seattle's training camp last year and didn't make the final roster.

Notes

• Chris Henry, ex-Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver, will be released from court-ordered electronic monitoring and house arrest so he can try out for another team.

Richard Bernat, a Hamilton County Municipal Court judge, issued the ruling when the 24-year-old Henry's attorney, Perry Ancona, said the player has a tryout offer.

Henry has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of assault and criminal damaging dating to March. Henry was suspended by the league for eight games last season because of earlier arrests. The Bengals released him last month.

• The New York Jets re-signed cornerback Hank Poteat, 30, to a one-year deal.

• Detroit Lions quarterback Jon Kitna, a former Seahawk who played college ball at Central Washington, repeated his theory that the Lions should not accept fewer than 10 wins. He made similar comments last offseason — Detroit went 7-9 last season — and earlier this year.

The 35-year-old Kitna's role this season will change a bit, with the departure of Mike Martz and the entry of the relatively conservative offensive coordinator Jim Colletto.

"There's going to be more responsibility for me, but I welcome that," Kitna said. "I'm kind of a control freak by nature and so it's a good thing."

• NFL Network filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission against Comcast. NFL Network is accusing the nation's largest cable operator of discriminatory and anticompetitive treatment in violation of the Cable Act of 1992.

The two sides have been feuding over Comcast's decision to place NFL Network on a premium sports tier that costs customers extra to receive.

• Darrion Scott, 26, a former Minnesota Vikings defensive lineman, was charged with assault and accused of holding a plastic dry-cleaning bag over the head of his 2-year-old son.

Scott was charged with third-degree assault and domestic assault by strangulation, both felonies. He also was charged with endangerment of a child, a gross misdemeanor.

Scott is a free agent after spending four seasons with the Vikings.