Bears release RB Kevin Jones

Mar 10, 2010 - 1:14 AM CHICAGO(AP) -- Injury-plagued running back Kevin Jones has been released by the Chicago Bears.

The Bears let Jones go Tuesday after signing running back Chester Taylor away from Minnesota last Friday, when they also lured Pro Bowl defensive end Julius Peppers from Carolina and blocking tight end Brandon Manumaleuna from San Diego.

Jones missed last season after tearing ligaments in his left ankle in the preseason finale against Cleveland. He appeared in 11 games and ran for 109 yards with Chicago in 2008 while trying to come back from foot and knee injuries that plagued him the previous two years in Detroit.

He missed the final three games of the 2006 season and the first two of 2007 because of a foot injury. Then he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee late that season.