Jolly Lean Dumbass

NFL suspends Packers DL Jolly indefinitely
AP

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP)—The NFL suspended Green Bay Packers defensive end Johnny Jolly(notes) without pay for the upcoming season and perhaps beyond for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.

Jolly is facing drug charges in Houston after his July 2008 arrest outside a club for possession of at least 200 grams of codeine. If convicted, Jolly faces up to 20 years in prison.

“Johnny is a good player that loves everything about the game of football,” Packers general manager Ted Thompson said in a statement. “We appreciate the contributions he has made to the Packers the past four seasons. His focus and priorities now lie elsewhere—our thoughts are with him during this difficult personal time.”

Jolly, 27, was a sixth-round draft pick in 2006 and worked his way into a starting role the past two seasons.

Already facing a prolonged trial with potentially serious consequences, Jolly got in more trouble in May after flyers appeared advertising a party he allegedly hosted at a Houston nightclub.

A judge placed tougher restrictions for his bond, ordering him to submit a hair sample for additional drug testing, adhere to a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, be evaluated by a drug counselor and to not attend “clubs or any other establishment where drugs or alcohol are used.”

“I had better not see any more flyers like this,” state District Judge Mike Anderson told Jolly, holding up the rectangular, color glossy flyer that had a photograph of Jolly wearing a blue polo shirt, a cap on backward and a large gold watch next to a headshot of Jolly in his Packers’ helmet.

“Yes sir,” Jolly responded.

Jolly was arrested after 1 a.m. on July 8, 2008, in the parking lot of a Houston club known for drug and gun use.

A police gang unit pulled his car over because of excessive noise coming from amplified bass music. Jolly was arrested on a charge of possession of a controlled substance after police “smelled the strong odor of codeine” in cups in the vehicle, according to the police report. Lab tests subsequently confirmed the codeine.

The charges against Jolly were dropped in July 2009 so lab technicians could become proficient with a new piece of equipment that measures codeine. He was reindicted in December 2009.



Well I would like to thank Johnny Jolly for being the first player suspended from the NFL for dranking the purple drank. Some call it syzurp. Some call it lean. I call it stupid. But nothing suprises me less than a player who once did a sack dance while his team was getting beat 77-0 getting arrested for something this dumb.