Johnny Jolly Charged With Felony Possession

I want to see the Psycho defense…I wasn’t able to watch the last game but man that sounded like a lot of fun!

The guy could get probation or up to 20 years in jail. While there’s almost no way the whole 20 years will actually happen (it’s his first offense), there’s also almost no way that the mere possibility isn’t going to weigh on a guy’s mind at least a little bit.

Jolly’s pretty clearly guilty, and deserves whatever he gets if he is, but one hopes this doesn’t affect the play of the d-line (and Jolly’s having a great year, so don’t tell me that losing him isn’t a big deal – it is!). Like Walter said to the Dude, “you can NOT drag this negative energy into the tournament, man!” You never know, though, it could serve as a wake-up call about how lucky he is to be in the NFL and how stupid it is to engage in that kind of bs behavior when he’s back home. Many of us learn that same lesson at some point (I had friends named Stix and Zoney at one point. …we kinda’ lost touch), and you just hope a guy does’t have to pay too much to learn it.

I mentioned this in another post, but Pickett and Jolly are both eligible to be FAs and I said that whatever happened with Jolly and his legal troubles would dictate who would get re-signed. Jolly’s clearly the better guy to re-sign (younger, more athletic and we have Raji to step in and be the anchor at NT when Pickett is done or gone) but I always said Pickett will come back and Raji will play end on the 3-4 if Jolly has to see time in jail or whatever.

Anytime you have to check box for “yes” on that pesky “Have you ever been convicted of a felony?” question on a job application…