The regular season doesn’t start for another two months, but the Packers have already suffered a significant loss. The NFL on Friday suspended Johnny Jolly indefinitely for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. The veteran defensive end will not play in 2010. The exact cause of the lengthy suspension is not yet known. What...
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The Packers drafted Mike Neal in the second round because he was the highest-rated player on their board and not because of the situation surrounding Johnny Jolly. In fact, up until about six weeks ago, the team was fairly confident that the troubled defensive end would be available for most if not all of...
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The Packers paid Ryan Pickett $25 million in March, and while fellow defensive lineman Johnny Jolly was far more deserving of that kind of money, general manager Ted Thompson decided long ago not to tempt fate with the talented but troubled former Texas A&M star. There have been character questions surrounding Jolly since his...
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There have been a number of stories suggesting that the delay in Johnny Jolly’s pre-trial hearing from last Thursday to Mar. 8 will in some way impact Ted Thompson’s decision as to which tender to offer the fifth-year defensive lineman. And while the delay may indeed complicate matters a bit, we don’t see it as...
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Johnny Jolly’s personal foul penalty in the first quarter of last Sunday’s loss to the Vikings was dumb, and even worse, it was incredibly selfish. In the biggest game of the season, the fourth-year defensive end was thinking only of himself when he head-butted Chester Taylor, and in the process, allowed Minnesota to continue...
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