Jason from Parts unknownwrites: The Colts cut a player named Ed Johnson last year. He got into...

Jason from Parts unknownwrites: The Colts cut a player named Ed Johnson last year. He got into legal troubles, but it appeared he was well liked by the coaches and players. My question is: Where is this guy and why isn't anyone picking him up?

Paul Kuharsky: The Colts told him one incident and he was done. And he had one incident and, to their credit, they stayed true to their word.

Why isn't anyone picking him up? Do you want your team to rely on a guy who couldn't stick to rules spelled out for him by the team that really liked him? Also, you don't see many homegrown DTs from Indy landing elsewhere and playing much because everyone else is generally looking for bigger interior linemen than the Colts use. They are unique in how they value quickness above all else.

Indianapolis suffered last year when Quinn Pitcock retired before camp and Johnson got himself cut.

ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky talks about why Ed Johnson's career in football is likely over.

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Ed was on a short short leash

3 suspensions in college (including a temporary expulsion and loss of on campus housing access) and will do that

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Winter hatin' on me cuz I'm colder than Y'all. And I will never, I will never, I will never Fall.
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by shake n bake on Apr 20, 2009 5:11 PM EDT reply actions

It's kinda sad

If anybody has some time, go searching for BBS’s take on the 2007 Dallas preseason game. This game was played about a week after Booger was put on the IR, so everybody was up in arms over how the team would survive without an established nose tackle next to Brock. Then WHAM, some undrafted rookie named Ed Johnson started the Dallas game and played incredibley well. It was awesome watching Johnson that season, just because of all the trouble he had to go through until he suddenly became a starting DT in the NFL. It’s sad that he never learned from his past mistakes. Thanks the football Gods for blessing us with another good DT last year also by the name of Johnson

by Aerostar193 on Apr 20, 2009 6:40 PM EDT reply actions

Found it myself

http://www.stampedeblue.com/2007/8/10/132141/679

by Aerostar193 on Apr 20, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm thank them more for Foster

it was Eric Foster that had to slide over out of position to fill Ed’s shoes this past season. I think he played spectacularly well for a 265lb undrafted rookie nose tackle.

by shake n bake on Apr 20, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions

*I'd

by shake n bake on Apr 20, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions

I say re-sign him.

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by KingRichard on Apr 20, 2009 9:20 PM EDT reply actions

you're crazy (or joking)

if the guy couldn’t stop smoking up with his job on the line what do you think he’s doing now that he’s out of the league (and it’s testing program) and with far less incentive to work out regularly.

by shake n bake on Apr 20, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Munchies.

He has probably ballooned.

"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007

by peytonsthebest on Apr 21, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions

Definitely

He couldn’t even stop from eating his own number while on the field. I shudder at what weight he must be at now.

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by Jake Whitacre on Apr 21, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions

We could get him in shape...

Give him some happy grass, put him on a treadmill, put a bowl of brownie bites just off the end of the treadmill hanging on a little hook… and turn it on. Endless fun.

by bamock on Apr 22, 2009 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions