Javarris James Arrested With Weed Near Miami
by Brad Wells on Jun 11, 2011 10:58 AM EDT
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PrintWhen the Colts selected Delone Carter in the fourth round of the 2011 NFL Draft, the general sense was that Javarris James' days with the Colts were numbered.
Yes, he's the little cousin of former-Colts great Edgerrin James, and he did have a decent rookie year despite being undrafted. While he only averaged 2.4 yards rushing per carry, he ran with authority, was clutch in short-yardage situations, and was decent at pass blocking. He also scored six rushing touchdowns, one shy of Ryan Matthews (7) and tying him with LeGarrette Blount. Matthews was drafted in the first round, and both were fulltime starters. Javarris never started, and wasn't even on the Colts squad for the first month of the 2010 season.
But, with Carter now on the roster, chosen specifically to assist the Colts in goal-line and short-yardage, Javarris seems expendable.
He also didn't do himself any favors on Thursday night when he was arrested in Fort Myers, Fl and charged with misdemeanor charges of marijuana possession.
Yeah, that was dumb, Javarris. Potheads don't play well to Midwestern crowds. Just ask Brandon Rush of the Indiana Pacers.
Now, obviously, getting caught with weed is not horrible, but it does continue to poke holes in this silly notion that the Colts are some kind of squeaky clean organization that only drafts and signs choir boys to the roster. Within the span of just one year, we've seen both John Gill and Pat McAfee get arrested for SERIOUS public intoxication; Fili Moala was busted for driving while drunk; and now we have Javarris James getting caught with weed.
Slowly but surely, it appears we're becoming the new Cincinnati Bengals.
At some point, Indiana fans will begin to tune out the Colts if behavior like this persists, just as they have tuned out the Indiana Pacers. Conseco Fieldhouse had the lowest home attendance of any arena in the NBA last year, and the Pacers made the playoffs, no less. A big reason for that is, after years of seeing idiots like Stephen Jackson, Jamal Tinsely, and Marquis Daniels soiling the Pacers brand with their off-the-court stupidity, the fans have lost faith in the Pacers ability to field a truly professional team that adheres to the ideals and values of the community. Many of those former-Pacers fans turned their attention to the Colts, who they felt more accurately reflected their values.
Obviously, the team has no control over someone like Javarris while the owner-imposed lockout is still in effect. However, Javarris' case is not isolated. We're seeing a pattern here.
Personally, I don't think this is a very big deal. I've never heard anything negative about Javarris, and he played his butt off in 2010. However, this incident does reflect badly on his character. Instead of doing everything he possibly can to stay in shape and be sharp and ready for the 2011 season, he's getting arrested with weed. Sends a bad message, and it suggests that without the structure of the 'normal' NFL schedule, he's kind of running amok and being a dumb kid in South Beach.
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just a quick fix there: Blount wasn’t drafted, was an undrafted free agent with the Titans before being picked off the practice squad by the Bucs
See Ball, Get Ball. Quarterback Has Ball, Sack Him.
8-19-2010 Hell froze over, Painter has perect passer rating
by 7_Painter's_First_Fan on Jun 11, 2011 11:09 AM EDT reply actions
i should have known that a 4th string running back getting caught with weed
would lead you to take more shots at the organization. That ax you have is getting pretty thin.
"Are you f*cking kidding me???"
by danorocks17 on Jun 11, 2011 11:18 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Like I said on the other thread..
It doesn’t show great judgement, and I don’t particularly want to see it.
That said, it isn’t that big a deal. At the end of the day, the Colts do make a conscious effort to go for high-character guys, and there’s a certain inevitability with regards people slipping through that net. The new Bengals? I don’t think so.
Antoine Bethea - the most underrated safety in the NFL.
by Ben Savage on Jun 11, 2011 11:33 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
This started off good.
…But I am trying to understand how having three incidents that didn’t involve guns or violence is Bengalesque? It’s a relevant issue that warranted an article, however the writer could not help but to evoke the hyperbole that has alienated a moderate percentage of readers on this blog. BBS…instead of criticizing you, I implore you to continue focusing on the truth even of it hurts but not to turn each thing you disagree with into a personal quest against the direction of the organization.
by Lewballer 3 on Jun 11, 2011 11:41 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Not a big deal.
At least a third of professional athletes smoke weed at least occasionally. Doesn’t say anything bad about their character. I’d definitely rather have players smoking weed than getting belligerently drunk.
by ssplaw on Jun 11, 2011 11:58 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
agreed. Heck, I'd rather have my kids smoking weed than getting totally drunk.
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important. -- Eugene J. McCarthy
by zherebyonki on Jun 11, 2011 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
oh no the sky is falling
its just pot who gives a eff. notice that this also only happens to scrubs and special teams…emphasis on special…
by bob-log sandtits on Jun 11, 2011 12:07 PM EDT reply actions
Not a hater, but
Geez, BBS…..Bengalesque???? OK, I gotta draw the line now.
It could be a big deal for JJ
On it’s own, not the crime of the century, but for a player on the edge of the final roster selection, it will not help him one little bit. He knows the Colts’ (apparent) distaste of such behaviour, so zero sympathy.
As a side issue, maybe those taking a swipe at BBS should change their aim to James. Outrageous idea I know, commenting on the perpetrator rather than the messenger, but that’s kind of par for the course nowadays.
by braveheartcolt on Jun 11, 2011 12:09 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
im starting to think
this dude is a genius by making every article an exercise in ridiculous hyperbole. it makes the comments section blow up from time to time.
by bob-log sandtits on Jun 11, 2011 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
"the new Cincinnati Bengals"
“every article an exercise in ridiculous hyperbole”
Ding ding ding, we have a winner!
No
Stupid commenters and stupid comments make the comments section blow up from time to time, and your comment falls in the land o’ stupid with the ‘ridiculous hyperbole’ statement. I even wonder if you know what those words even mean.
Again, if people are too dumb not to see the pattern here, I can’t help them. When a team has four major arrests in one year, with one being a DUI and another being our punter getting so drunk he swam in the Broadripple Canal at 4am in mid-October, the statement ‘Slowly but surely, it appears we’re becoming the new Cincinnati Bengals’ rings true.
Re-read that sentence, and then, instead of making a dumb, dismissive comment that makes me question your overall ability to read and reason, offer a counter point. If not, then your comment is useless, and folks like Matt and I just laugh it, and you.
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Is this a 'major arrest'?
Or are you referring to something else alongside Chick/Moala/McAfee
Antoine Bethea - the most underrated safety in the NFL.
Huh?
An arrest is an arrest. Being drunk in public or smoking weed are not the same as murder or rape or the like. I’d categorize those as ‘major’ arrests.
But, theses Colts arrests are bad. Reflect poorly on the franchise.
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Undeniably so.
But equating DUI’s with possession to me isn’t really correct. The former is a case where players are risking other peoples lives as well as their own – the latter, definitely not. I used ‘major arrests’ because you said it yourself in your last comment.
Also – I think you’re being a bit short with a lot of people in the comments sections. I understand why, but it isn’t particularly pleasant. I personally agree with the train of thought that suggests that you occasionally exaggerate things, but I understand why it would occur. I do it all the time, as a device to reinforce my notions and backup an opinion I’m trying to convey. Sardonic statements don’t go down well with many people, I know as much from personal experience.
Antoine Bethea - the most underrated safety in the NFL.
A bit short with a lot of people in the comments section
Well, I’m getting over being sick. So, my fuse is a little short today.
But, overall, Matt and I are just sick of people going batshit over stuff that truly isn’t worth going batshit over. We are desperately trying to fight against the negative stereotype that Colts fans are crazy, getting upset over stuff that is truly not worth getting upset over.
In the past, I let these kinds of commenters run amok on the site, and it turned the comments sections of articles in a flame fest. No more. I’m kind of sick of reading dumb comments. Folks either need to wise-up, or their comments get deleted.
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My issue is what you judge as 'dumb'.
You can’t silence people without looking bad yourself. At least a third of football fans are inclined to be a bit unrealistic and stupid about things – you can’t get rid of them all. I’m just concerned that you’re classifying a few people that just have differing opinions as ‘dumb’, when it isn’t the case.
Antoine Bethea - the most underrated safety in the NFL.
Again
I don’t care about looking ‘bad.’ I don’t intend to get rid of people. I don’t don’t care to read silly comments.
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Counter Point...
Don’t blame the Colts front office.
You make it sound like we’ve been drafting a bunch of ex-convicts. From my knowledge, nearly every player we’ve drafted/pursued/signed has had a fairly clean record. The organization cannot control what these players do with their lives.
The Colts organization had nothing to do with James’ weed, with Moala’s drunk-driving, or McAfee’s drunken swim.
Blame the players, sure. But inferring that the Colts’ as an organization is low-class, or blaming them for poor behavior is just downright stupid.
edge high
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHxHqUJcpt0
menace to society or reason why Little Debbie is still in business
by bob-log sandtits on Jun 11, 2011 12:12 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
yes!! i love this video
and agree weedheads don’t hurt society. persecuting people who don’t do what you want them to hurts society.
i don't give autographs
by muncie_in_this on Jun 13, 2011 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Doesn't reflect the Colts organization
Javarris James does NOT play a main role in the Colts organization, he may have bailed out Addai & Brown but his 2.4 yds/carry and 6 touchdowns have been something that both Joe Addai and Dom Rhodes have done well at short yardage and goal line situations. And now with a year, James is last in our depth chart, especially after the drafting of Delone Carter. James is a goner. And to compare Colts to the Bengals? Serious? Bengals got T.O. and renamed Chad Johnson causing Havoc while Colts got a bunch of nobodys as distractions like James, Moala, McAfee (he’s a god damn punter, Hunter Smith was better), and it was John Gill not Chick. You don’t see Reggie Wayne & Pierre Garcon smoking a joint while Austin Collie is swimming in the canal intoxicated. Totally different.
Oh and the Pacers? Comon man, people didn’t stop watching the Pacers cause they were unprofessional, people stopped watching because the Pacers didn’t have a good point guard since Mark Jackson left in 2000 and Travis Best left in 2002. As bad as Tinsley, Jackson & Daniels look, nothing was as bad as Ron Artest. Tinsley & Daniels are nobodys, not back then, not now, only reason they even got playing time was because Pacers were sh*t. Now, they couldn’t make the starting group with Granger, Collison, Hibbert, and the upcoming Paul George.
so let me get this straight
1) blount was drafted
2) it was actually chick that got arrested and not gill
3) tyson jackson was secretely drafted to be a nose tackle in a 3-4
hmm. those are some facts i was not aware of
Let me respond to you, straight
1) Calm down, even ‘perfect’ people like me make mistakes
2) Chick, Gill, whatever. Again, Simple mistake. Friggin relax.
3) Yes, he was. Know why? Because he played DT in college.
Thanks for commenting, but you need to stop being annoying and over-sensitive about simple mistakes that are easily corrected.
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Dear dumbass commenters
I’m going to repeat this, because, apparently, certain people can’t read.
Here’s what I wrote (and what I think):
Slowly but surely, it appears we’re becoming the new Cincinnati Bengals.Now, saying that, slowly but surely it appears our team is de-evolving into the 2006 Bengals is dramatically different than saying the Colts are the 2006 Bengals.
If you personally don’t see any difference, there’s no hope for your reading comprehension skills. I suggest taking a class at a local community college.
The sentence says that, if we have four or five more arrests in the next year, we could become the neo-Bengals. From 2006-2008, the Bengals had 16 arrests.
If we keep going on this trend of four or five arrests a year, guess what the number would be? Yeah, it kind of puts us in Bengal territory. Again, nothing truly earth-shattering about the deduction.
For some of you, next time, re-read the sentence before freaking out. It will help make the site better.
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I think the ‘surely’ part is what kind of irritates people. Because I don’t think that it is a sure thing that the Colts are becoming the 2006 bengals. They could become like the 2006 bengals, but it is in no way an absolutely certainty.
That being said, I do think Javarris is on the way out, regardless of this. But it certainly did not help his case. He gone.
Exactly
It certainly isn’t ‘a sure thing’ that the Colts are becoming the 2006 Bengals. It’s a concern, not a decree.
Thanks for the good comment.
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^This
Is replying to icedude.
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I'm with you BBS
Sounds like officer Manning needs to get on the case
I hail from the state of Montana. The skies are big and the women are bigger. MMmmm.
by Brick Jobeson on Jun 11, 2011 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions
TMZ
They emailed me this article yesterday. Planning on posting something Monday.
You see Eli next to him?
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Cropped him out.
But, yeah – he was barely recognizable
I hail from the state of Montana. The skies are big and the women are bigger. MMmmm.
by Brick Jobeson on Jun 11, 2011 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Peyton
Kind of looks like he has a gut.
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Another reason why the lockout needs to yesterday
I hail from the state of Montana. The skies are big and the women are bigger. MMmmm.
by Brick Jobeson on Jun 11, 2011 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
it makes his cop more believable. he's method acting.
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important. -- Eugene J. McCarthy
by zherebyonki on Jun 11, 2011 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Not the same...or even close!
The Bengals draft and retain guys with bad reputations and multiple arrests. It’s embedded in their culture. The Colts will just cut ties with James as they likely would not keep him anyway. If McAfee and Moala have another incident they are gone. People are not fooled by semantics.
by Lewballer 3 on Jun 11, 2011 1:41 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
We're obviously becoming like that.
I mean, our team now has at least four players with bad reputations, and we have 4 arrests out of a whole team. I bet thats like double the league average. And James was ahuge part of the Colts. He scored 7 TD’s. Typical water carrying colts fans.
by MarlinJackson12 on Jun 11, 2011 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
BBS is correct in that these arrests reflect poorly on the Colts
But to say that the Colts are becoming like the Bengals is a gross hyperbole. There is no continuing trend or pattern of Colts players consistently making poor and illegal choices.
Dallas Clark: Some tight ends catch. Some block. Clark just owns.
Four arrests in one year
That’s a trend, my friend.
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As was stated by Mr. Kayaker
A single year does not not constitute a trend. A trend would be if over the next couple seasons we see the same or other Colts continue to get arrested, or if it is reveled that a bunch of Colts get together and have pot smoking parties, or they decide to all get drunk and see who can get a DUI the quickest.
Dallas Clark: Some tight ends catch. Some block. Clark just owns.
Why not pick a time frame to suit your argument
Oh, you’ve done that. What about 4 arrests in 12 (twelve) months? Does that work? What about weeks? Would that make it a trend? And we could ignore other players that have been arrested in previous years (or weeks / months) if you like.
My local dyslexia club support the Indianapolis Clots, and that, slowly but surely, is the way things are going for the rest of us.
by braveheartcolt on Jun 12, 2011 3:04 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
You can't pick a time element that suits your argument
Trend also includes an element of frequency. When you move your unit of time from year to month or week, you lose any sense of frequency. The Colts don’t have one arrest per week or even month.
One arrest every 13 weeks (on average)
That’s a trend. Stop trying to baffle me with semantics. Or are you just trying to fool yourself? The Colts are not this squeaky football club that you crave. It’s not a real issue, but the TREND suggests they are going the wrong way…….like the article suggested.
by braveheartcolt on Jun 12, 2011 10:29 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Because they prefer meth, right?
Potheads don’t play well to Midwestern crowds.
"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West
by insertscreenname on Jun 11, 2011 2:28 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
As someone who lives in the meth capital of the world (Springfield, MO)
I really dislike the stereotype that EVERYBODY in the Midwest does meth.
Dallas Clark: Some tight ends catch. Some block. Clark just owns.
Hyperbole?
It’s a blog. The over reaction to the articles on here is astonishing. A Colts player fucks up, and it’s all BBS’s fault for reporting it with a little poetic license. What about throwing some of these tantrums at the root cause of the post, rather than at the messenger.
I remain gob smacked that the majority on here are more focused on a blogger and his writing style than the continual screw-ups within the team. I know what is more important, and it’s not BBS.
by braveheartcolt on Jun 11, 2011 2:37 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
'I remain gob smacked that the majority on here are more focused on a blogger'
You an me both.
Also, it’s not the majority. It’s just people who comment. Most people who hit SB Nation blogs don’t comment.
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Oh, and no one really cares about Rush's failed drug test(s)
Pacers fans don’t like him because he just isn’t very good.
KEEP COACH FRANK
Of course
You speak for all Pacers fans.
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i think he's right though. we were disappointed in him, and it reinforces his image
as a lackadaisical player. A pot bust alone would sour most fans on a player.
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important. -- Eugene J. McCarthy
by zherebyonki on Jun 11, 2011 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
crap, i meant "wouldN'T." Kinda undercut my own point accidentally.
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important. -- Eugene J. McCarthy
by zherebyonki on Jun 11, 2011 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
lol
Yeah, but I knew what you were trying to say.
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C’mon BBS, really the Cincinnati Bengals. John Gill, and Javarris James? I’m sorry but I really don’t call those guys true Colts. Maybe Moala but imo he still has a lot to prove and is expendable. Pat Mac is all we have but we could make something happen to fix him as well. The real core of Colts football players are damn near squeaky clean. This means nothing. I am very proud to be a colts fan! Starts with Peyton and trickles down from there. He defines the true nature of this team
not true colts?
they earned real colts paychecks
james scored true colts touchdowns.
if you are an indianapolis manning fan then i get what you are saying. but make no mistake, these guys are colts players and no matter how small the offense, it does shed a poor light on the colts. when the headline reads a colts player was arrested you cant stop people from thinking poorly on the organization.
lets be honest here. lots of people just arent that bright
While i personally disagree with this article i think i sort of understand what BBS is getting at, though I dont think its so much of the Colts becoming the Bengals but that their image to the public and especially non Colts fans who are very easily swayed will become similar to them. As a Fan from California I can’t speak on matters of how the people of Indiana feel.
by C.Settles on Jun 12, 2011 12:28 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Can't believe no-one has mentioned Marvin Harrison.
Allegedly.
"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West
by insertscreenname on Jun 12, 2011 3:59 AM EDT reply actions
Agreed...and while we're blaming off field behavior...
Ron Artest…and by off field…i mean on court
by MakinitWayne on Jun 13, 2011 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
BBS, not going batshit, just pointing out that Fort Myers is about two and half, three hours, away from Miami. Its like saying Indy is “near” Cincy or St Louis.
That being said, even if he didn’t get popped, he would likely not have returned. But I appreciated his time with us and getting popped with weed in Lee County, at least morally, is like getting a traffic ticket.
I've always considered writing the most hateful kind of work ... I suspect its a bit like fucking, which is only fun for amateurs. -Hunter Thompson
by RockyRippleColtsFan on Jun 12, 2011 3:47 PM EDT reply actions
smoke weed every day
is the point of this article. even if you are a professional athlete. the other point is avoid police at all costs.
i don't give autographs
by muncie_in_this on Jun 13, 2011 11:31 AM EDT reply actions
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