When safety John Boyett was a member of the Colts organization, the team didn’t wait long to release him after he was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, public intoxication and resisting law enforcement.
Just as they once adopted Peyton Manning as their own, the Broncos have no adopted a page from the Colts’ playbook when it comes to dealing with Boyett in the wake of an arrest. The team announced Thursday that they have dropped Boyett from their practice squad after he was arrested early Wednesday morning.
The Denver Post reports that police say Boyett “drunkenly head-butted and punched a cab driver, stole a shovel from a construction site then tried to hide from officers by covering himself in mulch” before being arrested. Once arrested Boyett allegedly repeatedly slammed his head into a police car window while yelling and spitting and told officers to contact his boss John Elway.
That move appears to have backfired for Boyett as Elway and the rest of the team’s decision makers have opted to wipe their hands of a player who may not get a chance at a third strike in the NFL.
