Patterson busted

The Evesham police arrested Mike Patterson last Saturday morning for marijuana possession.

Which is interesting enough, without the amusing twists that go with the story. Apparently, he and his brother got in a fender bender, and then while waiting for the tow truck or something, they decided to light up. The police stopped to check out the car, smelled the pot, investigated further and found the stuff, which was apparently not enough to around suspicion of intent to distribute.

So older brother, Tyrone, has a bunch of arrest warrants out, and when the cops went to arrest him, he resisted. As if they were going to say, like, 'Oh man, sorry about that. I didn't realize you weren't down with the arresting thing.'

Anyway.

Now, say what you like about the illegality of marijuana, which is a legitimate matter for debate. Personally, I'm not going to condemn anybody for that particular habit. But stupidity is something I didn't expect from Patterson, who blossomed into one of the leaders of the defensive line this season. It's easy to forget how young these guys are, and the dumb things that young dudes do.