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Patriots' Willie Andrews Arrested, TMZ Says

Willie Andrews - Patriot's Kick Returner - in Trouble

By Chris Knight, published Feb 05, 2008
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Willie Andrews has been arrested on charges of marijuana possession. He was at Lowell Massachusetts at the time. He was arrested during a traffic stop while driving an unregistered vehicle - definitely not a smart move by the former Baylor Bear. According to the Boston Herald, he was carrying a significant amount of marijuana at the time of the traffic stop. Prosecutors say that he had "$6800 in cash, three bags of marijuana, and no means to smoke the drugs". It is extremely hard to understand why a multi-million dollar football player would stoop down to selling drugs and risk the future of his football career. The 24 year old, 7th round pick of the 2006 draft pleads not guilty.

This isn't the first time that Patriots' KR/Safety Willie Andrews has been in trouble, as he has spent 30 days in jail prior to his freshman year at Baylor due to a probation violation. It just keeps getting worse for the Patriots as one of their good Kick Returners may be going to prison - once again. Andrews is due in court March 18th for a pre-trial conference. He will also be disciplined by the New England Patriots. This comes just one day after coming home from the heart-breaking loss to the New York Giants

This isn't the first time that a team has had a player experience Super bowl woes:

Eugene Robinson
This was probably worse than the Willie Andrews case, as Eugene Robinson tried to pay a prostitute $40 for oral sex. It's a great thing that prostitute was really an undercover officer, otherwise Eugene Robinson could have gotten an STD. Instead he was charged with solicitation. The bad thing about it was that Eugene wasn't the only Atlanta Falcon to perform deeds with a prostitute - it was that he was the only who got caught.

After this incident, Eugene Robinson would play in the Super bowl and get burnt by Rod smith for an 80 yard touchdown - putting a huge damper on the season. It's alarming that a multi-millionaire, NFL player would have to stoop to prostitution in order to have his sexual needs satisfied, however, Eugene chose to do it, and ultimately ruin his reputation in the NFL.

Patriots' Willie Andrews Arrested, TMZ Says
Date: December 31, 1969
Massachusetts, MA USA
Takeaways
  • Willie Andrews in Trouble
  • Other NFL athletes to have "Super Bowl woes" in the Past
  • We Can't Forget About Eugene Robinson....
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I grew up in the same home town where Willie Andrews grew up and went to the same high school in Longview, Texas. For the life of me, I do not know how someone who is making the type of income that he is making in the NFL would put their career in jepordy for $6,800 and is charged with intent to distribute. It just doesn't make sense? Then again, he did plead not guilty is so unless a court of law proves otherwise, I do wish this young man well and hope that whatever the outcome is that he learns a valuable lesson from this experience.

Posted on 02/28/2008 at 1:02:33 PM

 
I personally don't view the Andrews situation to be much of a crime. Maybe it is a values thing.

Posted on 02/09/2008 at 9:02:30 PM

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