In Green Bay, there are multiple reasons for smiling today. For starters, former Packers quarterback Brett Favre has caught the Vikings with their pants on the ground by retiring in early August, at a time when no one saw it coming. (Even if he plays, Favre at a minimum is messing with Minnesota the way that he did with the Packers for several years.)

Now, defensive lineman Johnny Jolly finally has resolved drug charges that have hovered over him for a couple of years.

Greg Bedard of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Jolly has entered a diversion program, which essentially means that he's pleading guilty and that if he stays out of trouble for a year, the charge will be expunged.

Jolly was charged with possession of codeine, the primary ingredient in the concoction known as "Lean," "Purple Drank," "Sizzurp," and/or the "Flaming Moe."

Of course, it doesn't mean much to the 2010 Packers. Jolly already has been suspended for at least a year, and the latest case could make it much more difficult, if not impossible, for Jolly to be reinstated.

"PFT" wrote:

Jolly better stay the F*@# out of Houston for a year. Get in the training room at Lambeau and come back in the best shape of his career. He will definitely receive an incentive contract offer next season. I still say he's a dumbass, but big men with that kind of athleticism are not just kicked to the curb.

"DakotaT" wrote: