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Broncos player tries to hide in mulch after assaulting cab driver

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

John Boyett of the Denver Broncos had the weirdest series of events leading up to his arrest and subsequent release. We'll let the Denver Post explain.

John Boyett, now a former member of the Broncos’ practice squad, was arrested early Wednesday in Greenwood Village after police say he 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, court records show.

COVERING HIMSELF IN MULCH!

We’ve used Photoshop to help tell the story.

He drunkenly head-butted and punched a cab driver
headbutt
Stole a shovel from a construction site
shovel
Tried to hide from officers by covering himself in mulch
mulch

This is the same guy who told Indianapolis police they couldn't arrest him because he was a Colts player. No mulch that time, however.

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