Dolphins Defensive Tackle Arrested

It’s Memorial Day weekend. And that means it’s time to honor those who gave their lives for our freedom by engaging in specific activities that jeopardize it. Woooo! Hoooo! The latest NFL player to visit the inside of a jail since Friday is Dolphins defensive end Randy Starks. According to the Miami Herald, Starks was pinched early Sunday for aggravated battery after he reportedly paid homage to Randy Moss by driving a slow-moving vehicle into a police officer who was trying to stop Starks. The officer noticed that 13 people were riding in Starks’ vehicle, including a woman who was sitting on Starks’ lap. The officer approached the truck and tapped on the side window, but Starks kept going. Next, the officer knocked on the door. And Starks stopped. Then, Starks abruptly turned the truck to the left and accelerated, pinning the officer against a vehicle in another lane. Starks has been jailed on $10,000 bond. The development doesn’t bode well for Starks’ career in Miami, especially since V.P. of football operations Bill Parcells famously has declared that he’s not interested in acquiring “thugs and hoodlums.” (Then again, Joey Porter is still on the team.) Starks is signed through 2012 at a base salary of $2.625 million this year, per NFLPA records. He joined the Dolphins in 2008 after four seasos with the Titans.