In a story that hardly fits within the same-old DUI/marijuana possession/domestic assault formula for NFL player arrests, Patriots offensive lineman Nick Kaczur reportedly was arrested on April 27 for illegal possession of prescription painkillers.

Kaczur then participated in an effort to bust the person from whom he got them.

Specifically, Kaczur wore a wire during three separate drug transactions in May. Each time, Kaczur paid $3900 for 100 OxyContin tablets.

The Boston Globe reports that Kaczur denies any involvement in the investigation, or that he was buying drugs.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, bro,” Kaczur said. “I don’t know where this is coming from. I don’t know what you are talking about.”

But the Globe cites multiple unnamed sources in support of the report, and given the experiences of the Boston Herald in connection with Spygate II, we have a feeling that the Globe made damn sure they had this one nailed before printing it.

Per the story, Kaczur had been buying OxyContin pills 100 at a time every few days since November 2007.

The lawyer for the alleged supplier, Daniel Ekasala, claims that his client was merely caught up in a desire to help out a member of the Patriots.

“My client was always sympathetic to Mr. Kaczur and suggested to him many times, as the text messages will show, that Kaczur ought not to be doing what he was doing,” Bernard Grossberg said. “Professional athletes in this country are treated like royalty, and royalty sometimes abuses the people they come in contact with, and I think that’s what happened to Ekasala.”

Despite Kaczur’s denials, we believe that the Globe is right on this one, and as a result we’ll apply the rules of Turd Watch and re-set the “Days without an Arrest” counter to zero, based on the fact that Kaczur’s arrest was kept under wraps for more than a week.