Around The NFL - 2008

[BigEd76]

Lions signed Rudi Johnson

And they dumped Tatum Bell.

...and Bell stole Johnson's bags on the way out 

[PhillyPhreak54]

Lions signed Rudi Johnson

And they dumped Tatum Bell.

...and Bell stole Johnson's bags on the way out 

RUDI'S CRAZY DAY IN DETROIT
Posted by Mike Florio on September 2, 2008, 9:17 p.m.

A strange thing happened to running back Rudi Johnson when he visited with the Detroit Lions on Monday.

Someone stole his stuff.

Seriously.

Specifically, and as we're told by a reliable source (i.e., not the person who told Mort that Joey Harrington had agreed to terms with the Ravens on Monday, or the person who told John Clayton that Todd Bouman had agreed to terms with the Ravens on Tuesday), Johnson left his bags outside CEO Matt Millen's office while he met with team officials and, ultimately, worked out a deal with the team.

So when Johnson came back to get his bags, they were nowhere to be found.  Johnson and Millen were stumped.

Enter the eye in the sky.

The team checked the videotapes generated by the team's in-house surveillance system, and they quickly identified the culprit.

So who might it have been?  None other than Tatum Bell, who lost his gig with the Lions after Rudi arrived.

Per the source, Bell took the bags to the house of a female acquaintance.  When confronted on the matter, Bell offered up some cockamamie story that he thought the bags belonged to someone he knew.  The girl, however, said that she hadn't seen Bell in several months and he showed up out of the blue and asked her to keep the bags for a while.

Johnson has retrieved the bags, and it's our understanding that charges won't be pressed.

Tatum apparently didn't know that he was being monitored.

Fortunately, the displaced running back wasn't Najeh Davenport.

[SunMo]

lol @ Mike Florio ripping other people's "sources"

[Father Demon]

That's farging hilarious.

[SD_Eagle5]

Forbes ranking of most loyal fans

They use things like merchandise sales and attendance during good years and during bad ones. Eagles fans ranked #1

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Take that, JRoll.

[Seabiscuit36]

only problem with the article is Joe Biden is an eagles fan

[Feva]

Daunte Culpepper retired...

[rjs246]

If a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it, does it make a sound?

[BigEd76]

Remember when that Couch/McNabb/Smith/Culpepper/McNown/King/Brooks class was going to be the best ever?

[General_Failure]

At least one's still playing.

[Father Demon]

At least one's still playing sometimes..

[General_Failure]

It counts, damnit!

[BigEd76]

The NFL officially recognizes the Ocho Cinco last name and he'll wear it on his jersey this weekend...

already changed on Bengals.com

[MURP]

An agent representing Freddie Mitchell contacted the Dallas Cowboys, but the team has shown no interest. (Source: Dallas Morning News, Sept. 1, 2008)

and thats from a team that basically has 2 healthy WR's.