Tatum Bell Fumbles Rudi Johnson's Bag!

by BroncoCountryHawaii on Sep 2, 2008 8:38 PM MDT

I just saw this story on profootballtalk.com. If true, this is one of the funniest stories I have heard in a long time! Enjoy!

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.

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Sounds fishy

This really cracks me up. Did he know before he took the bag that he was cut by the Lions? Mabey it’s immature sour grapes on the part of Bell. If he thought it was somebody’s bag that he knew, why would he leave it at a friend that hadn’t seen him in a long time. My guess is that he knew good and well who’s bag it was and he was mad at getting replaced by the rightful owner of the bag. What a looser.

Second thought, maybe the Raiders might want him now that we know he has light fingers.

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by Denver Diehard on Sep 2, 2008 8:47 PM MDT reply actions

LOL

Now that is just plain dumb and too funny.. Doesn’t he know he still needs a job?

For the love of the animals. 24

by Earthtiger24 on Sep 2, 2008 10:32 PM MDT reply actions

Hahahhaa

Maybe he knew he was out of a job and was just trying to pick up an interview suit. You know an out of work guy has to save the bling bling. Still laughing. This can’t be real.

by YellowStoneBronco on Sep 3, 2008 9:23 AM MDT up reply actions

oh i missed this post...

just read about this on the Lions blog and then posted it in the comments of Horse Tracks. oh well. It’s funny enough to be listed in several locations. lmao

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by Tim Lynch on Sep 3, 2008 10:00 AM MDT reply actions