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Tatum Bell steals Rudi Johnson's bag...talk about rock bottom... (1 Viewer)
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T Bell
Footballguy
You're just motivated to say that by Tatum Bell.
T Bell
Footballguy
Addai's Adidas
Footballguy
Donnybrook
Footballguy
From above link:
Demian
Footballguy
Now that's funny.From above link:
DocGonzo
Footballguy
After that article one of the posters had a good line. Something like "usually when Tatum puts two and two together it ends up in third and long."From above link:
:whoosh:
Hipple Long Ware & Peete
Footballguy
i bet he dropped the bag at least twice. Most likely running into a doorjam/revolving door
DrJamesAndrews Fan
Footballguy
Tatum the Bellhop
Liquid Tension
Footballguy
Nicely done
timoleander
Footballguy
Now THAT might be the funniest one yet.
-baller
Footballguy
Rudi Johnson called Tatum Bell a "shyster" and "conniving" after Bell stole Rudi's duffel bags in the Lions' locker room Monday.
"Underwear, socks, credit cards and money. He left my money clip with no money in it," said Johnson, who had $200 stolen. "He should've taken the clip, too. It's quite stupid if you ask me." Rudi says he won't call the police.
"Underwear, socks, credit cards and money. He left my money clip with no money in it," said Johnson, who had $200 stolen. "He should've taken the clip, too. It's quite stupid if you ask me." Rudi says he won't call the police.
I love the use of the word shyster.
09/03/08 03:01 PM
THE NEWS
Rudi Johnson commented on Tatum Bell, who was caught stealing his bags from the Lions' locker room, according to MLive.com. Johnson said, "Bell took Underwear, socks, credit cards and money. He left my money clip with no money in it ($200 was reportedly missing). He should've taken the clip, too. It's quite stupid if you ask me. All of this happened after he got released and came in and got some stuff out of his locker. That's when he scooped the bags up, some real shyster, conniving stuff."
Our View
This incident could put Bell's playing future in jeopardy, although he reportedly traveled to Houston to audition for the Texans.
09/03/08 03:01 PM
THE NEWS
Rudi Johnson commented on Tatum Bell, who was caught stealing his bags from the Lions' locker room, according to MLive.com. Johnson said, "Bell took Underwear, socks, credit cards and money. He left my money clip with no money in it ($200 was reportedly missing). He should've taken the clip, too. It's quite stupid if you ask me. All of this happened after he got released and came in and got some stuff out of his locker. That's when he scooped the bags up, some real shyster, conniving stuff."
Our View
This incident could put Bell's playing future in jeopardy, although he reportedly traveled to Houston to audition for the Texans.
knowledge dropper
Footballguy
Another interesting sidebar to this story is there was always a rumor that PFT had an inside source within the Bengals organization for a lot of their stories. It now appears Rudi was the mole.
Donnybrook
Footballguy
"Bell took Underwear.....
Now he has gone too far.
Now he has gone too far.
hellz_fireflies
Footballguy
Here are the two versions of what happened:
First, Johnson’s:
Johnson left his bags in the locker room Monday while he visited president Matt Millen’s office. They were Gucci bags he had gotten at the Pro Bowl.
“It was top of the top,” Johnson said.
When he came back in the evening, they were gone. The first thought was that the cleaning staff had tput them away. He still didn’t know where they were when he spoke to the media Tuesday afternoon.
But later Tuesday afternoon, Lions director of security Ricky Sandoval showed Johnson a surveillance video of Bell taking the bags. How did Bell look?
“Suspect,” Johnson said.
Was he wearing a ski mask?
“He might as well,” Johnson said.
The bags were at a woman’s house, and the woman brought them to Lions headquarters – empty. Johnson said he canceled his credit cards.
Johnson joked about it:
“I got the bags back empty,” he said. “So he got a bunch of my underclothes. What he’s going to do with that, I don’t know. …
“He left the money clip, but he didn’t leave no money in it. He should have took the clip, too. …
“If anybody’s got some Perry Ellis boxers for sale, you know where they came from.”
Johnson spoke to Bell afterward. Bell told him it was a mix-up.
“I wasn’t even trying to hear all that,” Johnson said. “I didn’t believe nothing he said.”
Earlier, Johnson had spoken to Bell about Detroit – the city, the practice schedule, what to expect.
“That’s what makes it that much more bizarre,” Johnson said. “You do dirt, stuff will catch up to you, come around to you. It’s a situation I ain’t even really worrying about. But it is what it is. He did it behind my back. I’m sure he wouldn’t do it if I was here.”
Johnson called the incident an “all-time classic” but said he would not press charges.
Now, Bell’s version:
Knowing he was going to be released, Bell went to clean out his locker. Former teammate Victor DeGrate, a fellow Oklahoma State product who had been cut Saturday, asked him to grab his backpack. He grabbed two bags by the computer area, thinking they were DeGrate’s.
“I didn’t have a clue,” Bell said. “I wasn’t thinking or nothing at the time. I just grabbed the backpack and grabbed the other bag. It wasn’t in nobody’s locker or nothing like that. It was just sitting right there by the computers. … So I grabbed them and put them in the car.”
Bell said he took the bags to a female friend of DeGrate’s, as DeGrate had asked him, too. The woman, reached by phone, was upset and declined to comment. DeGrate did not respond to messages.
Later, the Lions contacted Bell and told him they had the surveillance video of him taking Johnson’s bags.
“I said, ‘If you look on film, I wasn’t in no hurry or nothing. I was just going about my day,’ ” Bell said. “I tried to talk to Rudi yesterday, but he was pretty upset, so I let it go. So now it’s that I’m being a thief. I come to found out that the bags weren’t whose I thought they was. It was just an honest mistake, man.”
Bell said he had nothing of Johnson’s and tried to convince Johnson and the Lions of that.
“I didn’t go in the bags,” Bell said. “I didn’t open up no bags. I don’t have his stuff.
“I asked him. I said, ‘What do I need to do to clear my name?’ I asked the organization, ‘What do I need to do to clear my name? What do I need to do to reimburse Rudi? What can I do to help?’
“But ain’t nobody saying nothing to me. They’re just stuck on the fact that I’m a thief. I’m like, ‘You all know me better than that.’ I ain’t never been in no trouble. You know what I’m saying? I ain’t never, ever, ever been in no situation like this. I’m just trying to clear my name.”
First, Johnson’s:
Johnson left his bags in the locker room Monday while he visited president Matt Millen’s office. They were Gucci bags he had gotten at the Pro Bowl.
“It was top of the top,” Johnson said.
When he came back in the evening, they were gone. The first thought was that the cleaning staff had tput them away. He still didn’t know where they were when he spoke to the media Tuesday afternoon.
But later Tuesday afternoon, Lions director of security Ricky Sandoval showed Johnson a surveillance video of Bell taking the bags. How did Bell look?
“Suspect,” Johnson said.
Was he wearing a ski mask?
“He might as well,” Johnson said.
The bags were at a woman’s house, and the woman brought them to Lions headquarters – empty. Johnson said he canceled his credit cards.
Johnson joked about it:
“I got the bags back empty,” he said. “So he got a bunch of my underclothes. What he’s going to do with that, I don’t know. …
“He left the money clip, but he didn’t leave no money in it. He should have took the clip, too. …
“If anybody’s got some Perry Ellis boxers for sale, you know where they came from.”
Johnson spoke to Bell afterward. Bell told him it was a mix-up.
“I wasn’t even trying to hear all that,” Johnson said. “I didn’t believe nothing he said.”
Earlier, Johnson had spoken to Bell about Detroit – the city, the practice schedule, what to expect.
“That’s what makes it that much more bizarre,” Johnson said. “You do dirt, stuff will catch up to you, come around to you. It’s a situation I ain’t even really worrying about. But it is what it is. He did it behind my back. I’m sure he wouldn’t do it if I was here.”
Johnson called the incident an “all-time classic” but said he would not press charges.
Now, Bell’s version:
Knowing he was going to be released, Bell went to clean out his locker. Former teammate Victor DeGrate, a fellow Oklahoma State product who had been cut Saturday, asked him to grab his backpack. He grabbed two bags by the computer area, thinking they were DeGrate’s.
“I didn’t have a clue,” Bell said. “I wasn’t thinking or nothing at the time. I just grabbed the backpack and grabbed the other bag. It wasn’t in nobody’s locker or nothing like that. It was just sitting right there by the computers. … So I grabbed them and put them in the car.”
Bell said he took the bags to a female friend of DeGrate’s, as DeGrate had asked him, too. The woman, reached by phone, was upset and declined to comment. DeGrate did not respond to messages.
Later, the Lions contacted Bell and told him they had the surveillance video of him taking Johnson’s bags.
“I said, ‘If you look on film, I wasn’t in no hurry or nothing. I was just going about my day,’ ” Bell said. “I tried to talk to Rudi yesterday, but he was pretty upset, so I let it go. So now it’s that I’m being a thief. I come to found out that the bags weren’t whose I thought they was. It was just an honest mistake, man.”
Bell said he had nothing of Johnson’s and tried to convince Johnson and the Lions of that.
“I didn’t go in the bags,” Bell said. “I didn’t open up no bags. I don’t have his stuff.
“I asked him. I said, ‘What do I need to do to clear my name?’ I asked the organization, ‘What do I need to do to clear my name? What do I need to do to reimburse Rudi? What can I do to help?’
“But ain’t nobody saying nothing to me. They’re just stuck on the fact that I’m a thief. I’m like, ‘You all know me better than that.’ I ain’t never been in no trouble. You know what I’m saying? I ain’t never, ever, ever been in no situation like this. I’m just trying to clear my name.”
-baller
Footballguy
any word on the whereabouts of the computers?
Ford Prefect
Footballguy
This is sad. If Bell really wants to clear his name (althought it's probably too late), he needs to at least return what was stolen and stop denying that he stole it when he was caught on tape. If he really didn't do it on purpose, why are the bags now empty?
“He left the money clip, but he didn’t leave no money in it. He should have took the clip, too. …" yeah right he didn't mean to steal anything.
“He left the money clip, but he didn’t leave no money in it. He should have took the clip, too. …"
yeah right he didn't mean to steal anything.Lucky Lefty
Footballguy
TheFanatic
Footballguy
Am I the only one that this sounds reasonable to? Particularly since the woman who had the bags was a friend of the guy that was cut?
pats3in4
Footballguy
Just. Awesome.After that article one of the posters had a good line. Something like "usually when Tatum puts two and two together it ends up in third and long."From above link:
At this point I think you should just cut him from your dynasty team. Its for the best.Am I the only one that this sounds reasonable to? Particularly since the woman who had the bags was a friend of the guy that was cut?
fatness
Footballguy
No, you're not the only one. But I don't think the explanation is really important. What matters is that the whole thing is just so ####### funny.Am I the only one that this sounds reasonable to? Particularly since the woman who had the bags was a friend of the guy that was cut?
hove
Footballguy
Probably my favorite part of this whole story is the three triple negatives in just this one quote. An all-time classic.
blend
Footballguy
I think it seems entirely reasonable. What's strange is that it is this incident and not his horrible play on the field which may stop him from ever playing in the NFL again.No, you're not the only one. But I don't think the explanation is really important. What matters is that the whole thing is just so ####### funny.Am I the only one that this sounds reasonable to? Particularly since the woman who had the bags was a friend of the guy that was cut?
Dave Stauff
Footballguy
Anybody else think maybe, just maybe, the unidentified woman decided to get into the luggage after Bell had left the apartment - which is why she's not commenting on anything?
Inquiring minds want to know . . .
Inquiring minds want to know . . .
