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Bell's role confirmed in Great Missing Bag Caper


There was an interesting item in ProFootballTalk.com last night concerning two of Detroit's running backs -- recently signed free agent Rudi Johnson and the recently released Tatum Bell. Check out the story here.

A source close to the situation confirmed that it did happen. Whether it was a prank or misunderstanding or something else, that has yet to be determined, but Johnson was "pretty miffed'' according to the source.

Lions president Matt Millen and Johnson, who had been meeting in Millen's office, searched all over the building for the bag. When they couldn't find it, Millen offered Johnson several hundred dollars to tide him over until they could figure out what happened to the bag. As the PFT story indicates, they finally found out what happened and recovered the bag.

An interesting twist is that, earlier on Monday, Bell and Johnson had a good conversation about the city of Detroit, the team, practice schedules, etc. According to the source, though, that was before Bell "put two and two together'' about Johnson's presence in Detroit.

milehighman wrote:I wouldn't brag about picking up Tatum Bell.

A.J. wrote:

milehighman wrote:I wouldn't brag about picking up Tatum Bell.

Just remember the success Bell has had under the Broncos scheme, and our suckage at RB.

Pats19andO wrote:

A.J. wrote:

milehighman wrote:I wouldn't brag about picking up Tatum Bell.

Just remember the success Bell has had under the Broncos scheme, and our suckage at RB.

Tatum Bell sucks. So do the texans. A perfect match

Pats19andO wrote:

A.J. wrote:

milehighman wrote:I wouldn't brag about picking up Tatum Bell.

Just remember the success Bell has had under the Broncos scheme, and our suckage at RB.

Tatum Bell sucks. So do the texans. A perfect match

A.J. wrote:

milehighman wrote:I wouldn't brag about picking up Tatum Bell.

Just remember the success Bell has had under the Broncos scheme, and our suckage at RB.

BULL even PAX wrote:Those guys are all bums. Even Clinton Portis

Gilbert0Arenas wrote:

BULL even PAX wrote:Those guys are all bums. Even Clinton Portis

Portis is an elite NFL running back. Considering we got him for Chump Bailey, I say it was a great trade.

Denvers defense is still beyond terrible anyways. James Jones, a 3rd round rookie made Chump look like a complete moron on MNF last year.

Washington Post wrote:Clinton Portis doesn't regret the trade that sent him from the Broncos to the Redskins, but he does wish he could run behind a better offensive line, according to Washington Post.

"I really wish," Portis said, "that I could switch places."

He ran for 1,262 yards on 325 carries in Washington last season.

"I wish I could go to a team for one week with the best offensive line, or the team with the best scheme, and switch places with their back and see how others would do in this system," Portis said. "I get a lot of touches with nowhere to run. I could see if I got all those touches and had some lanes, but there's nine or 10 men in the box."

Portis rushed for 84 yards on 23 carries against the Giants in the team's season opener last Thursday.

"You know, I'm dodging all the people in the backfield, fighting just to get back to the line of scrimmage, and people [are] looking around like, 'Oh, he just missed it.' I'm dodging people getting the handoff, because nobody's really respecting us as a passing team."

"Now, I can't look back and say, 'Man, I wish I was still in Denver,' because I think being here made me a man."

PacersRule07 wrote:I'd rather have Champ Bailey than Clinton Portis. Bailey is still the best CB in the league although the gap is closing. Portis might not even a Top 5 RB (LT, Westbrook, Peterson, S. Jackson, Addai are all better IMO).