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Report: Tatum Bell is not taking his release well

We hear all the time about guys who get traded or released, then vow that whenever they play the team that discarded them, they'll exact revenge.

Tatum Bell is one of those revenge-seeking types, but he was thinking outside the box on this one. The Detroit Lions released him, but he didn't want to wait for an on-field opportunity to take out his frustrations. He's a man of action, and he decided to have his revenge immediately ... by allegedly stealing the luggage of the man brought in to replace him.

Rudi Johnson, whom the Lions signed after he was cut by the Bengals, set his luggage down outside of Matt Millen's office while he met with Millen to discuss his role on the team. Bell happened to walk by, he saw Johnson's luggage, and he treated it like a football that he just dropped. He allegedly picked it up, and took it to the house (of a female acquaintance).

But the Lions have security cameras all over the place, they easily reviewed the footage, and idenitfied Bell.

Rudi Johnson has his luggage back, and is opting not to press charges.

An incident like this probably won't help Bell find employment in the future, but I'm going to go ahead and guess that Bell wasn't thinking long-term when he allegedly decided to pounce on someone else's luggage. Most teams (excluding the Bengals, of course) frown on this sort of behavior. They also frown on running backs who are fumbling machines, which is why Bell was just barely clinging to a roster spot to begin with.

Nice work, Bell. You just tarnished your reputation, became a known thief, and made it borderline impossible for you to get another job in the NFL. Or as a skycap.

Fine work, PFT.

UPDATE: Tatum Bell vehemently claims complete innocence. He acknowledges that he took the bags, but says he believes that they believed to another Lion who had been recently cut, who had asked Bell to retrieve his bags for him. Bell claims to have stolen nothing.

Rudi Johnson says that, yes, he has his bags back, but that cash and underwear are missing. He does not believe Bell's story.

UPDATE: Tatum Bell vehemently claims complete innocence. He acknowledges that he took the bags, but says he believes that they believed to another Lion who had been recently cut, who had asked Bell to retrieve his bags for him. Bell claims to have stolen nothing.

Rudi Johnson says that, yes, he has his bags back, but that cash and underwear are missing. He does not believe Bell's story.

NFL players are ALREADY showing their asses...

SCNDLS said:

Damn! I thought you meant literally.

KidaDynamite said:

LMAO! Me too

JessieJ said:

I knew that would get you scalawags up in here.

Big guys in spandex, wearing pads & helmets.....American sports are funny!

abierman said:

There's nothing prissier than cricket.

SCNDLS said:

whose talking about cricket??? Come to think of it, cricket is far more intelligent than American football!

abierman said:

It's really interesting to me how bashing Americans and stuff is somehow funny around here. I mean, I never see comments like the English suck or the Dutch are stupid, but it's perfectly acceptable to say shit like that about American culture. Just sayin. . .

KidaDynamite said:

LMAO! Me too

But the Lions have security cameras all over the place, they easily reviewed the footage, and idenitfied Bell.

SCNDLS said:

he didnt see the cameras? lol

Flowers2 said:

Dude is short. Like about 5'6 .

abierman said:

It's really interesting to me how bashing Americans and stuff is somehow funny around here. I mean, I never see comments like the English suck or the Dutch are stupid, but it's perfectly acceptable to say shit like that about American culture. Just sayin. . .

SCNDLS said:

Trust me Sugarplum, you'll get a better response from Abierman if you keep him fed off of pics of your legs and ta-tas...oh, and be sure to include liquor in the thread...you'll have him purring like a kitten after that

Ottensen said:

do I need to worry about my rep???

abierman said:

You know, I think SCNDLS is on her way to your neck of the woods for a business trip soon. I say you need to exercise the ORG form of international diplomacy, and gather some friends and take her out for some carousing... so she can forgive you for putting down our American footballers! ...although, between her love of sexy high heels and you always having your face in pretty women's breasts I dunno if we can trust you with her

....however...on second thought...what I've seen from you both as part of our org family...this actually isn't that bad of an idea! . I can only imagine what the meet-up photos would look like...can we say PARTY CENTRAL?

Ottensen said:

Oh lawd.....I do need to worry about my rep.....

I dunno, I don't remember having seen pics from SCNDLS, but if she'd come to Amsterdam and wants somebody to hang with I see no reason to reject having some drinks with her!

JessieJ said:

Hell, yeah! I love when football players show their asses!

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[Edited 9/4/08 5:40am]