Tatum Bell Thinks It Is Perfectly Acceptable to Steal Someone's Bags if They Take Your Job

Tatum Bell, former running back of the Detroit Lions, does not get mad. He gets even. So, if you cut him and sign Rudi Johnson, you can fully expect him to extract payback. And in a totally grown up and not-juvenile-at-all way.

By stealing Rudi's bags.

So when Johnson came back [from meeting with the coaches] 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.

Bell apparently tried to pawn them off with the old "I thought they were someone else's" line, which only works when you're trying to smuggle drugs into the Miami airport, and even then very rarely.

He has since admitted he knew they were Rudi's, given the bags back and everyone is moving on without pressing any charges. Which, unlike stealing someone else's stuff, is the professional thing to do. And besides not being grown up, stealing luggage is just stupid.

It certainly isn't subtle, and there's nothing humorous about it when you're the guy getting cut. Not to mention the fact that Bell is regarded as a smallish, quick back, so not being able to get away with something like this is just a testament to total lack of skillz.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

9-03-2008 @ 9:41AM

BRAY said...

Let me guess, after hearing this the BENGALS offer Tatum a contract in there SYSTEM!!!!

9-03-2008 @ 2:44PM

9-03-2008 @ 10:13AM

jon said...

thug

9-03-2008 @ 3:40PM

Mike said...

Did he fumble the luggage too?

9-03-2008 @ 2:23PM

steve said...

No mention....did Bell fumble the bags?

9-03-2008 @ 4:06PM

eric said...

"He has since admitted he knew they were Rudi's, given the bags back and everyone is moving on without pressing any charges. Which, unlike stealing someone else's stuff, is the professional thing to do. And besides not being grown up, stealing luggage is just stupid."

This is the ONLY story saying he admitted knowing they were Rudi's.. are you sure? I'm all for makin fun of him but I'm also a believer in innocent until proven guilty. and don't want to rush to judgement like millions already have.

9-03-2008 @ 9:00PM

James said...

Tatum is practicing for his next carreer. He wants to be known as the Bell Boy for the stars. A little practice with the luggage and he will be a sure hit at the Hilton. Not quite the 15 minutes of fame he was expecting.