Dominic Rhodes is Going to Hell…and He’s Giddy About It
I had to read this story three times before I believed it…ESPN is reporting that Dominic Rhodes has been signed by the Oakland Raiders for two years at roughly $7.5 million.
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The six-year veteran will serve as an insurance policy for the Raiders, in the event incumbent starter LaMont Jordan does not bounce back from the medial collateral ligament injury that limited him to nine games in 2006. More likely, however, the two will split the ball-carrying duties in the Oakland backfield.
Rhodes had generated considerable interest as an unrestricted free agent and made several visits, but met with Oakland officials earlier this week and was sold on the opportunity there.
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…so you’re telling me a guy who was nearly the Super Bowl MVP and who played for a team that regularly averages 12-14 win a seasons was sold on a team that finished dead-last, will still be sharing carries with another guy, will have a 31-year old head coach, a swiss cheese offensive line now anchored by the crippled Jeremy Newberry, will most likely be playing behind a rookie QB, with a star wide-receiver that admittedly mails it in, and is lead by a front office that’s headed by a dead guy?
All I’ve got to say is, the guy who sold Rhodes on this ‘opportunity’ can come work for me ANY DAY. I’ve got a ‘72 Pinto that I want $20,000 for, New Orleans property next to a levee that needs to go, and I want to hook up with Uma Thurman this weekend. Call me!
(Then again, maybe Dominic was just hammered when his visited Oakland. The title of this post should have been, “Dominic Rhodes is so happy he’s a Raider, he just peed himself…again…”)
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