Rudi Johnson to Oakland? - Oakland Raiders Forum | Message Board

acdc_man2002 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-01-2005, 02:50 AM

Hey it is a possibility and some Ohio radio stations have been talking about it. Oakland and Cinci trade C Wood for Rudi Johnson, straight up. Both teams would be benifiting when you think about it. Oakland needs a RB and Cinci needs defense. Cinci has Perry at RB too and Oakland doesn't necessarily need C Wood. Really, I like the idea. Rudi Johnson is a strong runner and would definately be a good addition, but he may be too pricey, I don't know. :callyax:

raiders4life247 · #2 (**permalink**) 03-01-2005, 02:52 AM

Was the radio station ESPN or just local radio? If this is true that would be Sweet

**Rowdy53** · #3 (**permalink**) 03-01-2005, 02:53 AM

Rudi and a pick maybe.

RaiderXtreme24 · #4 (**permalink**) 03-01-2005, 02:53 AM

I wouldn't mind getting Rudi, but I think that they would have to throw a draft pick also in there somewhere in order to get C-Wood

acdc_man2002 · #5 (**permalink**) 03-01-2005, 02:56 AM

The Radio station was a local one, not ESPN and Ohio has some crapy local radio stations. LOL but still, it would be a cool thing to have Rudi, maybe someone needs to tell Al? lol.

raiders4life247 · #6 (**permalink**) 03-01-2005, 02:58 AM

Thats cool did they say the rumor that they were in talks with bengals? Or was it what they thought would be a good trade?

acdc_man2002 · #7 (**permalink**) 03-01-2005, 03:00 AM

It sounded like a rumor, origionating out of cinci. But they were talking about how good of trade it would be for cinci. They desperately need a good defensive backfield. But they still will suck, they're the Bengals.

**trojan56** · #8 (**permalink**) 03-01-2005, 03:05 AM

Rudi Rudi Rudi Rudi Rudi Rudi

canadianraider · #9 (**permalink**) 03-01-2005, 03:05 AM

I'm not intrested. Rudi isn't as good as he's made out to be.

raiders4life247 · #10 (**permalink**) 03-01-2005, 03:05 AM

Well we could use Rudi it would be good to chat RUDY RUDY lol they can have our #1 headache Charles" I think im worth more than i play"Woodson

Napo · #11 (**permalink**) 03-01-2005, 03:10 AM

Give us Rudi and a low pick. Woodson is a proven top 3 corner. I hope Al doesn't do a straight up trade

**trojan56** · #12 (**permalink**) 03-01-2005, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by canadianraider

I'm not intrested. Rudi isn't as good as he's made out to be.

Are you kiddin' Look at his avg. yrds per carry the last two years. and thats w/o a good QB 3.9,4.5 respectivly. The 2003 season he was back up to Dillion.

**trojan56** · #13 (**permalink**) 03-01-2005, 03:13 AM

Sorry miss spoke Its 4.5,4.0

RaiderOfTheSith · #14 (**permalink**) 03-01-2005, 03:14 AM

I'm not interested in Rudi either. He's had 1 1/2 good years. Lamont has been a productive back to Curtis for years, and has always stepped up to the plate when needed. He also fits the type of back that succeeds in Norv's offense, Emmitt, Stephen, Ricky, etc.

**johnbutzin** · #15 (**permalink**) 03-01-2005, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by RaiderOfTheSith

I'm not interested in Rudi either. He's had 1 1/2 good years. Lamont has been a productive back to Curtis for years, and has always stepped up to the plate when needed. He also fits the type of back that succeeds in Norv's offense, Emmitt, Stephen, Ricky, etc.

I'm not going to pretend I've seen alot of Rudi Johnson but he is about the same size as Emmitt and Ricky in regards to both size and weight according to espn.com and here is the scouting report on him which seems to fit into norvs plans...'tackle to tackle power runner, wear down defenses' Again, I don't know anything first hand, just going off of reports. This kind of surprised but maybe because of all those "Rudy" movie references. Didn't think of him as a power back.

Johnson is a classic power back. He has adequate initial burst. He has good size and better power. Shows adequate-to-good vision and patience. Does a nice job of finding the cutback lane. Runs with very good leverage and body lean. Johnson has above average hands and is very capable in the short-zone as a check-off receiver. However, he has room to improve in terms of his awareness versus the blitz. He lacks a great feel in the passing game and is never going to be a big-time weapon as a receiver. His biggest weakness as an NFL RB is his lack of speed. He does not show the ability to consistently turn the corner or to bounce runs to the outside. Johnson can be an adequate starter in the right scheme. Johnson is a tackle-to-tackle power runner that can wear a defense down and will give you decent production as a dump-off receiver, but he lacks the speed and elusiveness to play in a lot of NFL schemes.