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No K2? For me that's a problem, No Barrett Ruud? No problem at all....

I'm not trying to set a double standard here. Kevin Winslow's situation and Barrett Ruud's are two totally different animals. First off, Winslow has a track record and carries with him a somewhat tenuous history coming from the Browns. He is on a new team and with a fresh start and a phat contract he just signed. I assummed he would make the most of it and be at the OTA's like I posted earlier.

 Ruud, however, is the hard working cog that is pretty much the face of the defense. Besides that, he has no bad track record, is in his last year of his rookie contract that he signed in 2005 and pretty much just wants to be paid like he should be. Granted he is getting paid 1.6 million this year, but the first 3 years he got paid an avg of 350 K and didn't have a huge signing bonus. This is the last year of Ruud's contract. I know, I know, some people will say he needs to play out the remainder of his contract and quit whining, but if we do that he may never come back. Surely we could franchise him, but I say we should just show him the money!

Check out this article I read on tampabay.com: http://blogs.tampabay.com/pointafter/2009/05/ruud-skipping-workouts-in-may-is-no-big-deal.html

And if your interested, rotworld.com has a list of everyone who is team's current contract. If we can pay Mike Clayton what we pay him and Sean Mahan what we pay him then we can definitely pay Barrett Ruud. Here's the link: http://www.rotoworld.com/content/clubhouse_contracts.aspx?sport=NFL&majteam=TB

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I am not the only one who thinks this right...

I feel like it is going to be a tough year for Ruud to produce as a one man guy. If Crowell is healthy he is going to be getting at least 80 tackles (threatening for 100 or more) and Flip (if moved) might get at least somewhere in the 55-75 range. Plus, if you add in a healthier D-Line and maybe an good CB and Safety Crew, it’s going to take a lot of those Hits away from Ruud. I think they are going to wait until Mid season or end of it to see if he produces or isn’t doing well, to determine if they are giving him a contract.

"Yeah, I am not the old annoying guy next door. Heck, I don't even know who i am"

by Some other guy who does not care on May 14, 2009 11:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Actually, as I understood it, in this new system Bates has installed Ruud should have more tackles than ever before.

Nobody is going to take anything away from Ruud, he’s going to be a tackling machine this year

by TheUltimateBucFan on May 15, 2009 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, not really

Looking at the MLB’s he had, Zach Thomas of the Miami Dolphins had only 101 tackles in any season with bates in, and he was consistently around 85 for the whole year. Yes, this is Zach Thomas (5X first team all pro, 2X time second team all pro, and 7X Pro bowl selection). Now, Nick Barnett of the green bay packers where bates was in 2006 had only 61 tackles. The fun part, D.J williams when bates was the assistant head coach/defense (whatever) had 106 tackles that year. Go a year after that, D.J is a RLB and has 68 tackles*.

I am not comparing Ruud to any of these players but you have to wonder if he really is going to tackling machine.

*Note- Bates was not in Denver at that time.

Again Just stating Facts

"Yeah, I am not the old annoying guy next door. Heck, I don't even know who i am"

by Some other guy who does not care on May 15, 2009 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow

Ruud has done enough in my eyes, hes goin to be a great one for years to come

by gobucs on May 15, 2009 3:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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