Colts Rhodes agrees to rush for Raiders

[RollTide72]

The Indianapolis Colts suffered their first significant loss on the NFL's free-agent market with running back Dominic Rhodes agreeing to a two-year, $7.5 million contract with the Oakland Raiders.

"Dominic will be wearing the silver and black,'' Mike McCartney, Rhodes' agent, said this morning. "He's very excited about the opportunity.''
Rhodes and rookie Joseph Addai formed a running tandem in 2006 that helped carry the Colts to a win over Chicago in Super Bowl XLI. Rhodes started all 16 regular-season games, then served as Addai's backup in the four preseason games.
Despite coming off the bench in the playoffs, Rhodes was the Colts' leading rusher with 306 yards on 62 carries. He capped his solid postseason by rushing for a game-high 113 yards in the Super Bowl.

Rhodes visited the New York Giants and Buffalo Bills before settling on the Raiders. His decision came shortly after Buffalo traded running back Willis McGahee to Baltimore.

"Once McGahee was traded,'' McCartney said, "a lot of options opened up for us. We decided the Raiders were a great fit.''

Rhodes signed with the Colts in 2001 as an undrafted rookie out of Midwestern (Texas) State.

 

[MadJack]

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[MadJack]

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[MadJack]

j/k

 

[smurphy]

And that's the last we will ever of this Dominic Rhodes fellow.

 

[The Sponge]

And that's the last we will ever of this Dominic Rhodes fellow.

I agree Smurph. He is such an average back to begin with. The raiders are off to a great start once again. I thought Lamont Jordan was average but he is better than this guy. There is a reason Adai got more and more playing time as the season progressed. I guess the raiders watched the superbowl and thought they picked up a gem.

 

[Agent 0659]

With his recent DUI, he will fit in great in Oaktown.

Gonna have to get my #33 jersey redone..

 

[smurphy]

Nice payday for him though. Colts won't skip a beat and Raiders will continue to look foolish. Colts have let Marshall Faulk and Edgerrin James go and did better the following season each time. I don't think they are worried about not having Rhodes. It's all about the system and Manning. You can plugin almost anyone in the backfield.

 

[kosar]

Long ass 99% blank posts, like 2 of Jacksonian Woodsons in this thread are annoying. Just sayin.'

EOM

 

[The Sponge]

Long ass 99% blank posts, like 2 of Jacksonian Woodsons in this thread are annoying. Just sayin.'

EOM

jack is an expert at that. He makes them and then 50 feet down he throws in a sentence. If you miss it you then become a victim of his wrath. I remember a time i use to break out in hives when he tounge lashed me.:00hour

 

[MadJack]

Long ass 99% blank posts, like 2 of Jacksonian Woodsons in this thread are annoying. Just sayin.'

EOM

i bet you thought you were having AOL problems again, huh?