Rudi Johnson
Rudi Johnson
Burudi Ali "Rudi" Johnsonis a former American football running back who played eight seasons in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth1 October 1979
expecting focus ready soak
Let him be. He's focused. We're all expecting big things out of him, and he's expecting big things out of his teammates. Let him focus and soak it in and be ready for Sunday.
best potential scary tools weapons
We've got the tools to do everything you can do with the ball. We have all the weapons you could want. So Chad's right. We can be scary good. We have the potential to be one of the best offenses in the NFL.
against finish great teams
We didn't finish what we started, and against great teams in the postseason you have to find a way to get it done. We just didn't do that.
damn good
Damn right it's a good thing. He's happy. I'm happy.
hope involved opportunity parties works
Nothing has changed. We would hope to be able, if it all works out -- it's got to be all parties involved -- to have an opportunity to re-sign Rudi.
definitely franchise hit placed protect tag team though work
It wasn't really a shock. It's something the team had to do to protect them and definitely not let me hit the market. Even though they placed the franchise tag on me, we're still going to work on a long-term deal. Hopefully, we'll get something done by the 16th of March.
came coach definitely fired game last motivation playoffs whatever
They came out fired up. Whatever their motivation was ? to get into the playoffs or because it was coach Vermeil?s last game ? they definitely came out and put on a show out there.
familiar football personnel twice type year
We are very familiar with Pittsburgh. It's going to be a hard-hitting type of football game. We play them twice a year every year. We are familiar with their personnel and they are familiar with our personnel.
We accomplished a lot, but we just didn't finish.
against fighting fights-and-fighting kept playing plus pull team
I thought we were going to pull it out. We're right there the whole game. We kept fighting our way back. That's a big plus for us -- on the road, playing against a team like that and we were able to do some things.
against anybody eyes fighting game matter odds
I think we're favored in my eyes, my teammates' eyes and my coaches' eyes. We're going out approaching this game like we're going to win. It doesn't matter what anybody else thinks. We've been fighting against all odds all season.
aspects ballgame behind came game needed pull ready time wanting whatever winning
I think we came into the game with aspects of winning the game. We came in wanting to win the ballgame and doing whatever we needed to do to pull it out, but at the same time now we have to put this behind us and get ready for Pittsburgh.
athletic happy
He's athletic and can do a lot of things. He's happy and I'm happy.
game pittsburgh road win
Pittsburgh is a big game for us. We have to take the show on the road and come away with a win any way we can.