Cadillac Being Held Back
November 4th, 2009
Raheem The Dream was peppered with questions by the Green Bay media today and was asked what Bucs are standout performers on his winless team.
Massive praise was heaped on Aqib Talib, Barrett Ruud and Tanard Jackson. “Three guys that’s really been dominant,” Raheem The Dream said about them.
The Dream also singled out Jimmy Wilkerson for his 5 1/2 sacks and “hustle and what he demands from his unit.” (No. not that unit.)
Donald Penn and Kellen Winslow also were praised heavily.
Lastly, and most curious to Joe, were comments about Cadillac Williams.
No suprise Raheem The Dream said Caddy’s play has been “inspired.” But he went on to say Caddy’s touches have been limited because of concerns about strength and stamina.
“Coming back off those injuries nobody really expected anything from him,” Raheem The Dream said. “His running ability has been limited a little bit by me, and really by our coaching staff, because we don’t want to put him out there too much. But he’s shown us more and more every week, that he’s getting stronger and stronger and ready to carry the load in some of those type situations.”
Joe is extremely surprised to hear this now after seven games, and four weeks after Greg Olson was out there telling the world Caddy was going to the Bucs’ feature back.
It saddens Joe that it appears now that Caddy possibly had his carries limited in England — just 11 to Derrick Ward’s 13 — because of injury concerns.
Is Caddy healthy or not?
November 4th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
He is healthy I had the same knee injury after this amount of time he should be physically great if anything he might have mental concerns of not wanting to be injured again but from what I have seen he wants to carry the ball more
November 4th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Sounds like they are trying to make him some kind of trade bait or something. Whatever it is it’s stupid , like the coaching staff.
November 4th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Joe, Is it possible that the running back we signed from the Giants whos name escapes me right now has a contract that guarantees him a certain number of opportunities with the ball in hand? The reason I bring this up is Jimmy Johnson on Fox pregame Sunday was saying just that very thing about all players. He said that it’s hard to explain this to fans who don’t often see the business side of Pro Football.
November 4th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
My question is if Raheem had water on the Brain and maybe they drained a “little bit” too much out of his head. They should limit Raheem’s time on field to warm-ups only.
November 4th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Caddy’s strength and stamina will be a concern until Ward stops pouting about carries.