Huggy Bears son Vargas is still there and Lamont Jordan too, he will have a better shot now with Rhodes gone for 4.
Check out this plaayer!!!
http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/553388
I'm pretty sure that's the wrong picture but I dont remember a DB Chris Johnson.
I do remember a very fast DB who only played in a couple games as a Cardinal in his senior year in 2001.
One was the bowl game versus BYU & he had an interception.
NFL.com lists his 1st season as 2003. I wonder if that's the same guy, he ran a 4.1 or a 4.1 40-yard time and I remember that being the sole reason he was drafted because he only played in like 6 games as a Cardinal.
UPDATE: FOUND IT!
Quote:
Louisville DB catches team's eye
By RICK KLAUER
klauer@jsonline.com
Posted: May 1, 2003
Green Bay - For now, no one is certain if Chris Johnson has enough ability to cover wide receivers in the National Football League.
Heck, for all anyone knows, Johnson might not be able to cover a scarecrow in a field or a department store mannequin at the Fox River Mall in Appleton.
But when you're blessed with the type of natural speed that Johnson possesses, teams like the Green Bay Packers are willing to make a bet they can teach a rookie like Johnson everything there is to know about shadowing NFL receivers.
"Chris Johnson was the fastest player in this year's college football season that got timed," said Packer coach Mike Sherman when asked about Johnson's sizzling 40-yard dash time.
"I believe it was more 4.21 or 4.23. Once you get to that speed, I don't think you have to worry about anything else. If he wants to say he ran a 4.18, that's fine by me. All I know is he's fast."
The Packers were so enamored with Johnson's speed that they gave up their sixth-round pick in next year's draft to the Eagles to claim Philadelphia's 31st pick in the seventh round. Sherman was fearful that the Raiders, armed with the 32nd pick in the same round, would claim the speedy cornerback out of Louisville.
"I sent (assistant defensive backs coach) Lionel Washington to work out Johnson in Louisville," said Sherman. "Oakland was there right after us. So I envisioned Oakland picking him.
"It's a typical Al Davis pick and so that's why I opted to move ahead of Oakland one spot. They did in fact take a defensive back with that next pick."
For comparison of speed, Minnesota Vikings running back Michael Bennett, who is easily one of the fastest players in the NFL, ran a 4.36 in the 40 during his agility tests in 2001. The former Milwaukee Tech star also holds Wisconsin's fastest time in the 100 meters with a mark of 10.33 seconds.
Johnson said he ran the same distance in 10.4 while a student at Longview's (Tex.) Pinetree High School. After leaving Pinetree, he spent two years at a junior college before joining the Cardinals in 2001.
Of course, speed doesn't always translate into success on the football field. Sherman didn't hide the fact that Johnson is far from a complete player and said Louisville used the 5-foot-11, 196-pound cornerback in a lot of off-coverage schemes.
"If you watch his tape he's a raw player," said Sherman. "Talking to his coach and his position coach, he stated that in their scheme they play a lot of off-coverage. Until you see him chase somebody, you really don't see that speed in coverage necessarily.
"The coaches told one of my coaches, if you just let him bump the guy and play bump-and-run, he would have been fine. But, he was off. So he's a little bit rusty in his technique."
For a player with such blazing feet, however, it's hard to imagine why he had only one interception in his two years with Louisville. His lone "pick" came during his junior season in the Cardinals' 28-10 victory over BYU in the Liberty Bowl.
Sherman said he will try to use the 23-year-old in any immediate capacity that will benefit the team. For now, that means Johnson will likely contribute on special teams while he continues to hone his coverage skills.
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I thought I remembered this guy, I read that article before. He has a "4" tattood on one calf and a ".18" on the other for his 4.18 40-yard dash time.
Packers released him and Oakland picked him up.