Ricky Williams to play two more years

[DolFan619]

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Ricky Williams to play two more years
 
Ricky Williams, fresh off turning down an interview request with a Herald colleague earlier this week, traveled to Austin, Texas Wednesday for a golf tournament featuring a bunch of Longhorns.

At that event Williams talked to the local newspaper and a couple of local television stations and, in so doing, let everyone in on a little secret: He's playing two more seasons and he's outta here.

Williams, whose contract runs out after 2009, apparently plans to play out that deal and hit the road.

"All professional athletes have to come face to face one day with their professional mortality and finding a way to cope with it," Williams told News 8 Austin. "I've managed that. I have a couple of more years of football left in me and then I'll go off and explore the world after that."

Alrightie then.

Williams is 30 years old -- well into declining age for most NFL running backs -- and it has been a decade since he won the Heisman Trophy. So it could be argued Williams may not have two whole seasons left in him.

But the truth is he carried only six times last year before being injured in his one and only game and he didn't play at all in 2006. So Williams has put very few miles on his legs the last couple of years.

You might remember Williams was suspended after the 2005 season. Certainly Earl Campbell, the dean of Longhorn backs, remembers Williams had problems. But Big Earl believes Williams is over his penchant for flunking drug tests.

"People have problems in life and they get straight," Campbell said at the golf tourney. "[Ricky] got straight ..."

Regardless of whether Williams sees his retirement on the horizon, it is clear the Dolphins have plans for him in 2008. The team hopes to split carries between Williams and Ronnie Brown. But based on the fact Brown is coming off ACL surgery, Williams may actually have to step up as the workhorse early in the season until Brown gets completely comfortable.

[Brian Fein]

if he didn't get his ass sued for breach of contract, he'd already be gone.  in no way did I expect him to sign any type of extension or renewal.

Bye, loser.

[StL FinFan]

I still love you Ricky. 

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"All professional athletes have to come face to face one day with their professional mortality and finding a way to cope with it," Williams told News 8 Austin. "I've managed that. I have a couple of more years of football left in me and then I'll go off and explore the world after that."



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Huh?Did I miss something here?Professional mortality?I thought he freakin' quit!And his way of "coping" with it was smoking weed.......and didn't he already "go off and explore the world?"
Translation of quote;"Well since I've been a pampered,spoiled ass athlete all of my life and everyone was kissing my ass,somehow in my mind I forgot that it was because I was a football player that I was getting all this attention and not because of me personally,anyway,I figured since i was rich and famous I could just blow off football and quit and go smoke weed in India.Ooops!See,even though I have a college degree,I couldn't seem to figure out that it costs lots of money to travel all over the world seeking drugs,er,enlightenment,and all of a sudden I was broke and found out that child support just doesn't stop when you are traveling all over the world and then I found out that I also owed the Miami Dolphins like 8 million dollars,so I used my degree and got a job.....as a yoga instuctor.But then I discovered that,damn,yoga instuctors don't make near as much cash as NFL running backs(who knew?) and it would take me like 468 years at my pay rate to pay back all of that money,and I was getting way way behind in my child support payments and someone told me that I could even go to jail for that(who knew?)So even though I just hate playing football,I figured I might outa check it out just for a couple of years.........

[Doc-phin]

Translation of quote;"Well since I've been a pampered,spoiled ass athlete all of my life and everyone was kissing my ass,somehow in my mind I forgot that it was because I was a football player that I was getting all this attention and not because of me personally,anyway,I figured since i was rich and famous I could just blow off football and quit and go smoke weed in India.Ooops!See,even though I have a college degree,I couldn't seem to figure out that it costs lots of money to travel all over the world seeking drugs,er,enlightenment,and all of a sudden I was broke and found out that child support just doesn't stop when you are traveling all over the world and then I found out that I also owed the Miami Dolphins like 8 million dollars,so I used my degree and got a job.....as a yoga instuctor.But then I discovered that,damn,yoga instuctors don't make near as much cash as NFL running backs(who knew?) and it would take me like 468 years at my pay rate to pay back all of that money,and I was getting way way behind in my child support payments and someone told me that I could even go to jail for that(who knew?)So even though I just hate playing football,I figured I might outa check it out just for a couple of years.........

This is exactly the way I view Rickey's thought process.  In a way, it has to be pretty close based on his actions.  So sad!   

Who knows, maybe he will fall in love with the game in the next year or two.  Better yet, maybe he will grow up and start using the small portions of his brain that aren't burnt out.  Either way, I must say that I am fascinated to see what he does on the field this year.

[fyo]

What about the $8.6 million he owes the Dolphins?

As far as I recall, the deal is that Wayne will forgo that money providing Ricky fulfills his current contract.

[Defense54]

Now I know why Parcells picked 2 Runningbacks in the late rounds............The man is on the ball I tell ya. 

[DolFan619]

Now I know why Parcells picked 2 Runningbacks in the late rounds............The man is on the ball I tell ya. 

  It makes more sense now than it did on Draft Day.  I wouldn't be shocked if Ricky hung it up after this year. He winds up having one good final season, and then it's off to teach yoga and holistic medicine and whatever else he wants to do.

[DZA]

Hope Ricky has A good year  Since Ronnie might be out for a couple of games .