If Ricky Williams never retired
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by user Behbigben15
Well, since everyone is talking about the draft, I just thought I would talk about something that hasn't been talked about for a while. That would be Ricky Williams.
You guys can't say you dont remember him, who doesn't?
But on August 2, 2004, about a month before the opening week of the 2004 season, Ricky Williams announced his early retirement, at the age of 27!!
His retirement forced the dolphins to take RB Ronnie Brown out of Auburn University #2 overall. Ricky Williams only spent one year out of the NFL before wanting, as everyone expected, to come back. So on July 24, 2005, Ricky Williams announced that he was coming back out of retirement. He apologized for leaving the team 2 days before training camp opened, and he served 4 games suspension for his violation of the NFL drug policy.
In 2005, he got fewer carries (168), for fewer yards (743), and fewer TD's (6), since he now had to share the spotlight, and ball with rookie RB Ronnie Brown. He violated the NFL drug test for the fourth, yes i said fourth, time on February 20, 2006. And on April 25, 2006 it was announced that he was suspended for the entire 2006 season.
Then on May 28, 2006, Williams signed with the Toronto Agronauts, of the Canadian Football League, just for the '06 season. He did average there.
Now, he may be back, yet AGAIN, to the NFL. But, it may not be with the Dolphins, now that they neither need nor want him. Plus, the Rams, on April 19,2007, said they were eyeing him as a back up for starter Steven Jackson.
I wonder what life would be like for him now, if, he never left the NFL at age 27 in the first place? Well the Miami Dolphins may not need a Tom Brady type QB, because with Williams in the backfield, there would be a lot less pressure on the QB to make a big play. But I think that the number 1, most important thing to think about in this situation is that the dolphins could have picked up someone else, like maybe, a Braylon Edwards at WR, or Aaron Rodgers at QB. The point I am trying to get across is that they could have spent their #2 overall draft pick on another player to help them out at a weak position.
All in all I think that the dolphins would be a much better team if Ricky Williams never retired from the NFL, and I think that failing 4 drug tests is enough to get him kicked out for good from the NFL, as a player anyway.
