Guess who might be coming back?

Source: ESPN

NEW YORK -- An agreement is close to completion where retired Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams will serve a four-game suspension beginning next month and then be reinstated to the team by the NFL, according to parties close to the negotiations.


"I am pleased with the National Football League's proposal," attorney David Cornwell told the Associated Press on Tuesday. "I think Ricky will be pleased, too."

The league said Tuesday an agreement has not been finalized.

"There is no deal," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said. "There may be a proposal, but there's no agreement." Aiello added that the league and Williams' representatives have been in discussions "for some time."

Williams must approve the deal, which would require him to immediately submit to league drug testing and continue on a regular basis. The running back is required to serve a four-game suspension for violating the league's substance abuse policy.

The deal would allow him to move from the retired list to the suspended list for the final four games of the schedule. After that, his contract with the Dolphins would be in force.

Still at issue is whether Williams has the desire to play pro football again. Now about a month into a 17-month course at the California College of Ayurveda in Grass Valley, Calif., studying holistic medicine., Williams told the San Francisco Chronicle, "I understand their [Cornwell and Williams' agent Leigh Steinberg] wishful thinking. It's easy math. If I play, it puts more money in their pocket."

Although he wouldn't rule out a return to football, he indicated the game was far from his mind.

"I loved playing football, but the reasons I loved football were just to feed my ego," Williams said. "And any time you feed your ego, it's a one-way street."

Williams, 27, retired during the summer amid reports he faced suspension for violating terms of the league's substance abuse policy. He gave up $5 million in what would would have been his sixth season in the NFL.

The Dolphins' season pretty much was ruined by Williams' sudden retirement. The star runner was the focal point of Miami's offense and the Dolphins, also ravaged by injuries, are 1-9 without him. They will have their first losing season since 1988 and Dave Wannstedt resigned as coach earlier this month.

The team filed a lawsuit last month in federal court against Williams after an arbitrator ruled he owes the team more than $8.6 million for breaching his contract.

Williams rushed for 3,225 yards in two seasons with the Dolphins, including a league-leading 1,853 yards in 2002. They acquired the 1998 Heisman Trophy winner in a trade with New Orleans after the 2001 season.

Throughout his career, Williams has been plagued by strange behavior, including conducting interviews with his helmet on when he was with the Saints. He suffers from social-anxiety disorder and was a spokesman for an anti-depressant. He said marijuana helped him once he had to stop using the anti-depressant because it didn't agree with his diet.

Williams said reports he retired because he wanted to continue smoking marijuana are laughable.

The Vikings should trade Mewelde Moore and Rushen Jones for him

Doubt Miami will take him back.

Heard he might go to the Raiders.

Thats been the rumor from day 1, cause he said in some interview he'd want to play for Norv Turner.

Question is, what will Oakland give up for him?

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Sounds like hippy talk to me... :shifty: .

LOL a weed smoking pirate.

Sounds like a lot of BS to me. Four-game suspension? Please.

Williams should be forced to make a public Apology at Dolphins stadium for leaving them like that. He not only hurt his teamates but the fans.

And a 4 game suspension seems fit

I would bring him back just to bring some other great people to my time. You could definently get a good trade for him.

Four games is definitely a fit suspension. He fucked the Dolphins hardcore.

I dont blame him for not being excited about playing for the dolphins.

I can't blame the guy for that either, if he comes back this year there should be some sort of punishment.

I don't think he would play at all this season though. Also, I've been hearing that its not 100% that the Dolphins trade him now. The reasons being A. They wouldn't get nearly his value if they traded him (kind of like when TO was traded) and B. The Dolphins are going to have a new coach and probably a pretty new team next season.

I wouldn't like Ricky on the Raiders, but thats just me.

I knew he'd be back. Fuckin idiot.

Ricky as a Raider would be awesome.

Ricky never playing again would be more awesome

LOL.

Coming from you.

LOL.

Was just down in Florida for a few days, no one wants him back from the fans. One of the players said if he apologized to the team they'd take him back. The funny thing is, his agent worked out this deal w/ the NFL but since then Rickey released one statement to a reporter and hasn't talked to anyone else since.

I don't have the exact quote but it was too the effect that he liked to practice, loved to play but hate everything else, press, tv, signing autographs and now, he's "happy" why should he leave it?.

So, no one knows if he's coming back yet, the assumption is he will because he owes the dolphins 8mil if he doesn't.

ESPN is reporting Rickey Williams has turned down the NFL's offer.

LMFAO, I hope that holistic medicine pays a lot cause the guys got an 8million doller bill due the Dolphins, which he'll probably file bankruptcy.

lol

lol holistic medicine

Wouldn't have guessed that...

Did you guys see the special on ESPN? He lost like 20 pounds and grew a huge ass beard and lives in some random ass town an hour and 30 minutes away from Sacramento

LOL

We jammin...

Didn't he lose the dreads awhile ago too?

This guy is a classic.

He doesn't even have a real phone. All it can do is local calls. All his contact is through the internet and he wouldn't even talk to ESPN on the camera. He did let them interview him though

Whatever, I mean, it was bad timing to quit but he seems to be living the life right now. Well atleast living the life to him haha. He is a weird dude though, but I can't say I am totally shocked by any of this. I remember back when he was with the Saints he used to do interviews with his helmet on.

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/...1102008914.jpg

Heyyyy there Ricky

Lol Stima and I just watched the same show apparently. But yeah, he told the ESPN interviewer that quite frankly he still smokes marijuana and doesn't like the leagues drug testing. I've always liked Ricky, I like the Dolphins too so I want them to be good, but really if he decides to live like that then more power to him.