Report: Dolphins RB Williams violates NFL drug policy
February 19, 2006
MIAMI (Ticker) - Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams apparently is in trouble with the NFL again.
The Miami Herald reported on its web site Sunday night that Williams faces at least a one-year suspension from the NFL after testing positive for drug use a fourth time under the league's substance abuse policy.
According to the report, two sources confirmed a report by WSVN-TV that Williams had failed the test, although neither would say the substance he used. Williams had tested positive in the past for marijuana use.
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After stunning the football world by announcing his retirement during training camp in July 2004, Williams returned to the NFL this past season and rushed for 743 yards and six touchdowns.
Williams missed the first four games of the season and was fined for the second and third violations of the substance abuse program. Those positive tests reportedly occurred in December 2003 and in the 2004 offseason.
Known for his interesting and complex nature off the field, Williams has rushed for 7,097 yards in six seasons since being picked fifth overall by the New Orleans Saints in 1999. The Saints traded eight picks to the Washington Redskins for the right to select the former Heisman Trophy winner.
In 1999, Williams' professional career also started in odd fashion when his eight-year contract was negotiated by rapper Master P's agency. The deal contained large incentives but low base salaries, including just $350,000 as a rookie.
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Too Big a Man Too Say wrote:
god bless it. well that causes a shit load of problems
Not nearly as many problems as his retirement did. Ronnie Brown should be good.
SportsCenter just said the story was broken from a source in Denver--maybe those Broncos trade rumors did have some validity--although certainly they'd be dead now.
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Green Habit wrote:
Too Big a Man Too Say wrote:
god bless it. well that causes a shit load of problems
Not nearly as many problems as his retirement did. Ronnie Brown should be good.
SportsCenter just said the story was broken from a source in Denver--maybe those Broncos trade rumors did have some validity--although certainly they'd be dead now.
exactly.
from what i heard denver was going to send a high draft pick to the phins for ricky. And i've heard other rumors involving edge and such.
Ronnie Brown is good, but i dont know if he can handle the load for the whole season. he got injured last year, and shared carries while at auburn, thats why having ricky back was so important last season.
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Ensign9 wrote:
GH, do the Broncs really need an RB? I've always thought of them as an organization that would trade away a back like Ricky (or Portis, etc.).
Tatum Bell hello....
Trading for Ricky and signing TO? Man o man that would be cosmically stupid.
I'd take TO if there were a bunch of stipulations worked in the contract. But yes, trading a high pick for Ricky would be cosmically stupid even before this news.
However, Tatum Bell hasn't progressed as well as hoped--that's why he was the backup behind Anderson. Never put it past Shanny to draft a RB, even with those two and Dayne.
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What a waste of talent.
Guess he'll be suspended a year and who knows if he'll try to come back after that. I hope this honestly puts an end to him because I am sick of him. He should have never came back and just kept smoking the weed.
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fuck..i knew the fins shouldve gotten carr for him while they had the chance
i guarantee they knew this shit was gonna go down..ricky was lookin good..and he was being shopped like crazy
anyhow..to look on the bright side..ricky, for as good as he played last season, was taking carries away from a better rb..now its time to shine, ronnie..no cadillac, no ricky in your way holding you back..
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Ah, fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuck. Now, if Brown gets injured, we're back to being sub-500.
Someone rebuild Marino's legs, dammit.
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