Redskins Interested in Ricky Williams

HEROHAMO · Post by **HEROHAMO** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:59 am

I for one like the idea. There are a few questions though. How would Portis feel about this. Will he truly be happy playing alongside another quality back. Most running backs want the ball 70 percent of the time or more. As far as fitting in with the team Ricky and Gibbs would get along fine he is no T.O. at least as far as throwing other players under the bus. I say we should pick him up and if things get a little shaky maybe trade for a big time receiver.

ChiefPowhatan17 · Post by **ChiefPowhatan17** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:50 am

No way, Gibbs wouldn't want anyone who doesn't have the desire to really be a football player. I mean he has the talent, but no heart. Gibbs buys have heart.

USAFSkinFan · Post by **USAFSkinFan** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:44 am

riggofan wrote:
USAFSkinFan wrote:I don't respect a thing about Ricky Williams... he came back for the money and that's it, to avoid repaying the 8 mil he owed... Gibbs isn't messing with team chemistry (or Portis' head) by bringing in Ricky Williams, Ricky Waters, Ricky Lake, or any other controversial Rickys... you can compare him to Riggins or Manley all you want, but it's a different time, adifferent place, and a very different player... not gonna happen...

Yeah if you owed 8 million dollars to some football team, I'm sure you'd stick to your principles and pay it off working at taco bell or something.

Seriously, people act like Ricky Williams is such a bad guy. Every interview I've seen with him he just seems like a nice, mellow, humble person who is just different from the typical football player. If he wanted to take a year off to smoke weed and study buddhism then good for him. I would take him in our backfield in a second if he is up for playing.

just wondered if people are still hoping Ricky will come in and back-up Portis... we can probably get him pretty cheap now...

1niksder · Post by **1niksder** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:51 am

USAFSkinFan wrote:
riggofan wrote:
USAFSkinFan wrote:I don't respect a thing about Ricky Williams... he came back for the money and that's it, to avoid repaying the 8 mil he owed... Gibbs isn't messing with team chemistry (or Portis' head) by bringing in Ricky Williams, Ricky Waters, Ricky Lake, or any other controversial Rickys... you can compare him to Riggins or Manley all you want, but it's a different time, adifferent place, and a very different player... not gonna happen...

Yeah if you owed 8 million dollars to some football team, I'm sure you'd stick to your principles and pay it off working at taco bell or something.

Seriously, people act like Ricky Williams is such a bad guy. Every interview I've seen with him he just seems like a nice, mellow, humble person who is just different from the typical football player. If he wanted to take a year off to smoke weed and study buddhism then good for him. I would take him in our backfield in a second if he is up for playing.

just wondered if people are still hoping Ricky will come in and back-up Portis... we can probably get him pretty cheap now...

After testing positive for marijuana in three previous NFL drug tests, Dolphins running back Ricky Williams tested positive again, but this time the banned substance is not marijuana, according to sources.
That was the latest bizarre twist in the player's on-going saga -- a saga that apparently is not over.
Two sources said the running back, who faces a minimum one-year ban from the league, has appealed his latest positive test in hopes of continuing his career.
''I would be blown away if Ricky Williams used drugs,'' said agent Leigh Steinberg, who represents Williams. ``And that's how most of the people around him also feel.''
Even if that is true and Williams has not been using street drugs, it would not preclude him testing positive for a banned substance. The NFL has a list of nearly a dozen so-called supplements that are banned. Even too much water in a urine sample can trigger a positive test result because it can be deemed a masking agent for drugs.

http://www.the-hogs.net/html/THNhuddle/main.php

They appear to be stuck with him

leatherhead 377 · Post by **leatherhead 377** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:31 pm

Ya, maybe Ricky can carpool with Taylor, Springs and Arrington.
What a long strange trip..........

SCSkinsFan · Post by **SCSkinsFan** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:51 pm

I was wondering if anyone was still thinking that we would be interestd after his latest drug test failure. He may not even be in the NFL next season.