The Miami Dolphins will allow Ricky Williams to play for the Toronto Argonauts as long as they have it in writing that he will be released at the end of the CFL season, the Miami Herald reported Friday, citing a source close to the Argos.
The Argonauts were expected to comply with that request as early as Friday, the newspaper reported, allowing Williams and his agent, Leigh Steinberg, to neogiate a deal with the CFL team. The Herald reported Steinberg declined comment Thursday.
The Argonauts secured Williams' CFL rights when the running back was suspended for a year by the NFL for violating the league's substance abuse policy. The team's training camp starts Sunday, and the team opens its regular season June 16.
The Dolphins had been reluctant to let Williams play in Canada due to the risk of injury, but are apparently relenting. Williams has three children and a fourth on the way and has reportedly earned $270,000 since December 2003, the Herald reported. He owes the Dolphins $8.6 million for breaching his contract when he retired in 2004.
"We want Ricky back on our team," Dolphins coach Nick Saban told the Herald earlier this month. "Ricky doesn't need to go to Canada to prove anything to us." But Saban also said the Dolphins would "give him the opportunity to do it if it's something that he needed to do or really wanted to do."
Williams rushed for 743 yards and six touchdowns last season.
It's funny cause I rooted for Miami last year ONLY because he was on the team. I don't know anything about his football skills, I just think it's awesome he would pass up millions to go smoke up with his buddies. I'll be casually following the argos if they land him.
And completely destroy all of the records in the history of the league .
Gaazy wrote:Now vonk on the other hand, is one of the most self absorbed know it alls in my memory of this site. Ive always thought so, and I still cant understand why in gods name he is here
Ricky is the fucking man. Always liked him, always will. Hope he rips that league a new one.
He has great running skills Zan. His hands are small so he is prone to fumble a bit more than your average back. But he is a beast on the firld if healthy and motivated.
Gaazy wrote:Now vonk on the other hand, is one of the most self absorbed know it alls in my memory of this site. Ive always thought so, and I still cant understand why in gods name he is here
As I recall reading on ESPN, he had the 4th most rushing yards in the CFL at the time of the injury. Not too awful for someone you claim is unsuited for that style of game.
POS Name TM Att Yards TDs Avg
RB Joffrey Reynolds CAL 79 570 1 7.2
RB Charles Roberts WIN 106 475 3 4.5
RB Robert Edwards MON 71 334 3 4.7
QB Kerry Joseph SAS 46 271 1 5.9
RB Troy Davis EDM 50 243 0 4.9
RB Ricky Williams TOR 57 231 1 4.1
QB Henry Burris CAL 28 211 2 7.5
well in his defense, over the last few years kerry joseph has been at the top, or near the top in rushing yards. Sad to see no josh ranek this year in that list
talking about how miami would have done with harrington got me thinking about Ricky Williams, and how some people (vonk jeje) assumed he'd rock the CFL
POS Name TM Att Yards TD Avg
RB Charles Roberts WIN 303 1609 10 5.3
RB Joffrey Reynolds CAL 274 1596 9 5.8
RB Robert Edwards MON 278 1377 16 5.0
RB Kenton Keith SAS 189 1197 5 6.3
RB Joe Smith BCL 201 1075 10 5.3
RB Troy Davis EDM 190 1060 4 5.6
QB Kerry Joseph SAS 104 654 4 6.3
RB Ricky Williams TOR 124 623 3 5.0
respectable numbers, not not exactly dominant
Robert Edwards was a NE RB a couple years ago, no?
So he ended up 8th in the league after being out how many weeks with a broken arm? I don't see your point. His average is right up there with everyone else with not even near as many carries.
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