Gimme dat weed!
The oh, so kind commissioner Roger Godell of the tyrannical National Football League has decided to show a gentler side today, reinstating Ricky Williams after a suspension that lasted 18 months for violation of the leagues substance abuse policy for the third time.
During the duration of Williams suspension, we witnessed him play in the Canadian Football League last year, his unproductive season ending due to a broken hand.
Should the Miami Dolphins welcome him back with open arms though?
Ricky a former number One draft pick for the New Orleans Saints out of Texas back in ’99 has been an oddity for most of his 7 years in the league. With New Orleans, Williams was known to hold interviews at his locker wearing his helmet. After failing his first drug test with the league, Ricky blamed his Social Anxiety Disorder for his use of marijuana.
Yet after his second suspension in 2004 when he was with Miami, this time for testing positive for holistic medicines. Ricky then decided to up and move to India or some place out East and do Yoga daily and of course toke that bong.
I for one though don’t blame Ricky, and that’s why I believe the Dolphins should welcome him back with open arms. For Christ’s Sake we all know they could use the help.
With Ronnie Brown going down early in the season and Trent Green’s career being effectively put to an end. The Dolphins offense ranks 19th in the league, but most of those stats came with Ronnie Brown and Trent Green still playing. Backup Jesse Chattman only has 63 carries for 320 yards and one touchdown in place of Brown.
A healthy Williams would surely bolster the running game, keeping that aged defense off the field, which would surely allow them at least 3 wins this season, with games against the pitiful Eagles, the J E T S Jets Jets Jets, whose fans are saying Just End The Season, and the de-clawed Bengals, who Godells suspensions hurt most of anyone this year.
The possibility of four wins looms if they can get there act together on the road where they are 0 for this season and pull off an upset of the second place Buffalo Bills in Ralph Wilson.
So I say take the risk, if Ricky can’t lay off the pipe this time, then I really will believe the Dolphins are yet another cursed Miami franchise in yet another league.
