Ricky doesn't sound excited about starting role

"Section126 wrote:

Ricky Williams is that girlfriend you could not stand but was really really great in bed.

hard to stay mad for too long.

:tongue2: some people do though LMAO

"GISH wrote:

You can't go by what Ricky says to gauge how well he will produce. He's a pretty humble guy who never talks himself up. He lets his play do the talking. Right now, his play is talking pretty loud.

105 carries (26th)
558 yards (14th)
5.3 ypc (3rd, minimum 100 attempts)
7 TDs (10th)

Only Chris Johnson (6.4) and Rashard Mendenhall (5.4) average more ypc than Ricky (minimum 100 carries).

True my friend and well put. :knucks:
I just had a friend from Kentucky tell me that Ricky has been pretty much invisible this year.I blurted out his stats and he said he never would have thought that.Yes, he is humble but when his # is called he has always played hard.I see a good dose of RW and Henne having a very nice evening Thursday.

"Paul 13 wrote:

I'll be surprised if Ricky carries it more than 15 times vs Carolina... expect:

Ricky 10 to 15 carries
Lex 5 to 8 carries
White 3 to 5 carries
Polite 3 to 5 carries

I think you can flip the White and Lex numbers, otherwise I agree with you. Lex is more of a straight ahead runner, I don't know how he will fair against the Panthers.

Then again, Carolina is 25th against the run in the NFL. Not as bad as the Bucs (31st), but still not all that good.

"Vengeful Odin wrote:

I think you can flip the White and Lex numbers, otherwise I agree with you. Lex is more of a straight ahead runner, I don't know how he will fair against the Panthers.

Then again, Carolina is 25th against the run in the NFL. Not as bad as the Bucs (31st), but still not all that good.

how about flipping the White and Polite #'s :wink2::shifty:

"adamprez2003 wrote:

i didnt hate him but i was extremely disappointed in him. it was weird but i blamed wannstache. to me that whole incident was more another nail in the coffin that was the dolphins at that time. whatever could go wrong would. thankfully those days are gone.

I too blamed wanny for not knowing how to coach him. They ran the poor dude into the ground.

"DOLPHAN1 wrote:

No. As much as it was upsetting the way he dealt with things then, it should be understood that he was incapable handling the stress that Wanny was clearly putting on him. Bottom line; did not like what he did but understood that he could not continue and reacted in the best way he could.

I was pissed when he left, but understood why. Like I said...I still blame wanny for teh hard times we had to endure as a team.

"Vengeful Odin wrote:

I think you can flip the White and Lex numbers, otherwise I agree with you. Lex is more of a straight ahead runner, I don't know how he will fair against the Panthers.

Then again, Carolina is 25th against the run in the NFL. Not as bad as the Bucs (31st), but still not all that good.

I think Ricky runs 20-25 times. AND catches two or three out of the backfield.

"Paul 13 wrote:

that is because Ronnie got hurt which you don't gameplan for...

Carries by week...

Week 1
Ronnie: 10
Ricky: 7

Week 2
Ronnie: 24
Ricky: 19

Week 3
Ronnie: 18
Ricky: 8

Week 4
Ronnie: 20
Ricky: 16

Week 5
Ronnie: 21
Ricky: 11

Week 7
Ronnie: 16
Ricky: 9

Week 8
Ronnie: 11
Ricky: 8

Week 9
Ronnie: 15
Ricky: 7

Week 10
Ronnie: 12
Ricky: 20

Ronnie has averaged 16 1/3 carries per week.
Ricky has averaged 11 2/3 carries per week.
Combined 28 per week.

I doubt the coaching staff will give Lex the same work load as the #2 as they gave Ricky. I expect those 28 carries to get divided more towards Ricky. My guess is Ricky 20, Lex 8.

You know I have no doubt that Ricky can carry the load on the field, but if Ricky had all the attention on him that Ronnie has had with this whole wildcat thing, I'm not sure that he would have been able to handle it. That is really the only thing that worries me about Ricky right now. How is he going to react with the microscope and the limelight pointing right at him?

I think he has grown and matured, but the fact of the matter is that the guy has an illness and hopefully this doesn't send Ricky back down a bad path.

none of this should be surprising. Ricky doesn't want to be the starter. he doesn't want the carries. He's a phenomenal football player, but he doesn't love the game. Like he said, it's his job right now. If he could make 3.4 million doing something else, he would. Make no doubt about it, he'll run his ass off for us, but you know somewhere in the back of his mind is the image of Earl Campbell in a wheelchair. He will never forget that.

He just doesn't like to speak to a group of reporters. When you have social anxiety it's not exactly the best thing to have to speak to a group of people on the spot. Media-Leave Ricky alone!

Yeah he also doesn't want the large workload he had in 02/03, but he knows this is just temporary.

Black Demon..Black Visor..

Watch when he finishes, how he gets lower then the defender upon contact, even if the defender goes real low...its my favorite move he makes...scary.

I welcomed Ricky back right when he took out Mike Vrabel last year in New England.

Why is everyone talkin as if Ricky Williams is Paris Hilton or some delicate individual? He made a mistake and has grown from it. Everyone is making it seem as if we start to use Ricky more, he will revert back to his old ways and he cant handle it. He's a man and has changed, stop thinking he is so delicate and any small thing will force him to quit.

i can't wait to buy his book lol.

the man is by nature both humble & shy
He is the RealDeal, the Beast of the Second Half
a Once a Decade Phenomena, unlike Ronnie
he is a Franchise RB that can run Tandem
& has plenty rubber left to burn. I see no problem.
Run Ricky Run!:dolphin:
this may be the opportunity he needs to recharge his career

He is a shy person its nothing new, he has never liked talking to the media and Omar is trying to spin this as "He isnt excited"

Williams has plenty rubber left to burn. I see no problem.
Run Ricky Run!

I wish I could contact Ricky via email or something and just chat with the dude. I find him extremely interesting and his revival has been so enjoyable.

"Shamboubou wrote:

You know I have no doubt that Ricky can carry the load on the field, but if Ricky had all the attention on him that Ronnie has had with this whole wildcat thing, I'm not sure that he would have been able to handle it. That is really the only thing that worries me about Ricky right now. How is he going to react with the microscope and the limelight pointing right at him?

I think he has grown and matured, but the fact of the matter is that the guy has an illness and hopefully this doesn't send Ricky back down a bad path.

Friend Shamboubou: astute observation
however, not to worry
Ricky has his head straight & legs under him
trust me
Parcells has a hand on Ricky Williams

(my only concern is that the Orca-5 live up to expectation)

Bottom line is Ricky is unlike some loud mouth people from the NFL...HHHmmmmmm Who can that be????? The dude is humble and does not want to overshadow the team effort that will be put forth on Thursday. He will come through just as he did with that final run on Sunday.

Im just scared Rex Ryan will try to eat him before the game... Crying does make some people hungry and the man looks lIke he is hungry ALOTTTTTT....

same ole ricky. i love this guy. i was never too down on ricky, even after the height of his turmoil. i wasnt too down on saban either. both of these guys were unhappy, and went out the best they could have for that particular time. i actually admired saban for telling the media "NO". he was our coach, and did the job to the fullest. who cares about lying, or bending the truth to guys like armando or cote. he walked on his contract, but he didnt leave us like petrino left the falcons. and he left us better than he found us. he left us our all our picks, under the cap...AND ressurected the relationship with Ricky.

I just hope Lex gets a healthy number of carries to keep our ground game fresh.

Run Ricky Run! will reverberate throughout then NFL :up:

Ricky never liked the media.
He always spoke softly, never the one to boast and make brash statements.
I feel 100% confident in him, he is the best possible option to step in and start since Ronnie is hurt. He has been there, he sure as hell done that.