It looks like erstwhile NFL running back and yogi Ricky Williams reported for camp in Miami this week. Question for new coach Nick Saban who is trying to make the jump from college to the pros, "What are you thinking?"

There are some interesting tidbits out of Dolphins camp:

Ricky did give what was reportedly a heartfelt apology to the team. Whether this will convince his blockers to actually block some 300 lb. linebacker looking to knock his head off is another question.

Williams is underweight. He has to bulk up.

Caoch Saban properly put Williams at trhe bottom of the depth chart. What a way to coax performance out of their new rookie RB.

When asked why he came back to football, Williams replied, "I don't know." In fairness, maybe all the marihuana isn't out of his sytem yet, but that strikes me as a question you have to be able to answer as a professional. Base10 has an answer: the $8.6 million dollars you owe your team for breach of contract. That amount of money does tend to focus one's mind.

Of course, no one doubts that physically, Williams has the talent to make it to Canton, if Saban is successful, this will be the greatest reclamation project ever. But let's face it, Ricky Williams is a little, err, mental. He showed up at camp with dirty hair and a scraggly beard prompting one of his teammates to describe him as a homeless person. No amount of motivational speeches by the coach is going to change that.

The there's the drug issues. Ricky says he's through with drugs. I don't suppose the NFL approves of any other statement, but let's just say Dolphoin staff should have a healthy scepticism about that statement.

- posted by Base10 @ 4:08 PM