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**bgrn** · #1 (**permalink**) 08-08-2004, 05:06 AM

RICKY WILL BE BACK IN 2005

http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm

JDBRAIDERS#1 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-08-2004, 05:25 AM

This would be a great move but I personally don't think a deal would get done but it is interesting to imagine "what if"!

RaiderRef · #3 (**permalink**) 08-08-2004, 05:25 AM

Yea bring it on. Read the next article about Brock Lesner and how they manhandled the queefs. That chit is funny and Trent Green cried about it afterward.

RAIDER925 · #4 (**permalink**) 08-08-2004, 05:33 AM

so its 2 first round draft picks + 2 second round picks?

Twisted · #5 (**permalink**) 08-08-2004, 05:38 AM

Enjoy your retirement Ricky. Burn one for me.

HANNIBAL · #6 (**permalink**) 08-08-2004, 05:59 AM

I don't think we would throw in 2 first round picks for him. That's a little steep in my opinion. Definitely an upgrade in the backfield, but questionable after a year out of football. Let em deal it out, you know how AL gets over on the trading block.

HANNIBAL · #7 (**permalink**) 08-08-2004, 06:02 AM

BTW, we should probably get on poll on how long befor Ricky's on the cover of HIGH TIMES.

RAWHEAD · #8 (**permalink**) 08-08-2004, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by bgrn

RICKY WILL BE BACK IN 2005

http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm

so we're supposed to believe that the NFL will let him back next year without a 4 game suspension after failing his third drug test? Do you have any idea how many players would block any trade in court because of it?

comon - profootball "weakly" are hacks. I don't think anything they've ever said has come true. They aren't even like the National enquirer. They are more like the Globe "alien baby prophet horse born to First lady".

A deal like that would probably not only be the first time in NFL history that it's happened, but Al Davis has NEVER even considered anything as remotely retarded as that. Get real folks.

RaiderRef · #9 (**permalink**) 08-08-2004, 06:19 AM

I was wondering why that the last post sounded the way it did then I looked at who authored it lol

Raidermeister · #10 (**permalink**) 08-08-2004, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by RaiderRef

I was wondering why that the last post sounded the way it did then I looked at who authored it lol

LOL.. Sounds like a personal problem too.

RAWHEAD · #11 (**permalink**) 08-08-2004, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by RaiderRef

I was wondering why that the last post sounded the way it did then I looked at who authored it lol

Thanks. I'd take it as a compliment but truth is, this **** just comes naturally to me. Let me know when I'm wrong. Not what you may think is wrong but after the fact.

RAWHEAD · #12 (**permalink**) 08-08-2004, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Raidermeister

LOL.. Sounds like a personal problem too.

And you don't have a personal problem? Maybe scientists all over the world can study you and your greatness. You should call them up. I think oprah is looking for you too. We'd all like to know your secret I'm sure. Is it simple retardation or do you actually have some miracle supplement you take?

**bgrn** · #13 (**permalink**) 08-08-2004, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by RAWHEAD

so we're supposed to believe that the NFL will let him back next year without a 4 game suspension after failing his third drug test? Do you have any idea how many players would block any trade in court because of it?

comon - profootball "weakly" are hacks. I don't think anything they've ever said has come true. They aren't even like the National enquirer. They are more like the Globe "alien baby prophet horse born to First lady".

A deal like that would probably not only be the first time in NFL history that it's happened, but Al Davis has NEVER even considered anything as remotely retarded as that. Get real folks.

Lets not kill the messenger

Raidermeister · #14 (**permalink**) 08-08-2004, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by RAWHEAD

And you don't have a personal problem?

DON'T PLEX TRIXXY!

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HorrorSCope · #15 (**permalink**) 08-08-2004, 08:25 AM

Wow who cares about Rickey side of this? What they are saying is that "oh no big deal, the NFL is just gonna change the rules for Rickey because he's a huge star. He'll help the TV deal". That is BS, first and one of the reason I'm still into Pro Ball is they don't force star players on you. A star this year could be a bum the next, there will be new stars they don't have to manufacture stars, the game is the star and great stories will emerge. This is the part I despise of the NBA... They just called the league they cover a complete fraud. That's the news!

Wait till they hear he's going to Oakland, then maybe then they won't even reinstate him.

The team that gives up two firsts for this guy is immediately moved to my personal "stupidest team in America" list. The team getting Rickey has a lot of leverage imo.

From the Article:
"On the surface, such a move would be surprising. Former NFL safety Mark Carrier and receiver Andre Rison were unable to land with new teams due to pending suspensions -- and those suspensions weren't lifted after the players missed the corresponding number of games because no one was willing to sign players who would launch their stay with a multi-game sit.

The primary difference, of course, is that Williams is a star player whose notoriety has grown exponentially since his abrupt departure from the game. With the NFL trying to squeeze every last penny out of the networks in the current round of broadcast rights negotiations, the blue suits would like nothing better than to give the TV folks a wink-nod, belch-fart guarantee that Williams will make it back onto boob tubes throughout the world come September 2005."