Rick Williams Still in Dolphins' Plans? Miami Deals Lorenzo Booker

One of the more quiet deals during Day 1 of the NFL Draft was Miami trading Lorenzo Booker to the Eagles for a fourth round pick. Booker was selected in the third round of last year's draft, played in just four games but showed he can be a nice third down back.

By the way, Miami used their original fourth round pick hin a deal with Dallas for TE Anthony Fasano and LB Akin Ayodele. Dealing Booker was mainly about the new regime:

"It was really more of a systematic decision," (GM) Ireland said. "I don't think he really fit our system that we're trying to put in place in here. We fielded a call pretty early in the process about him and he's a great kid, he's a playmaker, but at the end of the day he just didn't really the fit the system we're trying to put in place here. We're looking for guys that play a lot of plays, and if you're a third runner it's kind of hard to get that player on the field."

Does this mean that Ricky Williams is still very much in the plans for the Dolphins? Right now, the Phins have Ronnie Brown as the starter with Williams and Patrick Cobbs as the only backups.

Ricky has played in just one game over the past two seasons ... six carries against the Steelers last year before tearing his pectoral muscle. Ricky has played in just 13 games over the past four seasons (a possible 64 games). Ricky will be playing for his fourth coach during that time. Miami must honestly believe that he will return to 2005 form when he came back to the NFL where he averaged 4.4 ypc and scored six TDs on just 168 carries.

Well, Ricky Williams will turn 31 next month but is young for that age. Like I just said, he hasn't had much of a workload during that time (even adding in his stint with the CFL Toronto Argos). He has had some injury issues, however, that should be scary. With the Argos in 2006, Williams broke his left arm. In his only game last year, he had that pectoral tear. Sure, he will be in a committee role in Miami, but Ronnie Brown isn't the most durable either.

Cobbs carried the ball just 15 times last year for 47 yards and a TD.