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Ricky's return adds intrigue

Miami Dolphins
11/19/2007 8:19 AM
The Palm Beach Post reports Jesse Chatman and Patrick Cobbs have had the backfield all to themselves for three-plus games since RB Ronnie Brown's season-ending knee injury. But now it gets crowded. Sunday's 17-7 loss to Philadelphia was the Dolphins' last game without RB Ricky Williams, reinstated by the NFL on Wednesday following an 18-month suspension for violating the league's substance-abuse policy. He is eligible to play next Monday night at Pittsburgh, and Chatman and Cobbs - the only Dolphins running backs to touch the ball since Brown went down - don't know if that means a reduced role for them. And they aren't talking about Williams, either. "Honestly, I ain't even got a comment on that," Chatman said after Sunday's loss. "I'm not supposed to talk about that," Cobbs said. Read more