Ricky pledges to run harder

[Gunzlingr]

Ricky Williams admitted Thursday he hasn't run as hard this year as he did in 2002, and that has been yet another reason Miami's ground game has seemingly been running in place.

''What I did last week is I realized I wasn't running as hard as I have been running in the past,'' he said. ``Maybe some of that is because I was getting the ball so much, I wasn't sure if I was going to make it [through the season].''



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[The_Philster]

Mercury Morris averaged 5.1 yards when he carried the football, a mark unequaled by any running back in Dolphins history. But when Morris heard Ricky Williams admit he has not always run hard this season, the revelation did something several defenses couldn't.

It left Morris at a loss.

``I thought, `Are you out of your mind? Morris said. ``Hey, look, if you're not running hard on every play you've got the ball, you're just surviving. That's a great way to get your [butt] knocked off....

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