Reinstated Ricky Williams rejoins Dolphins starting Monday</p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> DAVIE, Fla. -- Ricky Williams' reinstatement is complete, with the Miami Dolphins saying they'll welcome him back on the field beginning Monday.</p> First-year coach Cam Cameron decided to let Williams rejoin the team after they met Thursday. The NFL lifted Williams' 1½-year suspension Wednesday.</p> "The meeting was positive," Cameron said. "He'll be a member of this team and will start with us Monday. He's a Miami Dolphin."</p> For months, Cameron had been mum regarding whether he would want Williams. In May, when discussing Williams' latest relapse, the coach said it's difficult to salvage the careers of troubled players.</p> Cameron said his players supported the decision to welcome the 2002 NFL rushing leader -- perhaps in large part because the Dolphins are desperate for help. They're 0-9 heading into Sunday's game at Philadelphia.</p> "Circumstances have changed," Cameron said. "However, you still rely on the leadership of your locker room and quality professionals like we have, and you get their input, and that was the major part of the decision."</p> <table width="127" cellspacing="12" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Williams could play as soon as the game at Pittsburgh on Monday, Nov. 26.</p> Williams, 30, was suspended in April 2006 after violating the league drug policy for the fourth time. His return was delayed when he tested positive again for marijuana last spring.</p> After meeting with Cameron, Williams watched the start of practice from behind a window in the players' lounge as he ate an apple. Later, during a brief news conference, he struggled to answer the first question.</p> "My motivation for coming back to the NFL? Could we start with an easier question?" he said with a chuckle.</p> </div></p>
