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Ricks' signing could have ripple effect

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Friday, July 9, 2004

He wasn't on the training camp roster last summer, and wasn't in the Carolina Panthers media guide, either, given his Aug. 1 addition to the team. But when Super Bowl XXXVIII kicked off six months ago, offensive lineman Matt Willig was dressed and on the Carolina sideline, a valuable, veteran insurance policy, playing for minimum salary. There will be, for sure, a few more Matt Willig-type players signed by NFL teams in the three weeks remaining before the starting of training camps. And, in tr ...

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