NFL: Dolphins defend their wildcat; opponents can't
By STEVEN WINE
AP Sports Writer
DAVIE, Fla. � A gimmick? Nonsense? The Miami Dolphins don�t like the way their wildcat is being belittled.
Triggerman Ronnie Brown had a suggestion Wednesday for those who disparage the funky formation.
�If you don�t want us to keep running it, stop it,� Brown said. �Then we�ll have to go to something else.�
The New York Jets were less than gracious after they failed to tame the wildcat Monday night in a 31-27 loss at Miami. The Dolphins gained 110 yards with the formation, including 2 on their final play for the winning score with 6 seconds left.
Jets coach Rex Ryan described the wildcat as a gimmick out of college. Linebacker Calvin Pace called the formation �nonsense.�
�I can�t respect that stuff, all that wildcat, because we�re in the NFL, man,� Pace told The New York Times.
Dolphins guard Justin Smiley said he couldn�t understand such comments because the wildcat involves little trickery.
�That blows my mind,� Smiley said. �We�re not running any gimmick plays. I don�t think this catches anybody off guard. You know it�s coming. Stop it if you can.�
Also defending the wildcat were Dolphins defenders amused by the Jets� frustration.
�I love nonsense,� linebacker Channing Crowder said. �They want to say gimmick this, gimmick that. The wildcat is an offensive formation we�ve been running for two years. They have thousands of plays on film about it. Go stop it and shut up all the junk talking. They ain�t going to give us no credit? We�ll see them in three weeks.�
The Dolphins-Jets rematch is Nov. 1.