Ronnie Brown discusses the Wild-Cat

Ronnie Brown didn't play quarterback in college. In fact, he only threw one pass his senior year at Auburn. So when Brown lined up in the quarterback position to run the Wildcat for the Dolphins last season, he could see the confused faces from across the line of scrimmage.

"When I was first introduced to the Wildcat and they told me I'd line up at quarterback, I wasn't sure if it would work in the NFL. Fortunately for us, everything worked out. The thing about the Wildcat is you're able to get all of your playmakers on the field at the same time. It puts you in a position where the defense can't key on one individual, and as you get the ball to different people, it throws the defense off."

The Jet Sweep

"This is a quick sweep where we're sending Ricky Williams in motion then trying to get a quick hitting play where you hand him the ball," says Brown. "You fake the Counter in order to try and hold the defensive end and hope Ricky can get that edge."

The Counter

"This is a play where you want everyone to flow one direction, then you come out the backside," says Brown. To do this, Brown fakes the handoff to Ricky Williams to make the defense bite on the Jet Sweep, then Brown takes the ball to the left behind a pulling guard.

Power

"This is our quick hitting play that is more downhill. We use this when we need to pick up a key yard," explains Brown. To run the play, Brown once again fakes the handoff to Williams, only this time he follows his pulling guard to the right.

Play-Action Jet Sweep

This is to throw the defense off a little bit. You don't want them to key in on the run," says Brown. "If you can keep the defense guessing, then you can run a few different plays out of the same formation and they really won't know what's coming." To run the play {Brown} fakes the handoff to Williams on the Jet Sweep, then looks for tight end Anthony Fassano to run a corner route.

Speaking of playing quarterback, Brown says he is getting better and better at reading defenses from his Wildcat position.

"You can sit back there as a quarterback and you see the entire defense. When we send a guy in motion, you can see if they shift or if they're playing man-to-man. And when we're running the counter or the power, we need to know what the defensive end is doing, and we need to contain him," he says. "First time I lined up at quarterback, I remember looking at the defense and they were all looking at each other and yelling back and forth. We sent our guy in motion and they didn't know who to move where. They were definitely thrown off a little bit."

But just because the Dolphins caught defenses off guard early in the season doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement. "We've got some advancements to it, some new wrinkles (think White, Pat)," admits Brown. "But at the same time, the goal is to be able to run your basic offense and get good at that. What the Wildcat helps us do is switch things up and get some different guys on the field.

"I want to work on my throwing to help add even more wrinkles. I need to work on being more accurate," he says. "I think everybody's goal growing up is to be a quarterback, so to be able to do it at this part of my career, it's different, but at the same time it has been exciting and I enjoy it."