Ronnie Brown Done for 2009?

Profootballtalk.com is reporting that Miami Dolphins Ronnie Brown could be out for the rest of the season. Brown left Sundays game with an injured foot, something that was initially thought to be just a high ankle sprain. Something to keep him out a couple weeks but not much longer. In the previous post, I mentioned this could be more serious then a sprain and its starting to look like it is.

Brown is still walking in a boot and visiting a foot specialist. If he’s visiting a specialist you have to think its a lot more then a high ankle sprain that everyone initially suspected. But how serious is it? According to Mike Florio at PFT, a league source said its serious enough that he could miss the rest of the year.

The question for the Dolphins is do you place Brown on the injured reserve or not? Florio says its a challenging decision, and that’s an understatement.

Ricky Williams is more then capable of picking up the slack but like I said the Dolphins are still in the playoff race. If Brown is only going to miss say five weeks, you’d want him available for the playoffs (if they make it of course). The last thing they’d want to do is put their Wildcat leader on IR and then he’s healthy by the time the playoffs come around.

While it is a very tough decision, I’m not quite sure the Dolphins will make the playoffs. Like I’ve said before they’re already in a dogfight but to now lose their best offensive piece can’t help.

Williams is still a very good running back, but can he lead the Wildcat portion of the offense? The Dolphins usually run out of the formation but Brown has the speed and ability to hand off, pitch or run himself. If Williams leads the Wildcat then you know its a straight run from Ricky.

Which brings up another question, is Pat White ready to take over?