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.