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Another season ends abruptly for Miami Dolphins' Ronnie Brown

Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown limped his way onto a jet bound for Charlotte, N.C., with the rest of his teammates Wednesday afternoon -- but this trip had nothing to do with any last-minute hope he might play Thursday night against the Carolina Panthers.

Far from it. Instead, it's much worse: Brown is done for the season.

The team made the crushing but unavoidable decision Wednesday to place its best player on injured reserve, a move resulting from the belief that Brown sustained a Lisfranc fracture in the midsection of his right foot, two sources told The Miami Herald.

Dolphins put RB Brown on IR

The Miami Dolphins have placed running back Ronnie Brown on injured reserve because of his foot injury.

Brown had already been ruled out of Thursday's game against the Carolina Panthers because of the injury, but now the team's leading rusher will be out for the rest of the season.

He suffered the injury in this past Sunday's win over Tampa Bay, as he rolled what appeared to be his right ankle late in the third quarter. Brown was on crutches after the game.

Miami RB Brown hurts ankle

Miami Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown left Sunday's 25-23 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after rolling his right ankle late in the third quarter.

Brown was hurt on a running play, when he lost a fumble and after the game was on crutches.

"I just got tackled and I kind of rolled my foot into the inside," said Brown. "They took some X-rays and stuff, but I don't feel like it's too bad. Hopefully everything works out but I feel okay."

Miami Dolphins may be running without Ronnie Brown

With his weight supported by two black, high-tech crutches, Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown opened the door to Miami's locker room Monday and flipped a pair of sandals toward the direction of his personal area without actually walking in.

Then, Brown crutched himself backward. The door shut. And he was gone.

So as far as his short-term prognosis is concerned, that simple visual might have been enough to make reasonable assumptions about whether Brown -- who sustained a foot injury in the third quarter of Sunday's win -- would be able to play four days later.

Miami Dolphins planning to let Wildcat sprout wings

T he Dolphins' Wildcat package has come a long way since that fateful first day, when assistant coach David Lee was explaining the new idea to players and asked the question that needed a perfect answer.

``He was talking about it, explaining it, and then he was like, `So, who wants to be the one to handle the ball?' '' Ronnie Brown recalled this week.

Brown had never taken a center snap. Not in high school. Not at Auburn University. But he looked around the hushed room and decided to break the silence by responding, ``I will.''