With Ronnie Brown lost for the season, the Miami Dolphins turned to their aging running back. Ricky Williams showed he’s still got it.

The 32-year-old Williams rushed for 119 yards and scored three touchdowns, and the Dolphins beat the Carolina Panthers 24-17 on Thursday night for their fourth win in six games to get into the AFC playoff picture.

A day after learning Brown is lost for the season to a foot injury, the Dolphins (5-5) continued their surge after an 0-3 start behind Williams. The 2002 NFL rushing champion had a receiving and rushing touchdown in the same game for the first time in his career that included a couple of lost seasons.

“Coach always talks about finishing,” Williams said. “Sometimes in this league, in a physical game, it’s difficult to finish. I think in the past we’ve prided ourselves on finishing games and we did a good job tonight.”

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Ricky Williams wants to stick around the NFL just a little longer. Williams signed a one-year contract extension that could keep him with the Miami Dolphins through 2010, according to salary information posted on the NFL Players Association Web site on Tuesday. The 32-year-old running back is scheduled to earn a base salary of $3.4 million this season and $4.35 million in 2010.


Williams told The Miami Herald that he talked to Dolphins vice president of football operations Bill Parcells and worked out an agreement that was “quiet and easy” — and without an agent. Williams also hinted to The Herald that he will retire after the 2010 season.

Williams, the 1998 Heisman Trophy winner and 2002 NFL rushing champion, has rejuvenated his career in Miami and became a solid running back alongside Ronnie Brown last season. All that hardly seemed possible just five years ago, when Williams shocked the NFL by retiring from football. He also is a five-time offender of the league’s substance-abuse policy.


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