There wouldn't be any "constantly" about it. Make no mistake the Wildcat was only 10% of the Dolphins' playbook in 2008 and if it increases at all in 2009 it would probably cap out at about 15% or MAYBE 20% (but I doubt it).
I guess I see the argument that continuing to use the Wildcat can detract from cohesion in the regular offense, but we've yet to see that factor into anything. Meanwhile, preparing for the Wildcat can take a defense a full day of practice, where the Dolphins only have to spend 20 minutes installing a Wildcat play.
I think that's really the biggest thing. These spread concepts have worked wonderfully at the college level and truly changed the nature of the game. I remember people saying when Urban Meyer came to Florida that his concepts would not work at the SEC level because the athletes there are too good. Well, two National Championships later, it's obvious his concepts have worked even at that elite level of speed and talent.
I'm not going so far as to say an offense entirely based on those principles could work at the NFL level, but if an NFL team does not prepare for them, then they can get hit up for costly game-changing plays (see plays against New England, San Diego, Houston and Seattle). So, they're forced to prepare for the offense. And, when you force them to prepare for that, you can start adding other wrinkles to your base offense that maybe they didn't have time to prepare for.
Back when Bill Belichick was known as a defensive genius and mastermind, isn't this what he did on the defensive side of the ball? He employed a 3-4 defense that was out of favor with basically the entire league (only 2 or 3 teams ran it at the time). He often went to really strange, almost gimmicky formations. Seven linebackers? That's Belichick for ya. How about Terrell Buckley playing a linebacker position? Belichick. Chad Cascadden missiling into an offensive lineman so that Mo Lewis can follow right through and sack the quarterback? Belichick. I remember back then the players always use to talk about how they couldn't wait to get the game plan from him each week because they knew there would always be some new and odd wrinkle that teams aren't prepared for.
So why shouldn't Miami strive for the same thing? And if Pat White's addition holds the rest of the NFL off from catching up to the Wildcat for even just one year, providing the delta on two or three more wins...then his selection was worth it.
