A little simple Wildcat math

[patswho?]

First of all, we all see the value of elite players at certain positions you have to double team

examples:
1. A guy like Albert Haynesworth, Dwight Freeney, Julius Peppers, etc, that you HAVE to double team every game, leaving you playing with one less man

2. A guy like Champ Bailey or Nnamdi Asomugha to put on the teams best receiver so that you DON'T have to double team them, letting you play essentially with an extra man.

3. Wide reciever that commands consistant double team

Now to some wildcat
Football= 11v11
Factor out the quarterback, 11v10
Factor back in the quarterback in the WildPat 11v11 (1 man advantage the offense usually doesn't have)

Now the one thing we don't have that IMO, is going to stop the WildPat from excelling to its full potential, is a WR that commands a consistent double team.

Lets say Hypothetically we have an Anquan Boldin or Plaxico Burress lined up at WR in this formation

Now either the defense HAS to double team Boldin, creating an 11v10 matchup for the OFFENSE ( as opposed to the usual 11v10 for the defense during normal offensive sets)

OR

you have Pat White throwing to a single covered elite wide reciever all day if the defense chooses to commit that extra defender in the box


discuss

 

[Butterfrog 2.0]

Say what you want but Ted Ginn does get a lot of attention from opposing defenses and was doubled quite a bit and probably would damn nearly always have two men on him if we had a QB under center who could chuck it deep.

 

[Zounds]

I disagree. You don't have to double an elite WR in the wildcat formation, and I dont know that a defense could afford to. With the WC formation, you now have to have a man covering the QB (Ronnie Brown), such as a S or ILB.

 

[patswho?]

I disagree. You don't have to double an elite WR in the wildcat formation, and I dont know that a defense could afford to. With the WC formation, you now have to have a man covering the QB (Ronnie Brown), such as a S or ILB.

Even then, ill take my chances with a Pat White throwing downfield to a single covered guy like Plaxico who is used to facing constant double teams

 

[Rev Kev]

First of all, we all see the value of elite players at certain positions you have to double team

examples:
1. A guy like Albert Haynesworth, Dwight Freeney, Julius Peppers, etc, that you HAVE to double team every game, leaving you playing with one less man

2. A guy like Champ Bailey or Nnamdi Asomugha to put on the teams best receiver so that you DON'T have to double team them, letting you play essentially with an extra man.

3. Wide reciever that commands consistant double team

Now to some wildcat
Football= 11v11
Factor out the quarterback, 11v10
Factor back in the quarterback in the WildPat 11v11 (1 man advantage the offense usually doesn't have)

Now the one thing we don't have that IMO, is going to stop the WildPat from excelling to its full potential, is a WR that commands a consistent double team.

Lets say Hypothetically we have an Anquan Boldin or Plaxico Burress lined up at WR in this formation

Now either the defense HAS to double team Boldin, creating an 11v10 matchup for the OFFENSE ( as opposed to the usual 11v10 for the defense during normal offensive sets)

OR

you have Pat White throwing to a single covered elite wide reciever all day if the defense chooses to commit that extra defender in the box


discuss

Good post and factor in a guy like Jake Long...

The opposing D has to take a long look at their their lightning fast light in the shorts DE... because Jake Long can pass block and is a devastating runn blocker and will wear the tar out of a light in the shorts DE by the 3rd quarter... This creates a huge mismatch as the opposing D has to flip their sack artist to the RE position essentially making their D play opposite handed...

 

[ThaGame17]

honestly, i like our chances if they decide to use single coverage with no1 over the top against ted ginn... on a fly route without a safety over the top... ted ginn is a hard man to cover...