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The Dolphins present three unique challenges to Bill Belichick and his staff. Belichick addressed them today in his weekly conference call with the media.

1. Preparing for the Wildcat: It was last Sept. 21 when the Dolphins unveiled the Wildcat offense at Gillette Stadium in a 38-13 pummeling of the Patriots. The Dolphins still squeeze some efficacy out of the formation because Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams run it with such skill, but as the Jets proved yesterday in holding the Dolphins’ offense to 104 total yards, teams have begun to solve it.

The thing is, no matter how effective or ineffective the Wildcat is on Sundays, opposing defenses must devote significant time to prepare for its subtleties. The Patriots will need to decide how much take time out of their normal preparation to account for the Wildcat.

2. A varied offensive approach: Even without using the Wildcat, the Dolphins and offensive coordinator Dan Henning deploy an unusually large mix of formations, which Belichick described as a “very broad offensive system.”

“We’ll have to be ready for all of those,” Belichick said. “We want to be ready to defend that. But at the same time, we don’t want to commit so much time to [the Wildcat] that we don’t do a good job on the other things they do as well. Hopefully we’ll be able to use a little bit of the extra time to get those bases covered. But it’s definitely a preparation problem they present.”

Since Chad Henne took over for injured starter Chad Pennington during Miami’s Week 4 victory over the Bills, Belichick has seen “basically the same” offense used by Henning. Pennington’s intelligence and experience allowed him to make some pre-snap adjustments that maybe Henne can’t. But their overall attack is unchanged.


3. Stopping Ted Ginn: The Dolphins scored 30 points in their victory yesterday despite a meager 104 yards of total offense. The reason was Ginn, who became the first player in league history to take back two kickoffs more than 100 yards for touchdowns in the same game.
Ginn’s speed presents a major challenge. His speed allows him to take any path on a kickoff return – from side to side, from the middle to the outside, or from the sideline to the middle on a cutback.

“He has the ability, really, to take the ball any place on the field,” Belichick said. “He can just outrun just about everybody that we have on our kickoff team. I don’t know that we, or any team in the league, really, has more than one or two people, if that, that can run with Ted Ginn.”
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http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/extra_points/2009/11/three_keys_for.html
 
I hope Belichick chokes on Bradys *****. He is #2 on my most hated coaches Poll.

1.Rex "CryBaby" Ryan
2.Belicheat
3.Lou "Dirty" Holtz
 
I hate the Patriots, but Belichick has Grade A Class when talking about the other team. He constantly gives other teams credits while down-playing his own teams success, which a coach should always do.
 
I think we see Henne or White in the Wildcat lined up as WR and throw for a pass Sunday. I would also like to see Ginn get involved early as a WR, I think we need to get him the ball on some screens or quick passes, let him work through and gain some confidence.
 
I hope the Pats spent a lot of time preparing for the Wildcat and hope that it either or both:

1. We still run it great, throwing in some new wrinkles.

2. We don't run it at all, thus having the Patriots wasted time, and we still run the offense great.
 
SwimminInIndy said:
I hope the Pats spent a lot of time preparing for the Wildcat and hope that it either or both:

1. We still run it great, throwing in some new wrinkles.

2. We don't run it at all, thus having the Patriots wasted time, and we still run the offense great.
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Hey SwimminInIndy,
This is a really, really dumb question but is that picture in your sig of Ricky a real uni we wore or is that photoshoped? I can't remeber having orange pants with white jersey's with orange numbers?
 
The best thing is when he rattles of names of some spl team only player lol.
 
t_sblack99z28 said:
Hey SwimminInIndy,
This is a really, really dumb question but is that picture in your sig of Ricky a real uni we wore or is that photoshoped? I can't remeber having orange pants with white jersey's with orange numbers?
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that is photoshopped.
 
So out of seven games this season, two teams stop the Wildcat, those two teams happen to be two of the best defenses out there...and suddenly, "teams have begun to solve it."

C'mon man. This is Deja Vu all over again (to quote Yogi Berra). We heard the same smack last year about how "teams have begun to solve it". Then we go out for five games and thrash teams with it, including a game against one of the coaches that supposedly "solved it" last year and would go on to "solve it" later this year.
 
Screen passes to Ginn would be awesome. He has to touch the rock somehow, someway. Also, we need to throw more to our backs.

I don't think teams have the wildcat solve. We blocked poorly against the Jets. However, the fake to Ricky wildcat play has been getting stuffed lately. Teams are selling out to the side Ricky runs to and clogging the middle lanes leaving Ronnie few options. A screen back to the other side might be the trick.
 
Belichick's plan to stop the Dolphins: A video camera, a microphone, and a stripper named Linda Sue.
 
The key to the Wildcats success is the success of the base offense. We need to move the chains, 3 and outs hurt us more than the Jets in the first half......when the offense clicked for that one drive that's what its about......no turnovers, no dropped passes and run the football. We are going to need to get at least 30 this week to be in the game...this game is winnable by us....Are the Pats better than NO? Are they better than Indy? We played both tough, I expect nothing different from a division opponent.....
 
I think we need to stop the Patriots from scoring, while scoring points ourselves. If we can score more points than they do I think we can win this one.
 
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