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OK guys it's slow and I'm bored so lets put the great finheaven minds together and see what we can come up with to help out Henning and the wildcat/wildpat.
One thing I see is if we can keep our OL healthy we will be much stronger at POA in the wildcat's bread and butter, (off tackle right). This will dictate what defenses must do to counter our overload of power right.
Enter Pat White, now he is where it gets fun. As an OC you want to put young players in positions to succeed and that is exactly what the wildcat does for White. The defense will always be in cover 1 or cover 3 (mostly cover1). So right off you have put Pat in a position to quickly read a defense that is much like what he saw in college.
Now everyone thinks Pat will be taking the snaps but I don't think this will be the case. Most of the time Ronnie will be the man because that is what is dictating what the defense must first stop (also I don't think Pat will survive long at the NFL level runnig off tackle right). But if you stop and think a bit this is even better. If Pat is lined up right at WR where Chad was most of the time, we have a few options new options.
Imagine if the new wrinkle to the wildcat is that at the snap every play Pat begins to run back toward Ricky who is coming at him. This does a couple of things. First of all it gives the option of giving the ball to Ricky and then to Pat for a reverse/reverse pass. This also gives the WRs more time to run double moves and get open vs what will almost always be one on one coverage.
But more important than either of these two exciting options will be the fact that no longer will the defense be allowed to blitz a saftey in to the off tackle right hole. Last year that is what teams did, figuring if it was a fake they would still be able to get to the passer and make him hurry his throw. Now there is no way they can come to that conclusion. No one is gonna run down Pat White before he has a chance to throw it when he already has a 5 yard lead. It will cause hesitation, which always helps the offense.
Now under the above assumptions, what are some exact plays that can take advatage of this concept?? I will start if off, here's mine:
We can call my play Wildcat Reverse Countertrey:
This play will be after we are already getting good yards out of the power right play.
Basic Wildcat/Wildpat formation Ronnie taking snaps, OL L-R Fasnio, Smiley, Grove, Thomas, Carey, with Long in the slot, Cobb and Pat out right, Ricky far left, and instead of another TE, I am going to put Ginn inside wide left.
Ricky starts in motion towards Ronnie at the snap Pat starts also towards Ronnie from the opposite direction, Ronnie hands to Ricky and then Ricky to Pat running back toward the left.
At the snap Ginn runs a post corner, while Long, Thomas pulls left. As soon as Ronnie hands the ball off he too pulls left. Fasnio releases his man to the pulling lineman and goes to the 2nd level to seal the edge. Cobb on the right runs a deep In route. When Pat gets the ball he should have plenty of room to run the sweep left with 4 blockers blocking 2 defenders. He will also have a run pass option to either Ginn on the post corner, or Cobb on the deep in. If both are covered they can throw back to the right to Ricky running a wheel rt after he hands off.
This will take perfect advantage of a defense that has to over compensate for the overload right. It will make running right much easier for the next couple of plays.
Well thats my entry. What do you guys have?
One thing I see is if we can keep our OL healthy we will be much stronger at POA in the wildcat's bread and butter, (off tackle right). This will dictate what defenses must do to counter our overload of power right.
Enter Pat White, now he is where it gets fun. As an OC you want to put young players in positions to succeed and that is exactly what the wildcat does for White. The defense will always be in cover 1 or cover 3 (mostly cover1). So right off you have put Pat in a position to quickly read a defense that is much like what he saw in college.
Now everyone thinks Pat will be taking the snaps but I don't think this will be the case. Most of the time Ronnie will be the man because that is what is dictating what the defense must first stop (also I don't think Pat will survive long at the NFL level runnig off tackle right). But if you stop and think a bit this is even better. If Pat is lined up right at WR where Chad was most of the time, we have a few options new options.
Imagine if the new wrinkle to the wildcat is that at the snap every play Pat begins to run back toward Ricky who is coming at him. This does a couple of things. First of all it gives the option of giving the ball to Ricky and then to Pat for a reverse/reverse pass. This also gives the WRs more time to run double moves and get open vs what will almost always be one on one coverage.
But more important than either of these two exciting options will be the fact that no longer will the defense be allowed to blitz a saftey in to the off tackle right hole. Last year that is what teams did, figuring if it was a fake they would still be able to get to the passer and make him hurry his throw. Now there is no way they can come to that conclusion. No one is gonna run down Pat White before he has a chance to throw it when he already has a 5 yard lead. It will cause hesitation, which always helps the offense.
Now under the above assumptions, what are some exact plays that can take advatage of this concept?? I will start if off, here's mine:
We can call my play Wildcat Reverse Countertrey:
This play will be after we are already getting good yards out of the power right play.
Basic Wildcat/Wildpat formation Ronnie taking snaps, OL L-R Fasnio, Smiley, Grove, Thomas, Carey, with Long in the slot, Cobb and Pat out right, Ricky far left, and instead of another TE, I am going to put Ginn inside wide left.
Ricky starts in motion towards Ronnie at the snap Pat starts also towards Ronnie from the opposite direction, Ronnie hands to Ricky and then Ricky to Pat running back toward the left.
At the snap Ginn runs a post corner, while Long, Thomas pulls left. As soon as Ronnie hands the ball off he too pulls left. Fasnio releases his man to the pulling lineman and goes to the 2nd level to seal the edge. Cobb on the right runs a deep In route. When Pat gets the ball he should have plenty of room to run the sweep left with 4 blockers blocking 2 defenders. He will also have a run pass option to either Ginn on the post corner, or Cobb on the deep in. If both are covered they can throw back to the right to Ricky running a wheel rt after he hands off.
This will take perfect advantage of a defense that has to over compensate for the overload right. It will make running right much easier for the next couple of plays.
Well thats my entry. What do you guys have?
