Miami Dolphins take shots at NY Jets LB Calvin Pace for calling Wildcat Offense 'nonsense'
The never-ending trash talk surrounding the Jets added another chapter when the Miami Dolphins responded to outside linebacker Calvin Pace’s post-game proclamation that their Wildcat offense was “nonsense.”
Pace admitted Wednesday that he probably should have softened that characterization.
“I said some things and I definitely should have probably thought about it -- rephrased it a little bit,” Pace said after Wednesday’s practice. “I respect the Dolphins and I respect everything they do. They beat us. It’s not like they stole the game from us.”
The Dolphins, however, took their shots at Pace.
"Who is this guy?” Dolphins’ nose tackle Jason Ferguson told the Miami Herald. “What's his name again? Ain't he a rookie or something? Isn't that the rookie from Ohio State? Or you talking about the guy from Arizona? Yeah, ok, it's cool, if that's what he sees. It ain't nothing. That's how ya'll want to treat it, it's cool. You'll see it again in two weeks. No comments here. I'm good. I'll stay away from that one. He's fooling himself…. I got nothing for Calvin. I don't even know that dude. I'll let him have his battle with the Wildcat. It looks like he lost already."
Said linebacker Channing Crowder: “Nonsense, I love nonsense. They say gimmick, gimmick this, gimmick that. We've won games with the Wildcat. They ran two fake punts. So if you're going to say gimmicks, those are real gimmicks. Wildcat is an offensive formation, they run it for two years. They have thousands of plays on film about it, go stop it…. Shut up about all the junk talking and whatever they're talking about they ain't going to give us no credit. We'll see them in three more weeks, we got to play them again, so the hell with them."
A review of the game tape revealed that the Dolphins had 17 carries for 102 yards (6 yards per carry) in the Wildcat formation. Running backs Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams create headaches all night for a Jets defense that was dominant through the first four games.
"He has his own opinion and the biggest comment on that is we're all afraid of what we do not understand," Brown told the Miami Herald. "I guess that's the situation there. It works for us. We enjoy it. We do it. It's part of our package. And if it's not broken don't fix it so we're not going out to try to change it because a guy isn't happy about what we're doing.
"Coming into the game we're watching how they blitz and we were like, 'OK we'll just sit back and play football then and let's see who has the tougher 11 people on the field.' "
Added Dolphins’ guard Justin Smiley: "We're not running Statue of Liberties out of Wildcat. We're running base and power. You have to stop it. You have to stop it, and until you stop it, nothing's going to change. That's the way we approach it. One-on-one, man-on-man, and whatever anybody wants to say about it, that's their opinion. But until you stop it, nothing's going to change."
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