I wonder if Ronnie can throw it at all, for real. His TD pass to Fasano was fun and all, but it was a lob to a wide open tight end. If he can throw a deep ball a la Antwaan Randle El, it just adds another dimension to the Wildcat that the defense has to account for.
Ronnie brown could hit a totally wide open ted ginn on a medium pass, maybe a deep one but thats about it. If the receiver only has a step on the DB, that probably wouldnt be enough for brown. I'm saying i wouldnt want this guy throwing to anyone that isnt 100% absolutely positively wide the f*** open.
From what basically every player (including ronnie) said after the patriots game was that they were surprised ronnie could throw that well at all. even considering that fasano was totally wide open. if he didint get hit in stride that may have not been a touch down is basically what i'm trying to say and thats not what its gonna look like everytime. He made a pass alot of QB's wouldnt even try. Throwing on the run across your body, especially against the NE defense....Thats playing with fire.
The Charger's defensive gameplan for the wildcat was 2 things:
1) Maintain assignments. Reason why the patriots looked so bad.
2) Try and get Ronnie Brown to throw the ball. Its public knowledge that he's not a passer. I think Anthony Fasano said something about ronnie throwing dead ducks in practice. Ronnie laughed about it too. So did Sparano. (But then again, these comments were made over a few weeks ago. Maybe he's made tremendous strides, who knows)
Chargers had the right idea. It sounds easier than it is though. I dont expect the houston defense to be anywhere nearly as proficient as far as limiting that particular formation, especially with the multitudes of shifts that may or may not be unveiled.
But then again, i'm inclined to say that based on how his deep ball looks (i've never seen it) it may very well work out. I could seriously see ginn burning DB's on release routes and ESPECIALLY pennington sneaking wide open cause well no one takes him seriously at WR.
I'm a happy camper knowing that even if we never threw with ronnie out of that formation, its still kickass. Just based on our personel, we have all the pieces you could want. Super fast receiver, 1 superstar running back that is improving every week, 1 former superstar but still exceptionally talented running back, a young but solid and mobile o-line, 1 athletic quarterback.
But the beauty of the whole thing is that the direct snap gives the running back a better matchup. pennington is essentially not worthless in this formation, because he is taking up a man on his side of the field as a blocker. its 11 on 11 and that is an automatic favor to the dolphins. On top of that the defense will still be on its heels because they havta respect williams darting full speed (unless its a busted play like that wildcat touchdown ronnie had when samson satele was slow to hike the ball and williams had already passed the point of exchange). The fact that he can kinda throw is icing to the cake. The fact that he has incredible VISION is what plays a big role in our success with it.
But the most important thing:
We worked on this in training camp. Its not going to burden us at all during the week the way its going to burden other teams that are going to face us.
