I'm pretty sure you cannot speak for the coaching staff and I've never heard any of them say that we used the Wildcat to cover up our weaknesses.
Ya think? No, I freely admit I can't speak for the coaching staff. You can't, and, noone can really. What I stated is my opinion. I thought that was pretty much assumed, because I am not employed by the Dolphins in any capacity, but, maybe not. I'll make sure I add that disclaimer to all my posts from here on in.
No, you have not heard them say they used the Wildcat to cover for anything. What did you expect them to say? "Um...Yes, we would like to announce we used the WIldcat formation to mix up our play calls because PEople in the stands are yelling down our next play."? No. My wife also won't say she wears sweatshirts when she looks fat either, but, it doesn't make it any less true.
MY OPINION is that we implemented it to mix it up and catch oppenents off guard, but found an original formation along the way that has endless possibilities that can be used multiple times in every game.
Yes...And why do you think that is? Because Dan Henning was so unimaginitive we were getting crap for production. It's not an origional formation. It's been around since the '60s. It has possibilities but it's also very limiting, in that it takes the ball out of your QB's hands.
Every hear of the Run and Shoot? It was successful on the Pro level for a while too. Noone had seen it or had a clue how to stop it....For a while. There is a reason you don't see it now, because people figgured out a way to stop it, just like will happen for the Wildcat formation based offense. We caught people off gaurd with it this year, and, people were playing catchup. Won't be that way next year. For every possibility there is in the Wildcat, there are more in any standard set, because your QB has the ball.
Why do we need to get away from it and start "hitting them in the face"? Sure, it would be nice if our offensive line got meaner and stronger, but I see no reason to discard the wildcat formation, even when we no longer have those glaring holes that you speak of in the skill positions. Look at the Patriots spread offense. They sure as hell score a lot of points and don't need to play power football to do it. I think the Wildcat is here to stay in the NFL.
Because it's football. Did you watch the Ravens game? That's a football team that hits people in the face. The Patriots use a spread, as you say. But guess what? They line up with a regular line, spread out thier recievers, pu tthe ball in the QBs hands, and, beat people. We still can't do that.
I am not opposed to keeping the Wildcat formation in the playbook. I'm fine with it and am not morally opposed to it, but when you get people babbleing about selecting players specificly for it, that is just sheer lunacy. You think it is here to stay in the NFL. I don't.
