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You can’t watch an NFL game today that you don’t see one or both of the teams using the now “so-called” “Wildcat Offense.” It is almost an obligatory formation that you have to run, or risk being accused of not being on the cutting edge of offensive football in the NFL.

Some have even suggested that this may be the new direction of offensive football in the NFL. I respectfully disagree. In fact, it has no chance at all for a couple of well-proven reasons.

First, the speed of the league and the athleticism of its players, when schemed properly, make this style of play obsolete. It is great as a “change-up” and a “trick” formation, but as a staple that teams can prepare for on a regular basis — it has no chance of sustaining itself.

Secondly, to run this offense consistently you would need a cadre of players, in addition to those needed to actually compete in the NFL. This is prohibitive based on the current 53-man roster limit in the league.

Thirdly, those who have seen the formation and prepared adequately (AKA Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Tennessee) have shut it down. Without a legitimate passer at the QB position, solid defensive teams are simply matching up one-on-one with the receivers and committing the rest of the defense to a run only approach that makes it prohibitive to run the offense. Even if they are suspect at the corner position and don’t match up with the receivers, the limitations of the running back in the quarterback position make it problematic that they could effectively challenge the secondary with any semblance of a legitimate passing attack.
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I agree it cant be the main offensive weapon but a nice play to run every once in a while .....
 
I agree...the Wildcat isn't a recipe for winning...well every game that is...but the Wildcat is last season's offense....the Spread is todays offense...which use's a QB instead of a running back to handle the football from the center.
 
P. White = our T. Thigpen (we hope).

The difference is (we hope) we won't have to rely alone on the spread offense.

The spread was very effective for KC last season, and if we're able to implement some of that success into our offense . . . score!

This of course is all hypothetical. We'll see.
 
there's never been anything truly like the wildcat featured in a time like this..
The singlewing has been aroun d forever and won teams championships, in all levels of football. If anything we're utilizing it in a limited role. It's not like our offense is the Wildcat, it's one formation with many subformations and things you can do inside of it.

The Wildcat will be in Miami for the next 4-5 years, however long Pat White is signed for. Having that run/pass option will be huge. I know it will get stopped by some teams, but as long as we're average 5+yards on running plays then keep doing it..

Fact is, you can get a TD on any Wildcat play as the defense has a higher chance of being confused and missing their assignment. Yeah, it stinks when you dont have a physical interior line, and then HalotiNgata and the Ravens LBs pour through the middle in 2 seconds for a loss of 3 yards. But it's nice when your playing the seahawks, or pats, and they just can't stop it.
Pat White will be in a role not similar to many NFL players, he'll come into the game as a Decoy and as a option passer/runner.. Ronnie brown will be as well, I bet he still gets direct snaps, even when PatWhite is on the field. Having two specialized WC players, Brown/White (never noticed their both named after colors-patent pending) can confuse the defense because if Brown's taking the snap, you want a big defense since it'll probably be a run. If White's in you want faster guys and DB's because it could be a pass. With both in you need a different formation while assigning serious responsibility to White and Brown, not to mention good coverage on Ginn/Turner/Bess or whoeveer they use for mismatches on the outside.

I personally think it does help us win.
The evidence is in last years record. We started 0-2 and went 11-3 once we introduced it, featuring it in practically everygame.
 
Well Brian, respectfully, it doesn't look like you have known jack**** about what a good offense looks like since you were able to call repeated 50 yard lobs to Randy Moss in the endzone.
 
The main argument he had was that the Rb doesn't pass....which is negated by P. White....none of us have any clue what White will do, but we're all relatively sure he will play some wildcat role.
 
i fully agree with brian billick... and i think ireland kinda felt the same way too, which explains why we invested in a player like pat white.

A weapon who will change the pace, of a "change of pace" formation such as the wildcat, because as of now our quarterback in this tricky formation is still ronnie brown
 
The reason the Ravens shut us down in the playoffs is because we committed a bunch of turnovers, and Samson Satele got pushed around on the line...most of the mistakes were not because of the Wildcat. We stopped ourselves more than anything else. Billick has to realize that offenses evolve over the years. The forward pass was once considered a gimmick in the NFL as well. Old guys like Billick assume that offenses/defenses always stay the same. I also think it is wrong to think that NFL defenses are too fast for the Wildcat....tell that the Patriots who got beat at least five times by it in our first game against them last year. Yes, some defenses can make adjustments, but look for Sparano to add some new wrinkles, especially with Pat White.
 
The ravens shut it down bc they constantly blitzed the formation daring Ronnie to throw it. The strength of the ravens D has always been their front 7. The reason the Ravens have never beaten the pats is bc the pats know how to neutralize them with 4 and 5 wide sets, basically a spread offense....I don;t believe that BP is oblivious to this fact.
 
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