PittPatriot

I think K. Faulk's talents make him one of the best Wildcat backs in the NFL.

tedy hagler

Yeah, I agree. Like that play Faulk ran in Super Bowl XXXVIII for a 2-point conversion.

Take advantage of the defenses that want special units for each down and make them tackle the damn ball carrier.

Joker

to shut down the wildcat you need a disciplined gap control defense...the Jets are NOT disciplined along the line...they rely on blitzing gaps and when they do they open up other holes along their D line

Dragda

Others have said it, but it simply gives you an extra blocker.

Rob0729

I agree with the Jets. The Wildcat exposed that the aggressiveness of the Jets defense can be used against them. They overpursued far too much on Monday night and got burned for it on multiple occassions.

NYCPatsFan

Thanks a lot for that link. Very informative and hopefully the Pats D know this more than well.

minor nitpick: wish he had pointed out that the Pats D was bad when Miami did it last year because that is the first time that it happened in the NFL in the last decade or so. Other teams obviously are going to see the tape and be better prepared, which the Pats D did the second game around.

HEY BRO! WHAT UP?

They used it last year out of desperation. Do you really think they were able to beat teams straight up? Teams with a lack of talent need trickery to move the ball. Luckily for the Dolphins, it ended up working and it seems like it's now their base offense.

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NYCPatsFan

So what if they used it out of desperation? They won the division last year and went into the playoffs last year with it, didn't they? Kudos to them for thinking out of the box.

And you really think that it is trickery that they are attempting the second year also and essentially rolling the dice to see how far their luck will carry them? Looks like we watching different games on Monday night.

Lets keep watching and revisit this after end of the regular season.

convertedpatsfan

Agreed. A lot of people bash the Wildcat, but kudos to the Dolphins for the willingness to try something innovative and new. In the pros, they're quick to copy something, but rarely do they innovate. Now almost every team has a wildcat package.

Did they do it out of desperation? Sure. But it worked. It helped a team with very little talent score way more points than they should have. That's a great job by the coaching staff, and they shouldn't get all the flack they do just because it's "unorthodox."

For those who say it's a silly high school offensive formation, the spread offense also started out in high school. There's a lot of innovative coaching going on at lower levels, some great minds in college as well. That's why BB visited Urban Meyer to see what's new last spring.