PaulThePat

All this talk about Miami and their wildcat has me wondering:

• Why do Miami use it ?
• Do you need certain types of player for it to work ?
• Why don't more teams use it ?
• Can it continue to work against the same teams ie the AFC East ?

Paul

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MetalBleachers

Anyone? How'd I do?

cavtroop

The way I understand it, is that it gives the offense an 'extra guy' against the defense, which makes blocking easier. What I mean is, in a normal defense, you (generally) don't have to account for the QB - he is very low risk for taking off and running. So, you have 11 guys on D to account for 10 guys on O.

The wildcat makes it so it's 11 on 11 - now the D has to account for all 11 players on O, as any one of them is capable of taking the ball downfield, with the QB usually split wide as a WR. This way, the O can get more hats on the D for blocking schemes, making it easier to run the ball.

I read a great article on this a while back, but damned if I can't find it now... I'll search around, and post it if I do.

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PaulThePat

Thanks...that would be good.

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ForThoseAboutToRock

This makes some sense to me. Though a QB spread wide doesn't instill fear into defensive backs, 1 of them still has to cover the guy to make sure he doesn't pull an Eric Crouch on them... (did I get that reference right?)

My personal opinion is that a guy like Ronnie Brown who is a stellar runner and is at least minimally capable of throwing is the one who makes the wildcat dangerous.

I don't think it's all that much more difficult to defend against than most other formations out there these days though... a defensive line that occupies all the gaps and LB's that can shed blocks would make it a bad day to run the wildcat in my book.

patsfan-1982

will the fins did not have a fast WR that can go deep they traded chambers and (Ted Ginn Jr) was slow about becomeing a nfl WR

and Pennington dose not have a big arm any way"s

and they did have a run after the catch guy cause they traded welker to the pats

so team's did not respect there pass game and put 8 in the box to stop there run game and they could not move the ball

so all the wild cat dose is open up there run game and get's the ball in the hands of there best player ( Ronnie Brown ) more

so the wild cat is just a good job by there OC of working with what he's got

Patspsycho

Wildcat doesn't really make it 11 on 11. When you line up the QB on LOS you know he is going to motion as WR but do nothing. I mean who wants their QB to catch a pass and then get levelled?

The tricky aspect of Miami's wildcat (and what makes it work), is the amount of misdirection they do with it.

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unoriginal

The main feature of the wildcat, apart from who is taking the snap, is that the wingback is in motion towards the backfield. This gives the offense a quick-width running option that defenses must account for.

That stretches them out along the line of scrimmage unless they have good safeties that can run up to the line and then run down that back. Typically whatever direction the wingback starts running in, that safety or corner is going to be filling aggressively to meet him at the line while the other has coverage responsibilities.

If you do get spread out along the line or someone doesn't fill his responsibility, the wildcat is set up to open up quick holes that the "QB" can then exploit just as quickly. Then poof he's gone. Or else a play fake and deep release by a receiver results in a 40 yard pass play because just about everybody has a gap or force play to respect.

cavtroop

resurrecting an old thread to fulfill a promise (posting an article on the wildcat) - here is an awesome article on how the Wildcat works, and how you can stop it. This is the same guy that wrote the one I read, but I think this one is better.

Jets at Dolphins: How the Wildcat Works - The Fifth Down Blog - NYTimes.com

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