When I hear "wildcat" and "football" in the same sentence I think of Goldie Hawn sticking her hand down some big fat guy's pants to fish out $100 but recently these two terms have again collided in the NFL as the latest offensive innovation.
The Miami dolphins using two thirds of Bel Biv DeVoe (Ronnie and Ricky) have perfected this offensive set which has to be keeping the wild defensive geniuses from sleeping at night. I have spoken with a number of fellow NFL fans and nobody can quite figure out why this is such an unstoppable offensive set.
It's run out of a standard spread offense with the only caveat being that the QB spot is occupied by a running-back but from this seemingly normal set the running back running a basic draw seems to be able to take 10 yards at will. The NFL which is the ultimate copy-cat league will soon have 15 variations of it and it will eventually be figured out but the average fan is perplexed why it cannot be figured out. It's a basic running play without a handoff, it seems very similar to the offense we ran in Junior High.
Wasn't this exactly the kind of offense the NFL ran in the 40's when QB's would run for 100 yards and throw for 60 in a game?
I can't understand with all the technology, specializations and all these great athletes can't stop an offense which was basically drawn up in the sand. . The only thing I can think is that with a standard running play the QB doesn't block and is essentially out of the play as soon as he hands off.. So maybe it comes down to pure #'s.
One runner and 10 blockers vs 11 defenders while a standard running play pins one runner and nine blockers against the same 11 defenders.
But it still begs the question why this kind of offense has been put on ice for the last 60 years..
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