ChyrenB Wrote:
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> chrisnnavarre Wrote:
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> > They will run the wildcat on short yardage,
> third
> > down situations in the redzone...and trust me
> > Tebow will score points. I guess everyone has
> > short memories from last year. The Jets did
> > not....he beat them too.
> >
> >
>
> Chris, you still don't understand what is wrong
> with the Wildcat. It's not just that teams have
> figured it out. I guess you never knew why it
> screwed us up. You can't MIX the wildcat in with
> regular plays.
>
> In COLLEGE, teams that run the wildcat RUN IT ON
> EVERY PLAY! They don't do it every once and
> awhile during the course of the game.
>
> IT DISRUPTS THE RHYTHMN AND THE FLOW OF A TEAM'S
> OFFENSE. When you pass-run, run-pass, you have
> the defense on its heels guessing.
>
> When you stop that and put your quarterback, who
> is the master of the team, on the BENCH, your
> receivers and most likely your running backs get
> OUT OF RHYTHMN.
>
> More importantly, the Wildcat play is a low
> percentage play in which there is simply, in the
> final analysis, a direct snap to a back and the
> MAIN HOPE IS THAT THE DEFENSIVE LINE WILL BE
> CONFUSED AND THAT YARDAGE WILL BE MADE BASED ON
> THAT CONFUSION.
>
> Take away the confusion and the usual result is
> that the play is stopped IN THE BACKFIELD!
>
> You do that on 1st and 2nd down IN THE REDZONE and
> you are left with 3rd and 10 on the 20 whereas if
> you had left in your regular offense, at worst you
> probably will end up 3rd and 3 and have the
> defense GUESSING whether your third down play will
> be a run or a pass.
>
> THAT HAPPENED TO US TIME AND FRIGGIN TIME AGAIN.
>
> If you didn't see that, then you weren't paying
> attention.
>
> And as far as Tebow and Denver were concerned,
> THEY DID NOT RUN THE WILDCAT!
>
> Tebow lined up BEHIND THE CENTER, took a direct
> snap from right behind the center and VERY QUICKLY
> would take off and run if his receiver was
> covered. THAT WAS NOT the same as running the
> Wildcat!
I completely understand the wildcat....and I really don't like it, (well I liked it the first time we used it on New England). Even if the Jets don't use it, they will use Tebow in situational aspects like you mentioned above, i.e. lining up behind center and direct snaps in the redzone. IF they do plug the wildcat into the playbook, it will be very much more effective however having Tebow running it rather than skinny as$ Pat White. Watch and See.....