[NU Sports] QB change possible ?

[Michael Vance]

During the Colts at Dolphins game on Sunday night a few weeks back, they 
discussed the key element to the Wildcat: It actually uses all 11 men on 
offense during a running play.  Let's face it, during a running play 
from a conventional formation, the only useful thing that a quarterback 
ever does is act like he still has the ball after he has handed it off.  
If that doesn't work (90% of the time), his only job is to get the hell 
out of the way and not get hit.  So you end up playing 10-on-11.  The 
Wildcat evens things up a bit, making it an 11-on-11 game because all 10 
guys who don't have the ball are available to block.  A bunch of also 
noticed that the formation at the moment the ball is snapped often looks 
a lot like the old Wishbone.

-Michael

Sportsbiz wrote:
> Amazingly timely to our discussion of the benefits of the wildcat here is a
> SI writer's take on the myths and realities of the formation.  Very
> interesting:
>
> http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/dave_hyde/10/21/wildcat/index.html?xid=siextra_newsletter102109
>
> Mark
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Dennis W. Brandt <tbng at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> I think what Fitz was getting at in that quote is the possibility to use
>>     
>>>> Persa in a "Wildcat" formation equivalent in the red zone, which we've
>>>> actually seen a few times this year (although it typically gains a couple
>>>> yards and he's pulled for Kafka).
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Is there anyone in the world who's been fooled when Persa came in like
>>> that?  Have any of those plays gained more than a yard or two?
>>>
>>>       
>> The Philadelphia Eagles have run the wildcat all season, and it has hardly
>> every worked there either.  What I've seen of the wildcat in either college
>> or pro is that it's a failure because everyone knows what's coming next,
>> whether it's Persa or Vick lining up at quarterback.
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