[NU Sports] QB change possible ?

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or the old single wing, which is what it most closely resembles in both
formation and required skill set of all of the backs in the game at the
time.

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:33 AM, Michael Vance <michael.vance at att.net>wrote:

> 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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