Dear NFL, Place Miami Dolphins' Wildcat Formation on Endangered List

Hey, National Football League, enough already with the wildcat formation. The only wildcat I want to hear about in terms of football, is the film staring Goldie Hawn. I watched last year as the Miami Dolphins ran the wildcat formation down the New England Patriots throat to gain a shocking road win. Ronnie Brown looked unstoppable, gaining 117 yards on 17 carries with 4 touchdowns. Somewhere, Kordell Stewart is crying. Slash could have extended his playing career had he played in a wildcat formation.

After an impressive win against the Patriots, the Dolphins had reason to be excited, but this wildcat formation is not the holy grail of football. Watching the game you expected Bill Belichick and the Patriots would come out in the second half and be able to defend the wildcat, but they couldn't. I'm not sure what the problem was, but safe to say the Patriots defense has now been thoroughly schooled on the wildcat.

I sent a thank you note to the Baltimore Ravens defense after they stifled the Dolphins wildcat offense in their playoff game. I thought that would be the end of the wildcat talk, but no. Come draft day, the Miami Dolphins selected Pat White in the2^nd round, apparently they envision White running the wildcat package. Great, it looks like we'll see more wildcats this season and unfortunately it's spreading.

In Minnesota, rookie Percy Harvin is also practicing in the wildcat formation. I have a message to defensive coordinators, please properly defend this formation, and drive it to extinction. I'm not sure why it is I dislike the wildcat so much, I guess it just looks too collegiate to me.

I realize no one cares how I feel about the wildcat, and teams will continue to use it as long as it's working and now that the wildcat seems to be here to stay, I'm waiting for the statue of liberty play to showcase next.

Sources:

http://lloydvance.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/dolphins-breakout-wildcat-offense-in-their-first-win/