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stillers4me
10-23-2010, 11:28 PM
NFL Week 7 | Steelers At Dolphins
Sunday, October 24, 2010
By Gerry Dulac, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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After laying out Joshua Cribbs with one of two vicious hits he would deliver against the Cleveland Browns, Steelers linebacker James Harrison looked back on the moment in the locker room and uttered, somewhat cryptically, "That ends the wildcat. It's out the window."

The reference was to Cribbs, a multi-dimensional wide receiver, not being able to run the offensive package that gave the Steelers a Harrison-sized headache of their own in December.

Yet, in a curious way, the reference might be applicable to the wildcat package in general and even the Miami Dolphins in particular.

To use another Harrison reference, the wildcat may have gone to sleep..........



Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10297/1097647-66.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml#ixzz13FOERJhK

fansince'76
10-23-2010, 11:59 PM
Everyone's figured out that gimmick. And since when did the Dolphins "pioneer" the single-wing?

GoSlash27
10-24-2010, 04:27 AM
The only "fad" I've seen actually stick is the 3-4 zone blitz.

solardave
10-24-2010, 07:10 AM
The only "fad" I've seen actually stick is the 3-4 zone blitz.

Exactly why it is not a fad anymore. It is something for opposing teams to plan against. However we haven't seen many do a very good job.:chuckle:

Galax Steeler
10-24-2010, 07:23 AM
It don't seem to be as effective as it once was everyone has learned how to defend it.