Daily Links: Please Place Your Foam Fingers in the Upright Position
Posted on October 9th, 2008 by Bassett
- A reader asks John Clayton whether the Jets bandwagon is prepped for boarding.
- Coles keeps bustin on his buddy Brett Favre.
- There used to be a commenter on this blog who talked every day about Mangini and his lack of discipline around penalties … where have you gone, Bob Jensen?
- Mangini praised the Bengals for four minutes yesterday.
- Alex Marvez notes Chansi Stuckey as the Jets emerging player on his league wide list.
- Holmgren took his team behind the woodshed this week.
- Simms and Sapp are not really keen on Miami’s Wildcat.
- Brady had his knee surgery Monday.
- Well, the Lions won something recently … heyoooo!!!
- Trent Edwards seems back to normal after his concussion last week.
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RE Wildcat
I remember a quote several years ago attributed to Daryl Royal when asked about his famous Wishbone offense: “You don’t want my offense, you want my fullback” [Earl Campbell who was a good pro but a helluva a college RB].
Ronnie Brown was the number two pick in the entire NFL draft because of his skill set. Williams is a starting caliber big back in his own right. The reason this offense works is because of the talent unique to Miami.
The key to offensive football is to get better talent and use it effectively. Simms is right that other teams will not copy the Wildcat. He is wrong about the reason. Except for perhaps Oakland, no other team has the personnel to implement this offense (a RB who is big, strong, fast and can throw; another big back to can keep defenses honest; and a QB who is not a top 5 QB whose hands it would be stupid to take the ball from). Luckily for the league, Al Davis would never copy another team.
Harlan
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