Yeah, who did Andy Reed work under? Mike Holmgren right? Who did Holmgren work under? Bill Walsh right? Who did Bill Walsh work under? Paul Brown right? The "west coast," according to football historians is really just what the Vikings with Fran Tarkington were doing in he 60's/70's. The "West coast" wasn't new and the Wild cat isn't new.
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The precursor to the Wildcat formation is named the " Wing-T", [1][2] and is widely credited to being first implemented by Coach Tubby Raymond and Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team. [3][4][5] Tubby Raymond later wrote a book on the innovative formation. The Wildcat's similarity to the Wing-T is the focus on series football, where the initial movements of every play look similar. For example, the Wing-T makes use of motion across the formation as well in order to draw a reaction from the defense, but runs several different plays from the same look.
The virtue of having a running back take the snap in the Wildcat formation is that the rushing play is 11-on-11 (although different variations have the running back hand off or throw the football). In a standard football formation, when the quarterback stands watching, the offense operates 10-on-11 basis. The motion also presents the defense with an immediate threat to the outside that it must respect no matter what the offense decides to do with the football. |
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In a December 24, 2006 game between the Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons, the Panthers deployed a formation without a quarterback and directly snapped the ball to running back DeAngelo Williams. [10] The Panthers ran the ball—mostly in this formation—for the first twelve plays of the opening drive. The offensive coordinator of the Carolina Panthers at the time was Dan Henning, who later developed this concept into the Wildcat as the offensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins. |
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Lastly:
Being informed, looking things up, and citing your sources is
teh tech.