Who invented wildcat offense

Bill Snyder, I was also told he created the spread offense. JoshtheRipper wrote: Bill Snyder, I was also told he created the spread offense.

I'm pretty sure he invented the wheel and fire, too. Actually I believe he invented dirt. Paul Brown, Snyder's offense used to operate a lot more like the veer. Its true. I saw it in the director's cut of Decade of Dominance. Miracles wrote: Pretty sure Pop Warner invented the Wildcat. Does the wildcat formation use an unbalanced line? He just was the class stud that could run and pass. So it made sense to give him the option. Few NFL or major college teams have run the Wildcat with regularity since those days, though plenty have tried special packages based around specific athletes.

The Jets tried out Tebow in a Wildcat-like arrangement for a while. Now, the Wildcat is often an indicator that a team has run out of ideas. Especially in the high school and college games, teams have gravitated toward run-pass options that give a mobile QB the choice to hand the ball off, run, or toss it off to a receiver. But the Wildcat sought to create a numbers advantage by giving the offense an extra potential ball-carrier.

The quarterback run game is gonna be a part of what you do. The quarterback carrying the football in the run game. Les Miles, chaos master Pitt vs. Houston Nutt vs. Meyer punished. Zook beat Ohio State! Even Tennessee was good! Miles easter egg. Get Random Entry. The biggest stuff Les Miles, chaos master Pitt vs.

The Wildcat offense was a fleeting football fad, but it has a legacy to this day By Alex Kirshner. Wildcat formation. History Talk 0. In "speed sweep", the lefthand slot receiver often a running back is handed to while sweeping.

In "QB counter", the hand off is faked, and the one taking the snap usually a running back runs in the opposite direction with the ball. In "split zone", a basic inside zone run is used with the one taking the snap running directly upfield or cutting. Advance Publications. Retrieved March 15, August 1, Retrieved January 9, Retrieved January 6, The Mississippi Press. Retrieved December 22, Associated Press. December 11, Retrieved Chicago Tribune.

Falcons in title game". Baltimore Sun. January 17, December 10, September 22, Media News Group. October 24, Bleacher Report. October 14, The Sports Network. May 11, Retrieved May 11, Individual plays. Lateral pass Quarterback scramble Minnesota shift.