[Bruce Wang]

It seems all football fans universally hate the wildcat and love to talk about it.  Anyone have a theory why this is?

A couple theories:

1.  It's a bad play.  The advantage of the extra blocker gets offset by the defense knowing what's coming.  A designed QB run is a better play.

2.  A big part of the fun of watching football is guessing what the offense will do.  The wildcat takes away from that.

[Bruce Wang]

It seems all football fans universally hate the wildcat and love to talk about it.  Anyone have a theory why this is?

A couple theories:

1.  It's a bad play.  The advantage of the extra blocker gets offset by the defense knowing what's coming.  A designed QB run is a better play.

2.  A big part of the fun of watching football is guessing what the offense will do.  The wildcat takes away from that.