09-10-2014, 06:55 AM
Yes, why run a play that immediately puts the ball in your best playmaker's hands, that has averaged more yards per carry over the last four years than running plays from your standard formation, and that forces opponents to take practice time away from planning for your standard sets to prepare for a set of play that none of their other opponents uses?Â
It seems far easier to question why Stanford consistently runs running plays with its quarterback lined up under center, and who then merely gives the ball to someone else. As others have said, that means you are effectively playing 10 guys against 11 defenders. From the wildcat--and the flanked out QB does force a defense to move a man out to cover--it's 11 on 11.
If the wildcat stops averaging over 5.5 yards per play, it probably will go.Â
It seems far easier to question why Stanford consistently runs running plays with its quarterback lined up under center, and who then merely gives the ball to someone else. As others have said, that means you are effectively playing 10 guys against 11 defenders. From the wildcat--and the flanked out QB does force a defense to move a man out to cover--it's 11 on 11.
If the wildcat stops averaging over 5.5 yards per play, it probably will go.Â