Quote:Jedd showed a new wrinkle this Sunday with DRob taking snaps in the wildcat formation, now called the "wolverine" for obvious reasons. Besides one play it was pretty effective at picking up chunks of yardage. Would you like to see more of it? Would you like to see DRob throw a pass or 2 from it? As long as we use it sparingly (2 or 3 times a game) I think we could make it work.

 

It's not a bad formation to use every once in awhile. Though to be honest, I think I rather keep Blake in there and use him on the read-option with Denard. At least that way, there is still a threat to pass with Blake. Imagine splitting Denard at WR, then he motions in and runs towards Blake at the snap as if he is about to run a reverse.

 

Gus talks about "stress" on the defense. Well, imagine the stress this puts on the defense. Not only do you have to honor Denard's run, but you have to stay honest and keep contain because Blake can take off as he showed against NYG. Theoretically if we execute, we would have:

 

Denard's running threat to the right

Blake's running threat to the left

Denard's passing threat off the sweep

Blake's passing threat on the run

 

If the OLine can hold up to give them time and let the play develop, what do you do as a defense?

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