The Jets and the Wildcat formation

This year, different NFL teams incorporated a new formation known as the Wildcat formation, and the random nature of such formation was too good to be left behind.
In December of 2006 we could see Dan Henning using it with the Panthers, then with the Dolphins he perfect it with the help of Ronnie Brown, a perfect proof is Miami’s game against the Patriots in week 3 back then.
When the media witnessed such team planning innovation, the Dolphins were praised for their revolutionary vision. It was a unique formation full of brilliance.
Brian Schottenheimer had also been using the Wildcat formation since 2006 when he started working as offensive coordinator for the Jets. In 2008 New York used the formation a couple of times, with Brad Smith leading the way, but differently from the Dolphins, the Jets didn’t took full advantage of the formation since they used it with poor timing.
Schottenheimer had made of Brad Smith a wide receiver knowing that he had played as a quarterback the previous span of his career, and such QB abilities were not well utilized, therefore, some of the potential of the Wildcat formation was eliminated.
Simple, the Jets had turned a brilliant new formation into a futile exercise.
The Jets actually did tried to improve the play, but Smith again didn’t handle it fine and when passing the ball to Jerricho Cotchery, the ball went to the ground and the Broncos scored a touchdown when Vernon Fox picked it.
With Smith failing when trying to lead the Wildcat plays, is talent has been put in the table of discussion, and to make it worst, the players who had previously proved to be a threat, were just not there, this is the case of Leon Washington, who’s the main offensive man in the Jets.
Well, a small piece of advice for New York: leave the Wildcat play to the Dolphins, they are the true masters.