That Ronnie Brown Ricky Williams combo was deadly

Man I remember when Miami did that to the defending conference champion up there and everyone was shook!! Those were the times man!! What great times!!

Dude that helmet hit Pat White took still gives me chills. I was at that game and had upper level seats and let me tell you that helmet to helmet hit sounded as if I was sitting right next to the sidelines. Everyone was in silence and in shock, even the steeler fans that were there. That stadium was silent for about 10 minutes, even the drunk people which never really happens…

Chad Pennington also played amazing that season with a shoulder that was hamburger. He made up for it by playing at a pro bowl level in every other facet, from reading defenses, to pin point throws, perfect touch passes, and great leadership.

Using the wildcat in Madden is something we all did way too much

The Wildcat isn't meant to be an offense. It's a change up. How they used it vs the Patriots was perfect but I don't see why people thought it was gonna be something gamebreaking

You should have mentioned Peyton Hillis as well on that Arkansas team. Mcfadden, Jones and Hillis combined were what made the WildHog so unstoppable that year..

2008 was wild. My Falcons bounced back from Vick, Petrino and going 4-12, to also 11-5. Ryan and Mike Smith turned the ship around.

I wish I was old enough to even pay attention to football around this time. I can’t imagine the amount of energy surrounding the Dolphins that year. 10 MORE WINS!

The nostalgia is powerful here. I remember sitting in my mom's living room and watching that dolphins patriots game on TV. We all thought that the NFL had changed forever that day haha. It's kind of funny looking back how something seemingly so simple blew all of our minds. I remember seeing it in college ball and thinking wow if they do this in the NFL it's game over haha. Then the Dolphins did it and I was absolutely mind blown. Those were good days man. 14 year old me had such a blast back then. Football has never been as good as it was back in those days.

It's like any other trick play. The moment the opposing team expects it, and has trained on how to stop it, it's not going to work. And being a running play in the modern NFL, it's not hard to stop. Just put a couple DBs in zone coverage to keep from getting burned by a throw, and then cram everyone else in the box. It's still just a option play, only one of your wide receivers isn't a very good receiver, your passer isn't a very good passer, and that ultimately makes the defense's job easier. Also, slide feet-first, if you're a QB.

Love your videos man. As a WVU fan..my heart sank when Pat White took that hit against Pittsburgh. We just wanted his NFL career to be as successful. What a college football legend.

last year we did the same thing against lamar and the ravens. they were like 7-1 or something and miami was 1-7, everyone favored baltimore HEAVILY. we ran the same blitz every single play and blew em out on primetime, magical moment

KTO, I'm a die heart Dolphins fan and I think you missed one large point. Before Ronnie Brown's injury in 2009 against Tampa Bay, the Dolphins had the top rushing game in the league. They almost beat Indy by holding the ball for 45 minutes, they almost beat the Saints with the formation, they beat the Jets in an epic Monday night game, and they almost won in Foxboro in a game where they had a ten minute drive. In other words, Miami was running the Wild Cat better in 2009 than they were in 2008, and their main issue was the defense playing much worse than the year prior.

Living in South Florida when the wildcat was dominant was crazy, great time to be a Dolphins fan!

Missed the opportunity to mention the Kstate Wildcats as well. They did a lot for revolutionizing the Wildcat in the 90s

Defenses adjust quickly!! That’s how this league works!!

I never comment on UKposts videos, but you covered the whole topic completely and showed how it lead to the RPO offense. What a well thought out and made video, pure excellence!

Being a Kansas guy, I’m biased but missing the Michael Bishop evolution of the wildcat at Kansas State in the late 90’s is a bit of an omission - not to mention the Chiefs still running single wing/wildcat from time to time over the last few years

It was Gus Malzahn who brought the wildcat to Arkansas in 2006 as offensive coordinator. He was head coach at Springdale High School the previous four seasons. Razorbacks head coach, Houston Nutt, inexplicably, brought in David Lee the following season as co-offensive coordinator, triggering Malzahn’s departure.

something i never understood was even having a quarterback in the formation to begin with why not put an oline guy on the outside to crack the people on the inside

That was a really good video but as a Dolphins fan you get the Wildcat 2.0 wrong. It really didn't involve Pat White who was a separate issue - though obviously longterm they would have loved to incorporate him into similar schemes, he was just lost on the field that whole year until his being lost nearly got him killed. But the 2.0 was when they took Pennington off the field and had Ronnie, Ricky, Patrick Cobbs, and Lousaka Polite all taking handoffs. And it provided some of the most fun football games I've ever seen. But the formation died after our 5th game when we lost Cobbs to an ACL the week after Pennington was lost for the season too. In the 2.0 Cobbs was absolutely integral and there was no replacement on the roster - nor did the guy we signed after he got hurt ever do anything (Kory Sheets). They didn't have the chance to build the synchronicity in with a new back considering they were also trying to get a first time starter going. Aside from the obvious superiority of read option QB's that eventually overtook it, I guess a real flaw was that you needed 4 good backs to make the 2.0 work, and it's hard to keep that many backs healthy. It still bugs me when people say a team is running the wildcat just doing an RB direct snap - what made the Wildcat hard to crack was the motion that Ricky was doing and the built in option, and teams just don't do that these days with their running backs, making it a very predictable and easy to stop run play.

The RPO has basically been a cheat code. I think they need to crack down on lineman down field on RPOs but they already have so much to look at during any given play.

Single Wing formation (aka wildcat) formations have been used plenty of times other than what was mentioned in the video. In the early years of the NFL this was still a very popular offense and continued to see use for decades afterward. Paul Horning use to take direct snaps for the Greenbay Packers during their 50s-60s Dynasty.

No joke. I’m from MN and started watching football in 98. Not only do I remember those David Palmer wildcat plays, I remember when the Falcons ran it against us that one time. It was like a spiraling nightmare, little did I know what would be in store for me over the next 30 years as a MN sports fan.

Having an athletic QB and running the RPO comes with the added benefit of not having your QB line up at WR, but instead having a WR lineup at WR.

This was such an amazing and informative video! Thank you so much for this. Liked, commented, and subscribed!

Bill Belichick is such an amazing defense mind. I mean after just reviewing film from the blowout loss to the Dolphins, he adjusted his defense accordingly. Just like when the Patriots faced one of the most unstoppable offenses in the Rams during Super Bowl 53. He always finds a countered to someones offensive scheme

That's funny, I was just at the wild cats campus in Washington state for a high school football camp yesterday.

Goosebumps with that ending clip! Go Bills!

Just subscribed… your videos keep popping up in feed and I keep watching. Keep up the quality and informative content.

I’ve watched all of your videos and this one has to be one of my top 5 favorite! Excellent detail and story telling! Thank you!

The reason it worked is because there was no film on stopping it. Fast forward to the next year, the wildcat offense got shut down

The problem with scrambler QB’s it that like running backs, their careers won’t last long

I’m a die hard Razorback fan and the McFadden years running the Wild Hog were unforgettable..

Nice vid, enjoyed the trip down memory lane. Couple things to add. WC was also a tackle over formation. The LT moved over outside the RT and a TE lined up where the LT normally would be. Then a FB behind both OTs. Easy to get a push behind that. Also the WC was usually not option oriented. You could just run blast, power, fly sweep, maybe a counter. Though it did look like they were running triple opt from a gun split variant in the vid.

We definitely need to see the wildcat even more now because running backs and wide receivers can pass way better than ever before especially with people like Derek Henry, Cedrick Wilson, Odell Beckham, Jarvis Landry, etc…

The 2008 Miami Dolphins surprise turnaround season was also made possible in part by two more things aside from NFL teams being unprepared for the wildcat offense: 1. Tom Brady’s torn ACL against the Chiefs in week 1. 2. Brett Favre’s late-year shoulder injury on the Jets, which was the biggest cause of them stumbling down the stretch and losing the tiebreaker to the Dolphins in week 17.

Great video. Very informational and well put together and totally distracted me from my awful meal prep🤝

Great work friend 👏 👍 Injoy all the information you provided

I always thought if the dolphins would really base their offense around this, that they could be a championship contender.

I remember trying to do a wildcat play in Madden as a kid and I was really confused. I now see why it was OP back in the day.

Always look forward to your uploads. Great stuff

My first memory of the wildcat was from an Eagles vs Browns game in 2000 when the Browns had WR’s Dennis Northcutt & Kevin Johnson take snaps at QB. They both ran and passed the ball.

Wildcat is always fun to see. And it was crazy fun in madden

Hey KTO. I would’ve watched sooner but I got the notification late. Anyway thank you for uploading dude. Your vids are amazing and so enjoyable and have been for the last 4 years when I found you.

I remember watching back in 2008 and how it had the whole football sports world buzzing. It was a really exciting time to watch football

I remember being shocked seeing the score continue to grow and grow that day. Being a life long dolphins fan and living in Maui and San Diego my whole life I don’t get to watch many Phins games. I’m used to having to check the ticker tape and seeing us being down by 2 touchdowns or something like that, especially against the pats. We started the year horribly so when they started doing all the game breaks and showing the dolphins using the “wildcat” it became a day and even a season that no dolphins fan will ever forget

I thought you was going to shout out Taysom Hill at the end. Real wildcat.

I remember Ronnie Brown was the master. Basically the NFL defensive coaches went back to college

You need to give credit to Bill Snyder of the Kansas State WILDCATS. He was obsessed with getting the blocking advantage in the box. He trotted out the Wildcat offense in 1997-98 with Michael Bishop. He used it as a staple all the way through his second tenure between 2009-2018. He had huge success with it in 2009 when he ran it with Daniel Thomas, a former juco QB turned halfback. And this was all before he independently invented the RPO.

New to this channel - this was very well done. Good storytelling. You've earned a subscriber 👍

First off, LACES OUT! Lol I just had to get that out of my system. Great video as always KTO and I'll always remember that magical Dolphins season!

Kro, your craftsmanship & communication are amazing. It takes a lot of work to produce this quality.

Great video Karsten!! I learned a lot.

This was a sick video!! Just wish we have a couple more examples at the end, the beat was toooo good

Another fantastic cut! Thank you for your excellent content KTO

Lifelong phins fan, I can say that this 2008 season and 2002 season which also featured Ricky Williams were the most fun to watch. Hoping I’ll add 2022 to the list. Great vid.

Great video dude, super enjoyable to watch

Great content. Subbed!

Your storytelling and video editing is always great and its getting even better... God’s blessed you. Keep it up!

I appreciate you saying that the Philly special was the most iconic super bowl play of the last decade and not the malcolm butler interception. Sincerely, a still broken seahawk fan

Subscribed - keep making videos - great content.

Outstanding video and topic.

Henning had been running a mobile QB offense in the 1980s with the Atlanta Falcons but Steve Bartkowsi was too far into his career to be mobile anymore, so it bombed. At least he made a variant work eventually.

We have the old school wildcat show up as trick plays from time to time now - besides the Phillie Special, we also had the Henry jump pass vs Baltimore and other plays using Henry, and we saw the Raiders throw in Mariota for stuff like that as some examples

Just found a new channel to binge watch videos 😂 thanks for the content bro 😉

Hey KTO! Hope you’re doing well! Took me a while to watch this but I absolutely love all of your videos

As a years long subscriber, this is my favorite video you’ve ever done, and I don’t even care about the Dolphins. I loved the music style, editing, video, everything. If you weren’t meaning to try something different, then great, but if you wanted this one to be different then you nailed it. Hell yea @KTO Best football content on YT

KTO back at it with another BANGER 🔥🔥🔥

Bro this was a great video brought back memories it was truly a stunner at that time

Great video! Well researched and high quality.

6:33 " With Darren McFadden and Felix Jones." Don't forget they also had a young, stout fullback by thr name of Peyton Hillis, and a qb who should have been an NFL all star

its always a good day when kto uploads

Your editing is amazing! By far the best NFL UKpostsr.

wow what a well put together video. followed and subscribed. makes me think how the Run n Shoot (Chuck n Duck) would go itn todays NFL with the running QBs...

I remember that season. It was crazy. Miami blew up. Ronnie Brown was the hottest thing in the league. They ran it so well too.

Goated topic. Loved the video

That was a great analysis thank you

I remember this. So glad u did a video on it

As a Dolphins fan I appreciate how you made a video about them since they haven't been relevant for a while and I hope that changes with Tua.

Can’t talk babe, KTO just uploaded

I was a kid in Arkansas when the "wildhog" offense was ran. I remember that we didn't run it exclusively, but we did not have much in the passing game so all we did was run. I think ole Houston Nutt liked it because it gave him more ways to say, "Get the Heisman favorite to run right"

Great video...As a Dolphins fan this brings back great memories of a fun year.

KTO you’re the best nfl UKpostsr

Chad Pennington was very far from below average, even with a bum shoulder and a noodle arm. He was the most efficient passer in NFL history for quite a while.

Always great stuff… love the exit song too

THIS WAS ONE OF MY TOP 5 FAVORITES FROM KTO!

What if you had a blazing fast qb who could also play some slot wr, and also had two capable rbs? Do you think the wildcat could still work in that scenario?

I love this team. They had so much heart and even though the coaching staff was about as incompetent as it gets they still played hard. That was a solid roster but with terrible terrible coaching

This video is so well made! Holy!

I LOVED when this came to the NFL.. I was coaching youth football back then and ran the Double Wing Offense, so when I was ecstatic when I watched Miami run this type of O

The Panthers used the wild cat in 2006 with D. Williams taking the snaps when Dan Henning was OC, he went to be OC in Miami in 2008

something also to note- this was the year the Pats missed the playoffs by a tiebreaker, not even by one game. Brady was on IR, and if they make a run into the playoffs, wouldn't need to have won the SB, but reached the AFCC or something, it really would have added to Bill's legacy that he could do that after Brady tearing his ACL

As an Arkansas fan those wildcat days with D-Mac were amazing. He could do it all.

Great video. And when you brought up Pat White that was a nostalgia moment

Yessssss! He's back!

I see KTO I click

I remember graduating HS in 2009. I am from Cincinnati, and UC and WVU were rivals so I remember him well.

Amazing video as always.