In the Miami Dolphins’ opening day loss to the Atlanta Falcons, the now-infamous Wildcat Offense failed to confuse the defense as hoped.
The deal with trick plays is they only work when they are unexpected. If you run them all the time, they don’t fool anyone.
Better might be if the Dolphins sent Ricky Williams over to the opponents’ lockerrooms with a big sack of buds and a bong. Williams should smoke out the entire defense so they will all be like, „Whoa, somehow I failed to notice that pitchback to the quarterback and, um, I think I’ll break coverage, man.”
Trick plays are a tool that allow a poorer team to compete or can be the decider between two evenly matched teams. Truly great teams don’t rely on them.
A team like Vince Lombardi’s Packers just up and pushed the ball down their opponent’s throat. They didn’t try to fool anybody. People knew what was coming and they still couldn’t stop it: Ultimately, that’s a good plan for winning a football game. When the old Packers did use trick plays (I think they might have even thrown the ball every now and again), it worked because it was rare.
The Dolphins need to focus on building a champion the old-fashioned way: with solid defense. On offense, they need to attain balance and not cough the ball up so much. There aren’t any tricks or Shortcuts.
Look for the Dolphins get schooled on how its done vs. the Indianapolis Colts on Monday Night Football.
Prediction: Colts by 6.