Steve Mariucci did a great job of explaining and showing exactly what the Ravens did to shut down the Dolphins Wildcat formation last week.
It's all about gap control, not overpursuing, and staying in your lanes/gaps and being disciplined.
From an offensive stanpoint, the Wildcat is predicated upon the ball carrier finding a lane somewhere down the line as he carries the ball. That's why having sound, gap control is so important. The more gaps that are filled, the less available lanes there are to run through.
Granted, we don't have as good of a front 7 as Baltimore, but the Bills can definitely play that type of defense (sound, gap control, and disciplined). If I'm Perry Fewell, I would shift to almost a goalline front when I see this formation. Put extra bodies in gaps and plug everything up between the tackles. Then, play zone defense behind it so the DBs can come up and support the edges.
And by the way, if Chad Pennington lines up as a wideout, he's fair game. I'd jack his ass up as soon as the ball was snapped.
I'm not worried about Miami beating the Bills with this, but here's the blueprint laid out by Baltimore (starts at 2:30 into the vid):
http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80bc7c08
It's all about gap control, not overpursuing, and staying in your lanes/gaps and being disciplined.
From an offensive stanpoint, the Wildcat is predicated upon the ball carrier finding a lane somewhere down the line as he carries the ball. That's why having sound, gap control is so important. The more gaps that are filled, the less available lanes there are to run through.
Granted, we don't have as good of a front 7 as Baltimore, but the Bills can definitely play that type of defense (sound, gap control, and disciplined). If I'm Perry Fewell, I would shift to almost a goalline front when I see this formation. Put extra bodies in gaps and plug everything up between the tackles. Then, play zone defense behind it so the DBs can come up and support the edges.
And by the way, if Chad Pennington lines up as a wideout, he's fair game. I'd jack his ass up as soon as the ball was snapped.
I'm not worried about Miami beating the Bills with this, but here's the blueprint laid out by Baltimore (starts at 2:30 into the vid):
http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80bc7c08
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