Unconventional Draft Idea That I Can't Get Out Of My Head

Picture this.  Its the second day of the draft, and the Dolphins are about to turn in their 4th round pick.  Sitting at home, antsy to hear his cell phone ring is a player who set records nationally, in his conference, and at his school.  This player is no big fish in a small pond either.  He played and helped beat big time teams in big time situations, and carried his team on his shoulders at times.  Furthermore, he is 6'-2", almost 200 lbs, and runs a 4.4 second 40 yard dash. 

Why on Earth is he still sitting there in the 4th round then?  Because his name is Pat White- the QB from West Virginia, and nobody knows what to do with him.  Even though he set the record for most rushing yards by a QB, broke McNabb's record for TDs in the Big East, rushed for 974 yards and 8 TDs, threw for 1842 yards and 21 TDs vs 7 INTs (with almost a 66% completion percetage) and is the only QB to ever lead his school to 4 bowl victories, most teams won't be able to find a place for him.  But I think the Dolphins could.

While most "experts" and analysts out there think that the Wildcat Formation is just a gimmick or trick until we find a "real QB" or "real offense" that we are destined to abandon once we have a more complete team.  But I would say to them: Says who?  Why can't we keep running it?  I will admit that it lost some effectiveness as the season went on, and did nothing against the Ravens.  But I submit to you that this is because the passing element of the offense was extremely limited.  Ronnie Brown is a very good back- but he is not a passer.  He had 1 TD, and I believe 1 other completetion this year out of the Wildcat- but omitting the flea flickers back to CP10- every other passing attempt out of the formation either failed or was aborted (and most of those CP10 tosses were wiiiiidddeee open).  But that does not mean its dead; it simply means we do not have the optimal personnel to run it.  Contrary to popular opinion, the Single Wing offense that the Wildcat is based on was never truly "figured out" or "shut down" a la the Run'n'Shoot vs the zone blitz defense.  One of the biggest factors is that it just wasn't viewed as being as fashionable or entertaining as a prolific passing game, and fell out of favor. 

So my crazy draft idea is this: While most scouts out there say Pat White will be a project WR at best, who says we can't get some solid production out of him in the mean time? 

I'm not suggesting we draft him as a QB, or change our offense to 100% Wildcat plays- but until he can polish his routes and work on catching the ball- why not put him in the Wildcat 5-10 times a game and have a true duel threat that prevents the opposing team from stacking the line of scrimmage and shutting it down?  Even if White only puts the ball in the air 2-3 out of say 10 plays he may run, if even ONE is for a successful completion down the field it will force corners and safeties off the line of scrimmage, which would in turn re-open the running lanes that were once so abundant when nobody knew what was comming at them.  And when he's not doing that- he should be busy shaping up to be Antwan Radle-El V2.0- which I doubt any of us would complain about right?

And if 4th round sounds to high for you for a crazy experiment, Brian Johnson- the Utah QB who just finished putting a beatdown on Alabama in the Sugar Bowl- will be available most likely in the 7th round or as an UDFA.  It would basically cost us nothing but maybe a 10 or 15 thousand dollar signing bonus in that case, and one fewer body in training camp to try it out.

Is there any chance the Dolphins actually try this? Probably not.  But hey, what is an offseason without random, unfounded speculation?  So what do you all think of my crazy idea?