I don’t trust Pat White yet. I compare him to what Chad Henne was last year. A rookie with great skills, but too much learning curve to overcome. If we had passed on Pennington and let Henne take a turn last year, we would have seen a lot of 104 yard productions and no Ted Ginn craziness to bail us out.
I see Tyler Thigpen as a Pennington-type figure except in a Running QB body. He has more experience than White and he had to learn on the job quickly last year and acquitted himself quite well with better weapons in KC, but a worse offensive line and worse defense.
Tyler, meet your Miami version of Dwayne Bowe in Patrick Turner and your Miami version of Tony Gonzalez in Joey Haynos.
Bill Belicheck would definitely not expect Thigpen in the Wildcat (or at least a form of it).
I’m not dissing Chad Henne or claiming he is a bust or anything. In fact, in the offensive system I have developed, he could come in on third downs and really add something as well as acquire valuable game experience.
Basically, Thigpen is a way to improve the effectiveness of the Wildcat.
Long story short, though, with our shaky pass protection and our need to feed the studs in the Wildcat with some kind of passing threat, Tyler is the perfect weapon because he is a proven passer AND a proven runner.
Here are his 2008 stats:
Passing: 230-420-12 (54.8%) 2608 18 TDs
Rushing: 62-386 (6.2) 3 TDs

How do we use Tyler?
Modified Wildcat Formation:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _TE LT C LG RG RT _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _PT
TG _ _ _ _ _RW _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ RB
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TT
Notes:
1. You can use Chad Henne in place of Tyler Thigpen on third downs (roll the pocket right).
2. You can run the Wildcat either to the RIGHT (overload right) or LEFT (backside counter) using Ricky or Ronnie from the Wing back position.
3. Back-ups:
Kory Sheets alternates with/backs-up Teddy Ginn and either one can also come in motion right as the Wildcat back.
Brian Hartline backs up Patrick Turner. I’m deactivating Davone Bess for this game.
Lex Hilliard and Lousaka Polite are Ricky and Ronnie backups.
4. You can pass from this alignment, actually it is a spread passing formation, so the defense cannot stack the box. You get the overload on the right without compromising pass protection, since your tackles are still on the ends of the line. Think of it as Pre-Pulling Justin Smiley to the right. I envision Tyler Thigpen (6-1 225) running alot at least at first from this formation, but also being a legitimate threat to pass and he has some decent receivers-mismatches as weapons.
Obviously, you want to feed the studs (Ronnie and Ricky) either by pass or run as much as possible eventually when the box is no longer stacked.

a. has been ineffective
b. doesnt pose a threat
c. takes away momentum
d. has limited responsibility
   so far. The Pats arent too worried about pat…yet…They should continue to be worried about the run game,especially since we had a bad week against the jests….

Pats running game is not the biggest threat and Matt Roth is gimpy. Let him sit for this one.
Employ a 4-2-5 Defense (actually a 3-3-5)
Four Down Lineman:
LDE Merling/Langford LDT Ferguson/Soliai RDT Starks/McDaniel RDE Taylor/Wake
Two Linebackers:
SLB Porter/Walden (rush or cover TE) MLB Torbor/Ayodele/Kershew
Nickel Corner or WLB: Nate Jones or Jason Allen (blitz or cover slot)
[against 2 TE or eligible OL use Ayodele or Walden instead morph back into 3-4]
Corners Davis and Smith
Safeties Culver and Clemons
Blitz corners or nickel corner or SLB and cover with safeties on occasion.

Ted Ginn on both punt returns AND kickoff returns.
If you just play the return straight up, Ginn is going to be tackled by the Kicker a-GINN.
You have to employ some kind of reverse action, fake handoff, fake a throw across the field to get the coverage team
to break out of their lanes.
My suggestion: have Ted Ginn field the kick, start heading to one side, fake a handoff to Kory Sheets in the middle of the field, and sprint to the edge.

1) PTR
2) Pressure Brady
3) Have a few big returns, which could lead to squibs or short kicks

I don’t think New England has the defensive personnel to consistently stuff our run, so I would opt to take a little pressure off of Chad Henne and employ a healthy dose of our ground game.

Now, New England will undoubtedly try to craft a scheme that will force us to win through the air. But again, I don’t think New England has the personnel to do that to us. In years past, yes, but these are different times. Since New England will run a defensive back-heavy package when Henne is under center, I think this would be a good game to run a lot of out of our base formations.

Defensively, I would pin my ears back and bring the blitz early and often. Brady is great at maneuvering around exotic blitz schemes, but this offensive line can be had, which means we should be able to meet a few times at the quarterback. This is the kind of match-up where Cameron Wake could really thrive coming off the edge. And JT is always a nightmare for NE, so I expect to see him making some big plays on defense.

The big match-up in this game will Sean Smith vs. Randy Moss. We’re certainly going to see what #24 is made of on Sunday.

And just as a side note, I’d love to see Vontae Davis blast Wes Welker out of his cleats sometime during this game.

Wes and Randy.
I wouldn’t mind seing two personal fouls on these two early in the game. I don’t mean horse collars or face masks, what I mean is two gut wrenching, bone braking vicious lickings from our new wild beasts in the back field.
That will certainly pluck fists of feathers from their wings and cause them to crawl for mercy.
On the offensive, again, 20 yrds of wildcat, 20 yrds of regular running, 20 yrds of short passing with Ginn and Camarillo as Decoys and Hartline as the screen pass receiver.

FORGET HENNE on passes over 10 yrds. Please don’t let him give away the game again. Maximun pass play for Henne 5 to 10 yrds veretical. Don’t even think of side throws. Henne needs to roll out of the pocket to his wright, if in trouble, through it out of bounds. I am sick of him losing yards as he falls sleep at the snap. Henne does not seem to care if he completes a pass, if he scores a touchdown, if he is sacked, if he fumbles, or nothing. His demeanor on the field is so animic it kills the energy of the line. Am I wrong or is he still a mami and papi’s boy? Can he show some spine to his team mates and hold himself and his teammates accountable for errors right then and there? I would like to see Henne lead a Cheering team session seconds before the game to see if can warm up his psychi enough for the game. He seems so far away from the here and now of each down that I feel Sparano needs to focus on Henne everydown to light a candle on his butt to concentrate and execute well.
Time for tough love and accountability for Henne, enough of Bear love and huggs.
Henne you bring our 4th WIN on Sunday. Be a power leader. Start against NEPon Sunday. Let everybody see it and admire your leadership.
Let’s go Dolphins, You can do it!!!!!!!
LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!!!!!!!!