The Wildcat Had Belichick LOST! (Dolphins vs. Patriots 2008, Week 3)
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- The Wildcat Game! Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots 2008 Week 3 September 21st, 2008
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Everyone remembers the Wildcat, but Chad Pennington's resurgence in 2008 was amazing to see! He used to be the most accurate passer ever. Dolphins went from 1-15 to 11-5, probably the most ridiculous turnaround ever when you consider how terrible that 2007 roster was.
let's not forget that 08 Pats team is the only 11-5 team to miss the playoffs
@@WMA31780 1985 Denver Broncos also went 11-5 and missed the playoffs
@@LiamDeege Oh wow thanks
The 08 Dolphins was truly a sight to behold.
I am not a Jets or Dolphins fan but I always loved Chad Pennington he was an efficient technician. I was happy he was able to revitalize career with the Dolphins.
He was actually in the Top 3 in MVP votes.
Rare Kevin O'Connell QB sighting at 12:33. He's now the head coach of the undefeated 4-0 Vikings as of now (2024).
No one cares
Was wondering if anyone else noticed this
@NutSackWrinkles Imagine being so pathetic that you have to be an asshole for no reason.
@@ShaqsCheeksdon’t you have anything else to do with your miserable life other than harassing others?🤨
@@ShaqsCheeksClearly you do
Ronnie Brown’s Al Bundy game
Ronnie Brown scored 4tds this game, including one in the final seconds all against his rival Vince "spare tire" Wilfork
I was wondering when the NFL was gonna release this game. The Wildcat is one of the best moments in recent Dolphins history.
recent? it was 16 years ago... but i guess thats the last time you won the division so you gotta cling to that memory
By recent you mean the last 20 years?
@@zack6736 Bro he's a Packers fan lmao
@@zack6736enjoy the next decade of mediocrity Patsie fan
Crazy how different the nfl looks since just 2008. The formations the players bulky shoulder pads and old school helmets.
You remember that unc?
I was thinking the same thing about the formations.
@@5STARGAV who says you will make it to his age?
@@5STARGAV its right in front of you...
Just 2008? Thats 16 yrs ago alot can and has changed in that time lol
The CBS music will forever get me HYPED.
But that Fox theme is better
@@JamesLettetman I love FOX’s too, but CBS is another level. Especially the defensive lineup one. Banger.
@@JamesLettetmanI agree fox is better
The fox theme is overrated
@@wcf2203 only people hating on fox theme are fans of afc teams. Even though the nfl decided to start putting nfc match ups on CBS because nfc teams/fox have been carrying the afc/CBS.
its crazy cause now it doesnt look like anything special but i remember seeing this as a kid in 2008 and it felt so new and cool😂 time goes by so fast man
It sure does.
It was an offense that was based on getting the Dolphins best players on the field. They had no decent wide receivers in 2008 but they had two very versatile running backs in Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams, and their offensive line was good enough to give them the time to let plays develop. I’m 35 years old but I was a freshman in college when this game happened. The Wildcat wasn’t necessarily revolutionary, I remember coming home one weekend and my dad talking about how it’s just a variation of the single-wing offense that colleges ran in the 60s. But in 2008, it was all anyone talked about, how a hapless Dolphins team coming off a 1-15 2007 season had utterly dominated a Patriots team who went unbeaten in that same season. No one had an answer for these Dolphins in 2008 but most people could see that teams were eventually going to figure it out. But it definitely left a legacy, it’s kind of a founding father of the RPO that we see a lot of teams use nowadays.
@@johnselwitz5362 this was such a cool response. nice to get another perspective of someone who was older than me at the time.
One of the rare times a Bill Belicheck team was truly caught off guard.
Brady was out
@@LemopalmDoes Brady play defense?
The other time being the 2018 AFC Championship Game against Mahomes
@@JJJJ-he8bz True but the whole Belicheck is a genius thing really only happened because of Brady. What did he win when Brady went to Tampa?
@@ChiefBlue4298considering the Chiefs were scoreless at halftime and only put up 7 points before the 4th quarter, no chance. Yes they struggled to contain the Chiefs in the 4th, but the they had enough answers in the first 3 quarters to win that game.
9:03 ref leveled the defender 😂
Bro saw him coming and leaned into him 💀
He was mic'd lol.
Bro I was just about to stamp that, I’ve never seen that
he knew exactly what he was doing. Set that right up and leaned into him right at the spot that route gets hit. That ref had some bets going. Good ol' fixing. Same ref does the same thing at 9:22 for the TD.
9:04 ref should’ve been flagged for unnecessary roughness
Wildcat had the Pats so damn flustered. Wildcat was unstoppable for a while
Yes it was
Alot of the wildcat principles the Ravens use now.
Nice to see a happy moment in phins history, as they're really having a rough go of it right now. It's funny that of all their QBs after marino, it's a one time NY jet that i revere most. Chad was decent, and won the division in his old house. Wish he'd had better luck with the rotator cuff.
Think about this for a second. Chad Pennington left the Jets because the team signed the better QB in Brett Favre after the whole retirement/unretirement saga. Pennington joins the Fins, who went 1-15 a year prior; the team had the worst record in the league. The team finished 11-5 and the Jets finished 9-7 with Favre despite a solid 8-3 start. Icing on the top was that Pennington eliminated his former team from playoff contention, and beat the Pats for the division title even with both finishing 11-5. Crazy!
Ronnie Brown Cadillac running the Gus malzahn famous wildcat the school who had 2 rbs drafted in top 5 in 2005 draft and safe to say will never happen again in nfl history!
Pennington was talented, but his body was made of toothpicks.
From the 2001 season to the 2019 season, the Patriots won the AFC East 17 times in 19 seasons. The Dolphins won the division once in 2008 and the Jets won the division once in 2002. Chad Pennington was the quarterback of both of those teams. So he's the only quarterback to win the AFC in that span other than Brady. Fun trivia.
He is a better version of tua just same situation body's made of glass
@@beezysmith4197 Tua's body is solid, but that brain inside his skull is extra sensitive. Gonna be forced to retire before too long.
The 2008 Dolphins are forgotten greatly because of them going one and done.
There was no shame in losing to that Ravens defense.
@@angelenriqu1yeah for rreal, they even went into Tennessee and beat the #1 seed Titans right after. It took a team that knew them well in Pit to beat them.
A well coached team that just didn't have enough offensive firepower,
Oddly enough they lost to the Ravens in the WC which ironically was the one team they beat the year before when they went 1-15.
Ronnie Brown people forget the former Auburn player was in same backfield as brandon jacobs and Cadillac Williams in college and Auburn in 2005 having 2 first round picks at rb will never happen again in nfl history i guarantee it lol 2 rbs same school top 5 same draft only felix jones and darren McFadden came close
Thats actually insane I didnt know this 😭
@@Mainsterr maybe cus u are gen z
Dont forget that Peyton Hillis was also in that Arkansas backfield. Drafted in the 7th round, ended up on the cover of Madden
I was a freshman in high school on the freshman football team when this game was played. Man it blew my mind. Dolphins played perfectly on every side of the ball. Of course the Pats ended up smashing the dolphins 48-28 later that season lol. Brings back memories.
Ronnie Brown was my first round draft pick this year in fantasy, and everyone called me stupid.... until he had a career year.
I had him second round I’ll never forget no body at the draft was tryna take him
You ain’t have to lie like that 😂
Yea because you easily coulda got him in the third lol
Patriots fan here.
This was my first ever live NFL game at an NFL stadium in Gillette Stadium Foxboro Massachusetts. This was the same year Tom Brady tore his ACL. I was 14 at the time and I could not believe what was going on before my eyes. We got smoked that entire game; stadium was so silent you could hear a pin drop!
I remember watching it live and was in utter disbelief so much so I switched to the other game that was on at the time. I did later turn it back on and saw people heading for the exits early.
If we would’ve been practicing this since camp, the dolphins could run the wildcat right now with Achane Waddle and hill. This is something we should’ve had as a back up plan knowing we didn’t have a good back up QB.
That was what I was thinking, and not so complicated since we do a lot of motions anyway. Added benefits is Hill is always gassed from running constant deep routes, it's a different way of utilizing all the speed the team has, and we at least commit to running the ball which keeps the ball out the hands of our QBs' hands and keeps the offense balanced.
Disagree. The wildcat isn’t ran frequently in the NFL anymore - and hasn’t been for a long time - because defensive coordinators made all of the proper adjustments.
@@timmysullivan2515 interesting take. That’s like saying no one uses the T formation or the shotgun formation etc. if that’s the case, there should be new formations every season that’s pretty subjective. To say that every defensive coordinator in the league has a way to stop the wildcat and that’s why you can’t run the wildcat anymore is a pretty big reach. Also, it’s simply not true New Orleans Saints, Carolina Panthers Minnesota Vikings all still run the wildcat Tennessee Titans used to run it with Derick Henry all the time. It did die down a bit because defense realize they can just pull their safety in because the passing game isn’t effective in that formation but even still…
@@timmysullivan2515Perfect time to try it out!!!
It kind crazy that Calis Campbell was in his 2nd year in the league in 2008
I remembered this game where it was famous for the Dolphins’ use of the “Wildcat” formation, which caught the Patriots off guard and led to a dominant victory 38-13. We watched Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams played really well in this game. The Patriots didn’t know what hit them with their defensive plan. Tom Brady was out with an ACL tear, so Matt Cassel took his place at quarterback that season.🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈
They really didn't, they were truly lost on that day.
Dolphins last win at foxboro, until that infamous 2019 game, which virtually ended the pats dynasty
Nah it ended the next week against the Titans.
@LVM5584 it wouldn't have been next week if the pats won their game vs the dolphins. They would've had a first round bye, and the titans would've played the chiefs instead in the wild card
IM CALLING BOTH GAMES
Are you talking about the last second touchdown game? That year ended in a Pats superbowl
You gotta enjoy the small victories especially when the big ones elude you
1-15 to 11-5 division champs in one year! RIP Tony Sparano.
Also, Chad Pennington underrated 2000s QB
Pennington was a dog
0:57 That was a ridiculously bad call. He would likely not have scored because of players reacting to the whistles; but still a terrible call.
Haha yeah thats something you see more often nowadays but didn’t realize it happened way back in the days when I was just getting into being an NFL watcher
We win another Super Bowl if the giants got this called on Eli
great throwback game , thanks for posting. Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams both had to be quite a combo, I imagine defense took some pounding that game
I went to chiefs at falcons that day. I remember riding home listening to the scores and being dumbfounded how the dolphins managed to blow out new england
This Tony Sparano Dolphins team WOULD beat Mike Mcdaniel Dolphins team.
It’s sad really. We were able to give the patriots dynasty trouble a decent amount of the time. Now with McDaniel the bills have taken over the division from the patriots and we can’t do shit against them . People act like McDaniel is the greatest coach we’ve had since Shula because he got us to the playoffs his first 2 years. They ignore he also has probably the most talented rosters we’ve had in a while and we still can’t win in the playoffs
Going into the game most people were expecting a slaughter. And no one would batted an eye if you told them the score would be 38-13.
Now that the dolphins were the 38 was completely mind-blowing.
Even without brady the patriots looked through two weeks like they may still be one of the best teams in the league. Maybe not 16-0 but still dang good. And the dolphins looked like they may have been one of the worst teams.
That's what makes this game stand out in the annals of NFL History even more.
These are such a frickin blast from the past
What sucks is that we never gotten our AFC East matchup of Farve vs Brady that year since Brady got injured.
9:00 ref with the pic and made a block on a dolphins defender as welker caught that pass
Bro the ref with a damn hit stick!
Check him out at 9:25 helping with the score 😂
Back when we used to have a coach, an o-line, and running game. That team would blow out these new diva dolphins.
Imagine Pennington with behind this o-line with the weapons Miami has now
I was just thinking about whether you guys ever uploaded this game, lol. Took the league by storm!
11:45 perfect ex. of how there’s no such thing as patriots fan 🤣
Please keep up with the consistant uploads !
As a Dolphins fan, I needed this 😮
The wildcat was the start of the read option in the NFL.
Nfl was sooo much better back then
Horrible play stoppage on that Matt Cassel TD run!
I have been waiting for this specific game for so long. 😊
As a life long dolphin fan the same thing i see with this dolphins offense is what I was seeing with the wildcat the Leauge figured it out
Joey Porter's REVENGE vs the Patriots if no one remembers the last time he played against New England! Lol
I thought he played them in Miami later that season.
@jturner2577 oh yeah. I think you're right!
Interesting timing to release this game. One of the highlights of the last 20 years as a Dolphins fan... coming at the darkest period in the history of Miami Dolphins football, bar none! Been a fan since 1978, and was never more excited about a football season than this year... only to watch the team lay the biggest $hit of all time over 3 straight weeks.
I was jubilant as a high schooler watching this game live. A lifelong Fins fan --- and this game is the best Fins game I've watched in my life.
1:01 So you saying since the defender had a grasp on the QB it’s a dead ball.
Why wasn’t Eli in the SB didn’t get the same call?
It was because of the angle the official was at.
The Wildcat vs Belichick Game.
Kevin O Connell has a record of 24-14 as a head coach for the Minnesota Vikings in 2 1/4 seasons thus far. 4-0 in the current season
I remember him briefly him in 2008 but never thought he would become a head coach let alone a darn good one. Shows you what I know lol
Try to keep up 7-2 this year
I still wonder if the Dolphins would’ve beat out the Jets for the division that year had Favre not gotten injured late in the season?
Awesome video
Madden needs an Eras mode like 2k
I Remember This Football 🏈 Game Like It Was Yesterday
Tom Brady after this game going up to the owner: "Sooo, how about that raise?"
The amazing thing was New England still couldn't counter it in the rematch, lol.
WTF are you talking about? They absolutely did.
@@613and802 They shut it down like it was nothing.
we had a family gathering the day thsi game was on tv EVERYONE in famlily was a pats famn but me, boy th e greaf i got til the game started was instatn karma once the gaem was on
As a Dolphins fan this was a special game. I was in in high school. Ronnie Brown, Chad Pennington, Ricky Williams. Good times
3 way tie kept Patriots out of playoffs... Moss hex
Or Cassel's performance (rewatch that pittsburgh game)
2:11 "Put the ball down, Mayo!" 😆
The Patriots wouldn’t have beat the dolphins even with Brady. They couldn’t stop that offense and they weren’t prepared for it.
Brady would've shredded that defense though.
@@notoriouseagle1074 it doesn’t matter Brady doesn’t play defense himself does he?
@@notoriouseagle1074 Does Brady play defense himself?
The game might have been slightly closer with Brady. But yeah there was no stopping the Dolphins that day.
Being 10 years old witnessing this was amazing
Those Dolphins jerseys were 🔥🔥
I remember this week. everyone couldn't stop talking about it. then madden added it and we were all hyped.
what a tie to be alive!! To this day I still catch my self with an exclamation of Ronnie Brown
I’d like to see some more 2005-2009 Pats games on here
Lol look at the salty spoiled fans leaving like the crybabies they are 😂🤣
I love it
Better fans than LOLPhins fans will ever be. Also, I seem to remember Miami clearing out and being taken over the year before, like what always happens when a Boston team plays down there.
@@notoriouseagle1074 Lol I'm no dead fish fan. But Pats fans are the biggest crybabies out of every fanbase. Tough
Imagine crying about a team you don’t even like who’s the real cry baby
@@stephbetter3806 uh oh someone is big mad 🤣
Pats fans are garbage. Horrible atmosphere at that game even when it was close. Stadium sounded like it was half empty.
great memories!!!
Nothing I love more than seeing a team successfully implement an unorthodox strategy. This may have been a short-lived success for the Dolphins, but for at least a few games, opponents were clueless on what to do.
What’s was his fantasy score full PPR ?
wildcat offense check the pawprints.
I remember everyone thinking it would revolutionize the NfL lol
But it’s …….read option🎯
@@jfinns13that was already a thing in the nfl
Don't remind me of 2008 as a lions fan. 😢 Emotional damage
But now your team has become good and I hope they make the playoffs again this season.
The Lion sleeps tonight, Wee mo weh
It got better bro. The lions are beautiful these days
As a lifelong Dolphins fan, I needed this today after that game last night……and this whole season so far. I wonder if Chad Pennington is doing anything, maybe he’ll want to come take some snaps for us again. After all, 48 is the new 38
Probably not. But he could join the coaching staff.
Back when Chad Pennington used to have 99 accuracy on Madden
Don't let the wildcat distract you from the fact that a guy named Matt cassell led the patriots to an 11-5 record 1 of Bill Bellichicks greatest seasons showing why he's him
Funny how in the few years where the Patriots had to deal with an actual good team in their division they didn't make it past the divisional round. This year and the Rex Ryan Jets for a couple years made it tough for them. Then the division went to shit again and they went on another super bowl run.
Explain 2016 when they went 14-2 with Brady missing 4 games and the dolphins were a playoff team
@JJJJ-he8bz oh the one year you could find during that run where they had another playoff team? Yeah the Adam Gase Dolphins were a real threat that year. And the Bills and Jets were shit like always.
Would be a valid argument if they didn’t virtually dominate every other division in the league.
@@mjf2891 it's not an argument it's just facts. They struggled when they had actual competition in their division. The Jets straight up beat them in the playoffs in 2010. But their division sucked most of the time for 20 years.
@@steve6513 I mean, the Patriots also dominated the rest of the league during the Belichick-Brady era, so the whole argument of “they benefited from a weak division” doesn’t really work
I love how they started the game out with a good drive without wildcat then scored. I remember falling asleep to this game because no Brady and they kept doing wildcat
10:20 Ricky Williams goes low on the block and really pissed Vrabel off 😂
Omg look at Justin Smiley pull and get about 15 yards downfield on that long Ronnie Brown run. That guy was an absolute stud. Was tragic he couldn’t stay healthy.
The middle of the field was OPEN all day. The passing game opened up the run game after large chunk passes all day.
Anthony Fasano, Wes Welker, Ronnie Brown, Ricky Williams,thisis the nfl i grew up with
Those Dolphin uniforms look so clean
This was like Pennington’s Mona Lisa. Absolute masterpiece…..
I love how every time they saw this formation, they still put a man on Pennington, like he wasn't a decoy😄
RIP Tony Sparano. It's crazy that the Fins haven't won the division since 2008
2008 was a time to be ALIVE , dolphins ran the wildcat tremendously that year 🤌
The next throwback game uploadedshould be Colts vs. Jaguars, Week 4, 2010. Josh Scobee hit a GW 59-yard FG as time expired, which I believe was also his career-long and a franchise record at the time.
Legendary Ronnie Brown Fantasy Performance !
Love the Miami unis
those dolphins jerseys are so classic
These old Dolphins uniforms are so much better than their new ones
Damn wish we had Chad today he would be cooking in the offense Miami has now..
2008 has come and gone
Ref with a crazy hit at 9:03. That boy big 😂
I remember watching this game live. As a Dolphins fan, this is like pron for me
What happened to Brady that year ?
Bernard Pollard dove into his knee week 1 and tore his ACL
@@bloodorange6713I Remember That Day
Those dolphins uniforms are dope!
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why is this game more exciting than any nfl game ive watched in 5 yrs lol
2008 is still arguably the best season the Dolphins have had since Marino.
I took that season for granted
Lol the announcer saying "This reminds me of McFadden and Arkansas" not realizing that the Dolphins OC WAS that coach with arkansas
crazy to think there are 2 head coaches in the NFL right now playing in this game