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Come on, new arrivals are from our Official NFL Jersey .So we have prepared large selection and high quality of Official NFL Shop for you to pick .All high quality, Bulk order, you will enjoy more discount. Tim Tebow isn't the only player who had success running the Wildcat against the Steelers.In 2009, Cleveland Browns wide receiver Joshua Cribbs, a college quarterback, ran eight times for 87 yards from the formation, including a 37-yard run. One year later, Cribbs ran three times for only 2 yards from the Wildcat against the Steelers before he was knocked unconscious on the final run by Harrison, his former teammate at Kent State."That ends the Wildcat," Harrison said, somewhat cryptically, after the game. "It's out the window."Maybe for the Browns. Not for Tebow.That, though, is part of the problem with the Wildcat: Starting quarterbacks can't run the formation because they are subject to vicious hits on the option. And some teams, like the Steelers, don't want to take a marquee quarterback such as Ben Roethlisberger out of the game, even for a play. "It never fit us because I would never put Ben Roethlisberger, who we're paying $100 million, and line him at wide receiver," said former Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians, now with the Indianapolis Colts. "I've been fortunate to be around franchise quarterbacks and you don't take them out of the game and you sure as heck don't put them at wide receiver."The Steelers experimented briefly with the package in summer 2009 after borrowing some of the nuances from the University of Arkansas, the original purveyors of the Wildcat. But they trotted out the package just once after the regular season started and scrapped it when they saw how quickly their defense adapted to the intricacies of the formation in practice. "People would ask why didn't you do it with Dennis Dixon," Arians said, referring to the former Steelers quarterback who ran for 1,208 yards at the University of Oregon. "Because Dennis Dixon scrambled twice with us and got broken up twice." Tebow, though, is not Dennis Dixon. Or Joshua Cribbs. He is 6-foot-3, 236 pounds and capable of absorbing hits ... and delivering them."Some of these quarterbacks are so big and strong, they can take the hits and they know how to take the hits," said Jets coach Rex Ryan. "Before, if you ran the option in NFL, you were crazy. I think we're really the dying breed."Expanded opportunityThe Wildcat phenomenon has slowly faded since the Dolphins first introduced the formation in a 25-point rout of the New England Patriots on Sept. 22, 2008.In seven plays with running back Ronnie Brown as the triggerman, the Dolphins gained 138 yards and scored five touchdowns in a 38-13 victory in Foxboro, Mass., that ended the Patriots' NFL-record regular-season winning streak at 21 games. And the huge selection of San Francisco 49ers Jersey for you to pick, you could found the best quality with the best sevice in our store. If you make a bulk order, you will enjoy more discount.You would love them so much. Action now!The night was significant for the Dolphins and the league because Sparano, Miami's rookie coach, was bold enough to try an offensive scheme that dated to 1907 when it was called the single-wing by Glenn "Pop" Warner.The Wildcat's path to the NFL could be traced to the Dolphins' quarterback coach, David Lee, who ran the package when he was the offensive coordinator at Arkansas. Miami went on to finish 11-5 and win the AFC East -- its first winning season since 2005.

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