Can you look at film of what other teams have done against other Wildcat or is Miami different where you can only focus on what teams have tried against just Miami and that offense?
Pees: "Yeah, I think what you do is when you’re playing a team, you really just kind of focus on just that team you’re playing and how they run their particular offense or particular sets. Now, you also look at teams they’ve played and the success or lack of success they’ve had playing certain fronts or certain coverages or certain techniques. Everybody always tries to look at what you can do to help yourself stop the team. But, I think if you’re watching somebody else’s Wildcat, or for that matter any formation, [it] can be totally different with two different teams. Like I say, that’s not only Wildcat, that could be just a two-back pro formation or a slot formation. What one team does could just be so entirely different than the way another team runs that same formation, so I think you always really kind of study the team you’re playing and what they want to do from it and their personnel and how it fits that particular set."
Do you feel that with all the things the Dolphins are going to throw at you, do you feel your players have to be extra sharp in terms of making adjustments and substitutions, etc?
Pees: "Yeah, but I think that goes really every week. When you see a team that has multiple personnel groups on offense, you always have to be sharp and our guys have to do a great job of communicating and obviously tackling is going to be an issue this week as it is every week. You’re facing two excellent running backs here. It doesn’t matter which one of them has the ball. And receive-wise, these guys can stretch the field. I know they haven’t necessarily always done that, but there were some plays in that Jets game where receivers were behind the defensive backs. He [Dolphins QB Chad Henne] just didn’t hit them. That still scares the heck out of you when you’re watching the film and watching the receiver run by a defensive back. I think we’ll always have to be sharp and our communication has to be good."
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