The Wildcat offense is coming to a stadium near you. Cowboys Stadium, to be exact.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said the club could draft a quarterback next month to use in the Wildcat, a formation made popular in the collegiate ranks the past few years by the University of Arkansas with running back Darren McFadden taking the snap in the shotgun offense.
It expanded into the NFL last season with Miami and running back Ronnie Brown taking the snap in the shotgun offense.
"We may want to do some things on our offense this year with a third quarterback,"
Jones said. "Thatfs something other than be there as a backup to the second quarterback and be there in case you lose all the quarterbacks and be there not certainly as a development prospect, but we could hopefully find a quarterback with a set of skills that we could put some packages in for."
Felix Jones added that third-year receiver Isaiah Stanback, a former quarterback at Washington, also could be used in a Wildcat formation.
The Cowboys have never used the Wildcat formation, but has a player on their roster who is very familiar with the offense. Dallas running back Felix Jones was in the same backfield with McFadden, who is now with Oakland, at Arkansas when the formation gained national acclaim.
