Early in Sunday’s loss to the Buffalo Bills, the Miami Dolphins were moving the ball effectively and had driven down to the 3-yard line. That’s when offensive coordinator Dan Henning called for running back Ricky Williams to take the snap in the wildcat formation and throw a pass.
The pass was intercepted, and Henning has been criticized this week for getting too cute with the play calling. But Henning spoke publicly about the play for the first time today, and he said he’s not sorry he made the call.
“We don’t apologize,” Henning said, per the Palm Beach Post. “We lament like everyone else.”
That’s not to say Henning would do the same thing over again.
“I’d like to have back every call I ever made that wasn’t successful,” Henning said. “Can’t do it. That’s not the way this works.”
Although the Dolphins have frequently called wildcat plays in which running back Ronnie Brown had the option to run or pass, Williams hadn’t thrown a pass in a regular-season game since 2000. But Henning defended the call as an aggressive, creative attempt to get into the end zone.
“We’re trying to do everything we can with our resources to move the football and score points,” Henning said.
