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Sports | The Mailbox: Ohio State's wildcat lacking bite without pass threat

Ray: I’ve read of the lack of production with Braxton Miller in the wildcat formation, and I assure you it is for only one reason: Opponents do not respect his arm.

Have him drop back and decoy the defense into at least thinking he’s going to pass, perhaps even tossing a few short ones, and I think things will open up.

Braxton is never going to be a straight-ahead runner like Ezekiel Elliott or Carlos Hyde, but it appears that’s how they’re using him. We all know how dangerous he can be in space.

— Duane Standiford, Columbus

Duane: It’s my long-held belief that whoever is taking snaps in the wildcat has to show an occasional pass or else you might as well put the tight end back there.