Found November 03, 2009 on Boston.com:
TEAMS: New England

The Patriots, as the Wildcat formation’s unsuspecting first NFL victim, may always be the strategy’s most infamous mark. But one year later, with the Dolphins returning to New England Sunday for the first time since they unveiled the Wildcat, the Patriots have also proved they can stifle it.
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