Will we see Jets use Wildcat again?

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Brian Schottenheimer had mixed feelings about the Jets' expanded use of the Wildcat formation in last weekend's victory over the Redskins.

On one hand, the offensive coordinator said, it "looked pretty good'' the seven times the Jets used direct snaps to non-quarterbacks, including Shonn Greene's clinching touchdown run.

On the other, the fact that the new emphasis primarily was Rex Ryan's idea has made him "even more difficult to deal with sometimes.''

"It was good and bad, because now Rex thinks he is an offensive coordinator,'' Schottenheimer jokingly said Thursday. "I told him 1-0 really doesn't make you a coordinator. Until you've failed miserably and everyone calls for your head, that's when you're a coordinator.''

Schottenheimer knows that feeling, but the Jets secured the victory in part by reintroducing a strategy they used frequently with the since-departed Brad Smith.

Greene, LaDainian Tomlinson and Jeremy Kerley took turns Sunday. That gave the Redskins two things to think about: How to defend the Wildcat and who would be handling the ball.

"I think it just makes it interesting,'' Tomlinson said. "It also doesn't allow the defense to just key on one guy.''

Greene said he enjoys the change of pace but said receiving a direct snap makes deciphering defenses more difficult. "Usually you're in the backfield and reading the defense pre-snap, but you have to focus on catching the ball,'' he said.

Schottenheimer said the Wildcat was designed to "soften'' a Redskins defense that was tightly packed near the line of scrimmage. The question, naturally, is whether the Jets will use it again. Naturally, no one is saying.

"We have it up this week,'' Schottenheimer said. "Whether we use it remains to be seen.''