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So, from what [MENTION=2]DMoney[/MENTION] and others have been hinting at regarding our offense ("more Clemson than 2001 Miami"), I thought I'd revisit an old post regarding how Clemson, Louisville and other teams run their offense - integrating RPO concepts into read-option and the power run game.
Here's the thread from this Spring: https://www.canesinsight.com/thread/rpo-thread-coachs-mouth/118528
If you don't feel like sifting through it, I'll point out the things that I think are most relevant to us going forward as an offense with our current personnel.
First, this:
So how can/should Mark Richt integrate the RPO into Miami's offense? We already know he's installed many of the elementary single-read "handoff or pass" elements a la App State last year. As you can see above, while the basic RPO doesn't inherently require a "running QB", with the added dimension of at least the THREAT of a QB keep, many other options become available.
Imagine a basic 1st down setup: Rosier/Perry/QB of choice, Walton at RB, Herndon at H-back, AR at the X, Mullins at the Y, Dallas at the Z (for argument's sake.) From this personnel package could come any number of zone/power runs, hitches, bubbles, or slants to the slot or outside, even motion/jet sweeps to Deejay or Mullins depending on where the defense has been trending.
I'd wager most defenses this year will be ****-bent on stopping Walton and making whoever our new QB is beat them with his decision-making. The RPO is a great way to give any QB simple reads and one or two things to think about post-snap. Maybe we start out running those endless bubble screens to the outside to tighten up the DBs then go over the top or run a sluggo later in the game. Or maybe we work the inside slant/dig game to loosen up the LBs, mixed in with inside zone-reads to Walton to keep the defense guessing.
The recent "we need more fullbacks" quote has everyone in a tizzy, but as [MENTION=3]LuCane[/MENTION] and others have noted, you can run power football from the shotgun and using spread concepts. The videos I posted in the OP highlight some ways to pick up short yardage using the H-back and others as the focal point of the RPO. Herndon should FEAST if we're running this type of offense.
Another play from the Memphis offense this time: https://streamable.com/28ai
I picked this play to highlight because it shows how a simple handoff-or-screen RPO (like we ran last year) can be coupled with zone-read and other WR routes to produce a particularly nasty play. In this clip, the play starts with motion from the TE to show a "power" look and to seal off the edge rusher (implying the inside zone run perhaps.) At the snap, the QB sees the 2 ILBs cheat down to take away the zone (first read). He then slides right and now has two options on the conflicted boundary CB - the WR screen in the slot or the WR running a go route on the edge. The CB (AND safety) bite hard on the screen and the QB dumps it to the go-WR for a walk-in TD.
I want to point out that that simple half-rollout from the QB is what gets the other defenders to commit and buys him enough time to make his 2nd read. That's what we could never get from Kaaya. Memphis QB Riley Ferguson is no Cam Newton or Vince Young - kid is 6'3, 180 lbs. But that THREAT of zone-read is what opens up the rest of the RPO playbook, IMO.
Also noted is that after getting burned on this play, those Houston CBs started playing way off, and that's when Memphis hit them with the easy screens that killed App State early on.
The bolded part in particular I think is very relevant to a guy like Rosier (or Perry).
Anyway, I just wanted to dust off an old thread that might have a bit more meaning as our updated offensive philosophy becomes clearer. As always, I welcome any and all input!
Here's the thread from this Spring: https://www.canesinsight.com/thread/rpo-thread-coachs-mouth/118528
If you don't feel like sifting through it, I'll point out the things that I think are most relevant to us going forward as an offense with our current personnel.
First, this:
So how can/should Mark Richt integrate the RPO into Miami's offense? We already know he's installed many of the elementary single-read "handoff or pass" elements a la App State last year. As you can see above, while the basic RPO doesn't inherently require a "running QB", with the added dimension of at least the THREAT of a QB keep, many other options become available.
Imagine a basic 1st down setup: Rosier/Perry/QB of choice, Walton at RB, Herndon at H-back, AR at the X, Mullins at the Y, Dallas at the Z (for argument's sake.) From this personnel package could come any number of zone/power runs, hitches, bubbles, or slants to the slot or outside, even motion/jet sweeps to Deejay or Mullins depending on where the defense has been trending.
I'd wager most defenses this year will be ****-bent on stopping Walton and making whoever our new QB is beat them with his decision-making. The RPO is a great way to give any QB simple reads and one or two things to think about post-snap. Maybe we start out running those endless bubble screens to the outside to tighten up the DBs then go over the top or run a sluggo later in the game. Or maybe we work the inside slant/dig game to loosen up the LBs, mixed in with inside zone-reads to Walton to keep the defense guessing.
The recent "we need more fullbacks" quote has everyone in a tizzy, but as [MENTION=3]LuCane[/MENTION] and others have noted, you can run power football from the shotgun and using spread concepts. The videos I posted in the OP highlight some ways to pick up short yardage using the H-back and others as the focal point of the RPO. Herndon should FEAST if we're running this type of offense.
Another play from the Memphis offense this time: https://streamable.com/28ai
I picked this play to highlight because it shows how a simple handoff-or-screen RPO (like we ran last year) can be coupled with zone-read and other WR routes to produce a particularly nasty play. In this clip, the play starts with motion from the TE to show a "power" look and to seal off the edge rusher (implying the inside zone run perhaps.) At the snap, the QB sees the 2 ILBs cheat down to take away the zone (first read). He then slides right and now has two options on the conflicted boundary CB - the WR screen in the slot or the WR running a go route on the edge. The CB (AND safety) bite hard on the screen and the QB dumps it to the go-WR for a walk-in TD.
I want to point out that that simple half-rollout from the QB is what gets the other defenders to commit and buys him enough time to make his 2nd read. That's what we could never get from Kaaya. Memphis QB Riley Ferguson is no Cam Newton or Vince Young - kid is 6'3, 180 lbs. But that THREAT of zone-read is what opens up the rest of the RPO playbook, IMO.
Also noted is that after getting burned on this play, those Houston CBs started playing way off, and that's when Memphis hit them with the easy screens that killed App State early on.
The bolded part in particular I think is very relevant to a guy like Rosier (or Perry).
Anyway, I just wanted to dust off an old thread that might have a bit more meaning as our updated offensive philosophy becomes clearer. As always, I welcome any and all input!