Tyler
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- Dec 6, 2015
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Does the RPO congest running lanes, making it more difficult to establish a consistent run game?
The run read is at the edges first, then inside. Defenses that crash inside accelerate the read before it can develop. D-lineman key the tailback; LBs & Safeties fold-in on the QB once he commits to the run.
Talented NFL-caliber players kill these offenses. It works best only when your trigger man is, well, Superman because he needs to outquick, out-think and outrun a number of defenders who read their keys correctly and are in position to make the play.
Anyone who believes for an instant that all 11 players on offense are 100% schematically committed to run the football with single-assignments on a basic RPO play is a fool.
The point of attack is isolated. A good defensive read and the play is overrun by defenders. I see it happen 30, 40 times every week during the season with teams running this system. It’s part of the risk/reward.
So the answer is yes. In an RPO an offensive line is less likely to fire out and engage as a unit in run-blocking assignments. That is the truth.
Does that have anything to do with not being able to run with success early in games last season?
Does it explain what we're seeing this spring?
Interested in all of your thoughts.
The run read is at the edges first, then inside. Defenses that crash inside accelerate the read before it can develop. D-lineman key the tailback; LBs & Safeties fold-in on the QB once he commits to the run.
Talented NFL-caliber players kill these offenses. It works best only when your trigger man is, well, Superman because he needs to outquick, out-think and outrun a number of defenders who read their keys correctly and are in position to make the play.
Anyone who believes for an instant that all 11 players on offense are 100% schematically committed to run the football with single-assignments on a basic RPO play is a fool.
The point of attack is isolated. A good defensive read and the play is overrun by defenders. I see it happen 30, 40 times every week during the season with teams running this system. It’s part of the risk/reward.
So the answer is yes. In an RPO an offensive line is less likely to fire out and engage as a unit in run-blocking assignments. That is the truth.
Does that have anything to do with not being able to run with success early in games last season?
Does it explain what we're seeing this spring?
Interested in all of your thoughts.