Post by Coach Campbell on Dec 24, 2021 19:43:35 GMT
I have had the great pleasure to have coached in several different states in this country with each state with it's own influences. I have found through my experience that trying to gain advantages by controlling the number of defenders a defense puts in the box can be done by formations and by running an RPO true, option, zone read and the quick passing game approach. The RPO approach offers Run, Pass or keep options on any given play.
Run-Pass options are the latest trend in offensive football that is keeping defensive coordinators up at night. RPOs are plays in which a run play is tagged with a pass play. The offensive line would run block, while receivers would run routes. The quarterback has the option to execute the run play or throw a pass. They are hard to stop, prepare against, and could mess with reads and rules that defensive coordinators engrain into their players.
RPOs take advantage of defenders with run and pass responsibilities. They work best against zone defenses. For example, if a defender has to cover the B gap but also has inside wall responsibility in a cover 3, the quarterback could read his movement and make him wrong on each play. If he defends the run, the QB will throw the ball and vice versa. So how do you defend them?
The most common solution is to just play man-to-man defense. That way, defenders aren’t conflicted with run responsibility and pass responsibility. But not every team has the athletes to consistently play man-to-man defense down after down. Also, some of the more advanced spread teams have RPOs designed to beat man-to-man.
Combining and compressing plays together with multiple concepts into a single play and letting your quarterback figure out on the run whether to throw a quick pass, throw a screen, hand off, or keep the ball himself has been a concept that has in recent years taken hold on most offensive schemes that we see today.
“Combination” or “packaged” plays have been very popular recently across college and high school football over recent years, meaning the offensive line typically blocked a run play while receivers ran pass routes or screens, leaving the quarterback to decide whether to hand off or throw it out wide — often at a no-huddle pace.
Run-Pass options are the latest trend in offensive football that is keeping defensive coordinators up at night. RPOs are plays in which a run play is tagged with a pass play. The offensive line would run block, while receivers would run routes. The quarterback has the option to execute the run play or throw a pass. They are hard to stop, prepare against, and could mess with reads and rules that defensive coordinators engrain into their players.
RPOs take advantage of defenders with run and pass responsibilities. They work best against zone defenses. For example, if a defender has to cover the B gap but also has inside wall responsibility in a cover 3, the quarterback could read his movement and make him wrong on each play. If he defends the run, the QB will throw the ball and vice versa. So how do you defend them?
The most common solution is to just play man-to-man defense. That way, defenders aren’t conflicted with run responsibility and pass responsibility. But not every team has the athletes to consistently play man-to-man defense down after down. Also, some of the more advanced spread teams have RPOs designed to beat man-to-man.
Combining and compressing plays together with multiple concepts into a single play and letting your quarterback figure out on the run whether to throw a quick pass, throw a screen, hand off, or keep the ball himself has been a concept that has in recent years taken hold on most offensive schemes that we see today.
“Combination” or “packaged” plays have been very popular recently across college and high school football over recent years, meaning the offensive line typically blocked a run play while receivers ran pass routes or screens, leaving the quarterback to decide whether to hand off or throw it out wide — often at a no-huddle pace.
