08-06-2024, 11:35 AM
(08-06-2024, 09:54 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: It's not quite binary like that. Defenders can't play a run fake like a pass play because they are leaving their gap responsibility which then opens up the run game for gashing you. Run game effectiveness doesn't really affect RPO or play-action effectiveness. They simply work because of the responsibilities of the back seven. Personally, I think a fair criticism of Burrow is that he doesn't do that great of a job trying to sell the fake which is why I think there was a shift last season of running more RPOs instead of play-action. A common Burrow play-action in shotgun is snap --> flash the ball --> set up to throw. It's not all that convincing.
I’ve heard when they run RPO’s the rush end doesn’t pay a lick of attention and crashes. The tackles aren’t in pass protect and can’t hold them. They can’t protect Joe. Until they can burn them with the run in the RPO’s they won’t do much. Just what I heard and not on twitter or message boards or YouTube or podcasts.
Romo “ so impressed with Zac ...1 of the best in the NFL… they are just fundamentally sound. Taylor the best winning % in the Playoffs of current coaches. Joe Burrow” Zac is the best head coach in the NFL & that gives me a lot of confidence." Taylor led the Bengals to their first playoff win since 1990, ending the longest active drought in the four major North American sports, en and appeared in Super Bowl LVI, the first since 1988.
