Daily observations from camp

[Soonerpeace]

(08-06-2024, 02:40 PM)Au165 Wrote: His point is that the DE doesn't impact an RPO at all unless they have a "Read" tagged that allows the QB to keep the ball if the end crashes. The QB is keying the LB or safety (sometimes slot if it's a bubble) and if they move with the HB action then you are putting the ball behind where they were essentially. An RPO is a quick hitter so no one is getting sacked on an RPO because there is only one read and it's binary. If they do get sacked it's because they made the wrong read and now have nowhere to go with the ball.

In the boot action game you do need a running game to keep the DE from staying home. There are ways though to make up for this, for instance running a guy in motion against the grain to chip the naked defender. Most team are going to force us to beat them running in general though, that's what happens when you have a good QB. Even if our running game had been really good, most teams will still pick to force you to beat them running than throwing because it limits possessions (unless your QB stinks).

Thanks for all the explanations of the RPO. I watched OU and Lincoln Riley perfect it up close a bunch. I’m just repeating what someone told me. That would know. He said they are worried about the DE in running RPO’s. Not from a success but from protecting Joe. You can slice and dice it from there. Didn’t go into detail.