08-06-2024, 05:49 PM
(08-06-2024, 03:57 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: 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.
The only thing I can think of is their concerned about the DE jumping up and swatting/picking it off. If they were running more of what they sometimes do in Philly where they do a fullslide, almost like they are running outsize zone or a boot, and then Hurts can read the DE and keep or throw with a two way option it would make more sense. We don't really run a read version option from what I remember, so it must be more about the passing lanes. With the RPO there really is only one option to throw to usually, sometimes two but we don't usually do that, and that is usually a quick fill where the LB was so if a DE or OLB knows it's RPO I could see that being a pick (Potentially what TJ Watt has done to us a few times).
Maybe that's their concern with not biting on the running piece because if they just keep rushing they aren't getting to Joe because it's a quick hitter so they just stop and jump up.
