Daily observations from camp

[KillerGoose]

(08-07-2024, 09:58 AM)higgy100 Wrote: I understand what you're saying from the little I've read in this thread. At least from the college game, the DE is a big part. Ohio State has/had the same issues regarding their run game with both Stroud for two years and last years QB that simply would never run the ball themselves and, more importantly, rarely would tuck/pull the ball back out and sprint out to make plays. When it looked like a run play it was almost always. It allowed the backside DE to rarely have to play on his heels and simply allowed another defender into the box.

I really think there is some confusion between a read option and an RPO going on in this thread. In an RPO, the DE isn't a big part. He is blocked like a run play because it is a run play. The QB has a read man he is looking at, typically a linebacker or safety. If they flow with the running play, the QB pulls it out and throws the ball behind him. If they don't, he gives it to the running back.

For read options, the defensive end is often left unblocked and he is the read man. The QB reads the end and if he crashes down the LOS, the QB pulls it and runs it. If the DE stays home, he hands it off to the RB. 

RPO Example