Rpo Hro Spo Clinic

CREATING CONFUSION
RPO / HRO / SPO

RPO / HRO / SPO
RUN PASS OPTION

RPO / HRO / SPO
RUN PASS OPTION

RPO / HRO / SPO
WHY HAVE OPTIONS

▸ Great Equalizer
▸ Don’t need to have dominate olinemen - makes their job a little easier
▸ NEVER run the ball into a loaded box - WASTED Plays
▸ Negate an opponent’s STUD - Erase them from the Scheme
▸ Attack their worst guy
▸ Can be applied to all your formations and runs at any point
▸ Can Read any player
▸ Problem solvers - Built in options/solutions for defensive schemes

RPO / HRO / SPO
HAVING OPTIONS - WHAT IT CAN DO TO A DEFENSE

▸ Defense must re-teach their players, all players, to play assignment
football, after allowing some players to play aggressive all season
▸ Takes advantage of defenders who have multiple responsibilities

(run read / pass read)
▸ Forces dominate players to play assignment based football, brings

them closer to our level
▸ Possibility of limiting the amount of coverages you’ll see
▸ Limits or negates random blitzes - one wrong blitz can lead to a big
play
RPO / HRO / SPO
HAVING OPTIONS - WHAT IT CAN DO FOR AN OFFENSE

▸ Expands your playbook without adding new plays
▸ Allows less mobile QBs to become a threat in the run game
▸ Allows receivers to be a factor in the run game without always blocking
▸ Blocking rules/assignments can be complex for receivers to be effective
▸ Stretches the field in all directions
▸ The ultimate PAP
▸ Rules, like traffic laws, are suggestions and not Hard and Fast
▸ Coaches Coach, Players Play, others Ref

RPO / HRO / SPO
RPO PAIRINGS (PLAYSIDE & BACKSIDE)

▸ Inside/Outside Zone
▸ Wrap
▸ Power
▸ Counter
▸ Trey
▸ Draw
▸ Sweep
RPO / HRO / SPO
QB PLAY
▸ Eyes on a read key in EVERY DRILL POSSIBLE
▸ As a scout team QB, passing shell (calling out ABC’s)
▸ EASY Call
▸ Ball control
▸ Front 1/4 - Back 1/4
▸ Read KEY
▸ 2 or more receivers to a side - Read the “C” Defender
▸ Potential to read the “B” defender depending on the concept
▸ Single receiver to a side - Read the “B” Defender

RPO / HRO / SPO
ABC’S OF READING
▸ Western Connecticut State University
▸ RPO Counting
▸ Defender Labeling
▸ Sideline > IN
▸ 2nd Level Defenders Only (within 8 yards of the LOS)
▸ Each side is counted/identified independently

RPO / HRO / SPO
LABELING DEFENDERS PRE-SNAP

▸ A - Cornerback (Corners are ALWAYS “A”, regardless of Depth)
▸ B - First Man inside the Cornerback (Usually an OLB)
▸ C - 2nd Man inside the Cornerback (Usually an ILB)
A A
B C B
TRIPS
RPO / HRO / SPO
LABELING DEFENDERS PRE-SNAP

▸ A - Cornerback (Corners are ALWAYS “A”, regardless of Depth)
▸ B - First Man inside the Cornerback (Usually an OLB)
▸ C - 2nd Man inside the Cornerback (Usually an ILB)
A A
B C C B
22 22
RPO / HRO / SPO
+, -, =
▸ + Eyes on the RPO player throughout the play (EASY call)
▸ Best Case Scenario for a PASS Option
▸ - Eyes on the EMOL, Zone/Read Option (NO Easy Call)
▸ Best Case Scenario for a RUN Option
▸ = Eyes on the READ Player, High GIVE Probability (unless blitz)
▸ Potential for Big play if we catch C blitzing or dual reading, Also potential for run Options
A A
B C B
RPO / HRO / SPO
THE “OPEN” SIDE

▸ 3 over 3 is rarely a PASS Option for us
▸ Look to the Single Side and get your eyes on the READ player throughout the ride
▸ Replace the LB and make the QB right
A
A
C B
B
RPO / HRO / SPO
HORIZONTAL READ OPTION

RPO / HRO / SPO
HORIZONTAL READ OPTIONS

▸ Great package for a mobile QB
▸ Stretch the defense from one side of the tackle box to the opposite
numbers
▸ Slow down the play of Inside LBs
▸ Add Zone Read elements to your traditional gap blocking schemes
▸ Force players on the defense to play either the inside run or the
outside sweep, NOT BOTH
▸ Can help eliminate pull chasers from the defense with a full speed
outside threat
RPO / HRO / SPO
ZONE READ / POWER READ ELEMENTS

Similarities
▸ Zone Read - Stress the front side & back side of the defense
▸ Power Read - Reads the front side DE instead of the backside DE

Differences
▸ Power Read - Accounts of head up DEs who might be “B” Gap

players
▸ Can eliminate Scrape/Exchange or similar strategies that usually

stop the zone read
RPO / HRO / SPO
PLAY CALL & CONCEPT
▸ Can be attached to the end of a traditional play call as a

“Tag”
▸ Our System
▸ QB - Play Call indicator / RPO Label
▸ OL - In the dark
▸ Skill - Jet sweep
▸ Varying and keeping it simple

RPO / HRO / SPO
THE DECISION
▸ EMOL*
▸ *not always
▸ overhang
▸ RPO Labeling
▸ Numbers advantage and angles
▸ can the EMOL blow up the Sweep; need to be convinced
▸ Numbers disadvantage
▸ is the EMOL chasing the pull

RPO / HRO / SPO
PERIMETER BLOCKING
▸ Most dangerous
▸ Stay on the double team
▸ backpedaling/stationary defenders
▸ 5-8 yards
▸ dropping or supporting
▸ “Block the man with your Body, and the next man with
your eyes”
RPO / HRO / SPO
MOST DANGEROUS MAN

RPO / HRO / SPO
TRIPS - SWEEP WRAP READ

RPO / HRO / SPO
EMPTY - SLOT JET SWEEP TREY READ

RPO / HRO / SPO
QUADS UNBALANCED - SE JET SWEEP COUNTER READ
TE
RPO / HRO / SPO
JET COUNTER READ

RPO / HRO / SPO
JET WRAP READ

RPO / HRO / SPO
JET TREY READ

RPO / HRO / SPO
JET OPTION WRAP READ

RPO / HRO / SPO
SCREEN PASS OPTION

RPO / HRO / SPO
SCREEN PASS OPTIONS

▸ Just like RPO and HRO, it can force dual responsibility players to choose or
risk playing slow
▸ Can help eliminate the RB spy on typical screen downs
▸ Well covered receivers on pass concepts are no in position to block
▸ Receivers play at full speed, no “poor sells”
▸ Down side - Grading
▸ Identify who’s stopping screen & who’s stopping primary reads
▸ Possible pairings
▸ Shallow, Mesh, Stick, Slants

RPO / HRO / SPO
TRIPS MOTION OUT - ALL GO RB QUICK

RPO / HRO / SPO
CONTACT INFORMATION
▸ jrussell@wethersfield.me
▸@coach_jrussell

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What are RPO, HRO and SPO?

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What are some benefits of using RPO, HRO and SPO schemes?

What are some benefits of using RPO, HRO and SPO schemes?

CREATING CONFUSION

RPO / HRO / SPO

RUN PASS OPTION

RUN PASS OPTION

WHY HAVE OPTIONS

▸ NEVER run the ball into a loaded box - WASTED Plays

▸ Negate an opponent’s STUD - Erase them from the Scheme

▸ Attack their worst guy

▸ Can be applied to all your formations and runs at any point

▸ Can Read any player

▸ Problem solvers - Built in options/solutions for defensive schemes

HAVING OPTIONS - WHAT IT CAN DO TO A DEFENSE

▸ Takes advantage of defenders who have multiple responsibilities

▸ Forces dominate players to play assignment based football, brings

▸ Possibility of limiting the amount of coverages you’ll see

HAVING OPTIONS - WHAT IT CAN DO FOR AN OFFENSE

▸ Allows less mobile QBs to become a threat in the run game

▸ Allows receivers to be a factor in the run game without always blocking

▸ Blocking rules/assignments can be complex for receivers to be effective

▸ Stretches the field in all directions

▸ The ultimate PAP

▸ Coaches Coach, Players Play, others Ref

RPO PAIRINGS (PLAYSIDE & BACKSIDE)

▸ As a scout team QB, passing shell (calling out ABC’s)

▸ Front 1/4 - Back 1/4

▸ 2 or more receivers to a side - Read the “C” Defender

▸ Potential to read the “B” defender depending on the concept

▸ Single receiver to a side - Read the “B” Defender

▸ Western Connecticut State University

▸ 2nd Level Defenders Only (within 8 yards of the LOS)

▸ Each side is counted/identified independently

LABELING DEFENDERS PRE-SNAP

▸ B - First Man inside the Cornerback (Usually an OLB)

▸ C - 2nd Man inside the Cornerback (Usually an ILB)

LABELING DEFENDERS PRE-SNAP

▸ B - First Man inside the Cornerback (Usually an OLB)

▸ C - 2nd Man inside the Cornerback (Usually an ILB)

▸ Best Case Scenario for a PASS Option

▸ - Eyes on the EMOL, Zone/Read Option (NO Easy Call)

▸ Best Case Scenario for a RUN Option

▸ = Eyes on the READ Player, High GIVE Probability (unless blitz)

THE “OPEN” SIDE

▸ Replace the LB and make the QB right

HORIZONTAL READ OPTION

HORIZONTAL READ OPTIONS

▸ Slow down the play of Inside LBs

▸ Add Zone Read elements to your traditional gap blocking schemes

ZONE READ / POWER READ ELEMENTS

▸ Power Read - Reads the front side DE instead of the backside DE

▸ Power Read - Accounts of head up DEs who might be “B” Gap

▸ Can eliminate Scrape/Exchange or similar strategies that usually

PLAY CALL & CONCEPT

▸ Can be attached to the end of a traditional play call as a

▸ QB - Play Call indicator / RPO Label

▸ Skill - Jet sweep