The RPO has probably been the defining innovation of college football’s recent offensive revolution. If you ask a defensive coach, they’d tell you it’s tantamount to cheating and they aren’t entirely wrong. RPOs themselves have undergone a revolution of their own. No longer do RPOs just help you deal with that extra guy in the box, nor are they just a screen or a free-access route tagged to a run play. Offenses are now packaging entire quick game concepts into run plays and are attacking all levels of the field on the RPO. The advantages of this are twofold.
Breaking Down Denbrock Part 3: RPOs
