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Having squandered an easy pick six opportunity in the second quarter, Titans cornerback Breon Borders was well-positioned to haul in a Rivers overthrow in the direction of Zach Pascal. Brown 42-yard kickoff return (extra point) Hilton five-yard TD pass from Philip RiversĪ.J. Ryan Tannehill one-yard rushing TD (extra point) Jacoby Brissett one-yard rushing TD (extra point)ĭerrick Henry one-yard rushing TD (extra point)ĭerrick Henry 11-yard rushing TD (extra point) Brown 69-yard TD pass from Ryan Tannehill (extra point) Trey Burton 11-yard TD pass from Philip Rivers (extra point)Ī.J. Four of your offensive linemen would go to the right to show a run look, because you want the second-level defenders, who are reading offensive linemen more often than not as their keys… they will see the offensive linemen move to the right in a zone look, and they’ll say, ‘A-ha! It looks like a run!’ And that’s where you get the movement of that defender you’re reading.”Īll well and good, and now, let’s investigate different plays that are, and are not, RPOs.Derrick Henry 12-yard rushing TD (extra point) Normally, what you get with an RPO is that when you’re showing the fake to the back… let’s say the back is going to the right. What you are trying to show the defense from the offensive line is run-blocking looks. “Then, you have the offensive line part of this. “The second-level defender, by his reaction to the handoff look in the backfield - the mesh look in the backfield - the quarterback will decide based on the reaction of that defender he’s reading whether he’s going to hand the ball off, or whether he’s going to throw it into an area that the defender he’s reading would vacate if he reacted to the run-action. There are a few times when he can be reading a safety, but it’s a second-level defender a very high percentage of the time.

When the quarterback takes the snap and reads the defender, 99% of the time, it’s a second-level defender. Henry ran for 87 yards which made him the first back in the league to hit 1,000 rushing yards for the season and a touchdown while also catching two passes for 45 yards. You can’t read four defenders at the snap that’s not humanly possible. Henry's Touchdown Pass 'Definitely Cool' The Tennessee Titans running back did not rush for 100 yards or a touchdown but helped put points on the board against the Kansas City Chiefs anyway. Meaning that, as the quarterback takes the snap, he is reading one defender. It’s common to mistake different kinds of play-action and run-action concepts as RPOs, so let’s get it straight from Greg as to what to look for when determining what it is. So, in this week’s edition of “The Xs and Os with Greg Cosell and Doug Farrar,” Greg (of NFL Films and ESPN’s NFL Matchup) and Doug (of Touchdown Wire) get into what an RPO is, and what an RPO isn’t.

📽️ This RPO faked the heck out of Al Michaels. And “reliable metrics” turns out to be the point. Confusing announcers and analysts, maybe not so much. Even Al Michaels, who for my money is the best sports broadcaster ever, can get confused.Ĭonfusing defenses is the point. The problem is, we’re not always sure what an RPO is, and what an RPO isn’t. The point is, teams are using RPOs more often these days. In 2019, there were 1,439 running plays based on RPOs. In 2019, which is as far back as we can go with reliable metrics, there were 709. Per Sports Info Solutions, t here were 916 RPO dropbacks that resulted in passes in 2022. The run-pass option has become a predominant force in a lot of NFL offenses over the last decade.