AcuteWhistle
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About RPO's....
Rpos here to stay until some smart cookie works out a viable defensive strategy, which will take some doing.
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About RPO's....
Love the Chiefs - the slot receiver is the checkdown option whilst the RB is on a go route - nice!
That cant be a staple thing tho, your RB would be dead doing that and trying to carry ball, has to be the scat back. Which is why I'm surprised the old split back formation has been abandoned the last ten years. Having both RBS on at the same time wont telegraph what you doLove the Chiefs - the slot receiver is the checkdown option whilst the RB is on a go route - nice!
Yup, the NFL is always about creating mismatches and the split back formation (21 formation) is definitely a way to do that. Same thing with single RB, double TE (12 formation) where one of the TEs motions into either the X or Z WR position.That cant be a staple thing tho, your RB would be dead doing that and trying to carry ball, has to be the scat back. Which is why I'm surprised the old split back formation has been abandoned the last ten years. Having both RBS on at the same time wont telegraph what you do
I'm hoping Gruden brings that back (21). He likes old things. Might come back in vogueYup, the NFL is always about creating mismatches and the split back formation (21 formation) is definitely a way to do that. Same thing with single RB, double TE (12 formation) where one of the TEs motions into either the X or Z WR position.
GoodI think Miami has helped show how to defend against the RPO in the NFL. The Dolphins would smash the qb (even after he handed it off) because hes legitimately a potential ball carrier and no roughing the passer penalty. Mariota got knocked out of the game. And I think we'll start seeing teams do this. Soon, forcing teams to abandon the RPO last their star QB get hurt.
I think Miami has helped show how to defend against the RPO in the NFL. The Dolphins would smash the qb (even after he handed it off) because hes legitimately a potential ball carrier and no roughing the passer penalty. Mariota got knocked out of the game. And I think we'll start seeing teams do this. Soon, forcing teams to abandon the RPO last their star QB get hurt.
Unless you build a top D a d OL. It's hard to build such a great team and then rely on competent cheap QBs. Easier to find a star qb and have a few pieces around himIs a star QB essential in to RPO heavy offence anyway? Just assemble an above average OLine, plug in a competent QB, eg Nick Foles, & away you go.
If you have a great QB you don't really need to worry about RB/WR/TE's. Just get him one guy he can rely one. Put it all into O-line and defense and you will win many, many games, and playoff gamesUnless you build a top D a d OL. It's hard to build such a great team and then rely on competent cheap QBs. Easier to find a star qb and have a few pieces around him
Unless you build a top D a d OL. It's hard to build such a great team and then rely on competent cheap QBs. Easier to find a star qb and have a few pieces around him
Guaranteed SB win if you can.... eagles, Broncos, Seahawks, ravens, Buccaneers, Ravens, Bears, Steelersx4 etcBut how many legit 'star qb's' are there in the league at any one time? a handful at best. Not easy to find one & then keep him healthy & why we see, for example, team after team after team piss good money away on Sam Bradford.
Agree it's not easy to build very good ol/dl but it sure is an easier job if you have most of that juicy franchise qb money to play with
Adam Schefter ✔ @AdamSchefter
There are six starting QBs in 2018 Playoffs who are 25 or younger: Dak Prescott, Jared Goff, Mitchell Trubisky, Deshaun Watson, Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson. That’s the most QBs 25 or younger in a single postseason in NFL history, per @EliasSports.
There are 32 starting QBs at any time. Only about 12 of them can be considered having a passing grade. So there are about 20 QBs who are average to below-average. That’s a brutal curve. That reality or grading scale of QBs is wildly disproportionate, especially when they are all getting financially rewarded for failure. There is no merit to this system. You just need to be better than the bottom half and you are set for life. If teams keep setting up bad quarterbacks and justifying it only because “there’s not much else out there” then they are just setting themselves up for failure, their own lost jobs. Something has to give one way or the other. I'm guessing it'll be a renaissance of offensive thinking in lieu of further dwindling QB college stocks and rising prohibitive costs of even average QBs.