The death of the RPO

[BritCard]

Is this why our offense is struggling?

I mentioned this recently about lack of RPOs and I found the stats. I think it was with @kerouac9.

We have only run 7 RPOs in 6 games. 3 were passes and 4 runs. That's 27th in the league.

Last year we were 5th in the league with 111 RPOs.

We were 1st in 2020 with 171 and 2nd in 2109 with 108.

Why have our RPOs died? It's been a staple of the offense. It was one of the few wrinkles this offense gave to opposing defences and we can't afford to lose it.

Mariotta, Hurts and Lamar lead the league this year.

 

[JohnnyCakes]

It may be an effort to minimize the amount of turnovers that K1 creates whilst deciding on RP.

The elephant in the room right now is the denial that K1 is not a very good QB upstairs in his head.

The RPO can add to the confusion for a qb who at times has trouble operating the offense

 

[RON_IN_OC]

They also aren't calling much play action, with only 15 passes called...So even when the run game is working, they aren't taking advantage. Need more of both (RPO and Play Action).

 

[kerouac9]

Where is the stat from, please?

 

[RON_IN_OC]

It may be an effort to minimize the amount of turnovers that K1 creates whilst deciding on RP.

The elephant in the room right now is the denial that K1 is not a very good QB upstairs in his head.

The RPO can add to the confusion for a qb who at times has trouble operating the offense

Well, last year, they ran 105 total RPO's...that's about 6 per game, at a 9.5 yards per play clip. This year it's basically 1 per game, at 8.4 yards per play. Huge difference, in number being called, but it's still effective when they run them this year. Also last year they ran 93 play action passes, which is 5.5 per game...This year they are averaging 2.5 play action passes per game. The offense has become way too predictable. So while it may not be the scheme, it's definitely the play calling...and the stats prove that KM and Colt, both, can run the RPO and Play Action with success.

 

[BritCard]

Where is the stat from, please?

Under play type

2022 NFL Advanced Passing | Pro-Football-Reference.com

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[BritCard]

They also aren't calling much play action, with only 15 passes called...So even when the run game is working, they aren't taking advantage. Need more of both (RPO and Play Action).

Ugh yeah. 29th in play action with only 15.

No starter has less play action.

 

[football karma]

Well, last year, they ran 105 total RPO's...that's about 6 per game, at a 9.5 yards per play clip. This year it's basically 1 per game, at 8.4 yards per play. Huge difference, in number being called, but it's still effective when they run them this year. Also last year they ran 93 play action passes, which is 5.5 per game...This year they are averaging 2.5 play action passes per game. The offense has become way too predictable. So while it may not be the scheme, it's definitely the play calling...and the stats prove that KM and Colt, both, can run the RPO and Play Action with success.

thats shocking

would love to hear Kliffs rationale for running fewer RPO concepts