(03-07-2019, 04:54 PM)rpr52121 Wrote:

(03-07-2019, 12:32 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: Can you do RPO off an outside zone stretch play?   RPO requires the QB to be looking down field at the receiver while he is deciding whether to let the RB keep the ball.  In a zone stretch play, sure you can do play action, but you can't do RPO.   Am I wrong?

Isn't this an RPO off an outside zone stretch from the Gun?

Idk why it's titled as "outside zone". Just by looking at the play, I'd say No. That's a gap play, the center pulls and they're trying to create a lane in the "B" gap between the LT & LG, the back follows the flow and then makes the cut behind where Kelce led him. Zone schemes are usually 2 linemen executing a combo block, one peeling off and getting to the 2nd level; the idea is to create space and let the back "run to daylight", in a gap scheme you're trying to move the defenders off a spot and the RB runs through it. As lombardi once said "we're trying to get a seal here, and a seal here, and run this play in the ALLEY".

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