One piece I would bring up with this play is how critical the path is for the running back on this play. It is a little more nuanced than many realize at first blush. It is very easy to screw up good blocking by being undisiplined. It is critical that: 1. The running back sells width until the align with the hole. Keep the defense going sideways as long as you can. 2. Once the running back gets to the hole they square cut hard, vertically into the hole. If you round to the hole you invite the defense up field and don't give your guards time to get to their spots. 3. (More of an under center/non-RPO piece) the running back needs to push vertically through the hole through linebacker depth, then start wrapping it back to the middle of the field. (again this is more for traditional non-RPO blocking where the backside tackle works across and the WR gets the safety) in an RPO world, it may be better to stay vertical.
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One piece I would bring up with this play is how critical the path is for the running back on this play. It is a little more nuanced than many realize at first blush. It is very easy to screw up good blocking by being undisiplined.
It is critical that:
1. The running back sells width until the align with the hole. Keep the defense going sideways as long as you can.
2. Once the running back gets to the hole they square cut hard, vertically into the hole. If you round to the hole you invite the defense up field and don't give your guards time to get to their spots.
3. (More of an under center/non-RPO piece) the running back needs to push vertically through the hole through linebacker depth, then start wrapping it back to the middle of the field. (again this is more for traditional non-RPO blocking where the backside tackle works across and the WR gets the safety) in an RPO world, it may be better to stay vertical.