Summary: In today’s episode of the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast, Brent Dearmon returns to the show to go into detail about his Run/Pass Option (RPO) game. He discusses pre-snap reads, integrating Power and RPO, and the three questions he asks about every new scheme or concept. Show notes 1:26 Evolving the RPO 3:08 Keeping a downhill rushing mentality while opening up to the pass more 5:11 Doing RPOs in a sound way, while protecting the QB 7:17 The Hot Gap 8:52 Pre-snap reads 10:45 The benefits of Power built into RPO 11:47 The Counter game 13:30 Turning Buck Sweep into RPO 18:20 The 3 questions Dearmon asks for every concept 20:39 RPO and practice 23:41 Coaches need to ask, "Who do you say you are?"
