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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?"

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