Today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast is the second part of this week’s “Your Call” series looking at defending the Run/Pass Option. Yesterday looked at defenses that use a 1-high structure when defending the RPO and today we tackle defenses in the 2-high structure. As we mentioned in yesterday’s show notes, which can be found here, our Twitter poll had 38 percent of respondents favoring the 2-high structure. Nineteen percent of respondents use man coverage defense and 19 percent use zone coverage. Five coaches are featured on today’s show, sharing how they defend the RPO with the 2-high structure. Here are the guests on today’s show.

Woody Blevins – Safeties coach, University of Northern Colorado – Twitter: @CoachWoody2

Mike Giancola – Defensive line coach, Bridgewater College (Bridgewater, Virginia) – Twitter: @CoachGiancola

Klint King – Defensive Coordinator, Richland High School (Richland Hills, Texas) – Twitter: @klintking

Joel Taylor – Defensive pass game coordinator, The Citadel (Charleston, South Carolina) – Twitter: @KoachTaylor

Ryan Descrochers – Outside linebackers coach, Liberty High School (Peoria, Arizona) – Twitter: @CoachRDes

In today’s show, the guests and host Keith Grabowski discuss using the 2-high structure to defend the RPO and how that can be implemented in practice.

Show Notes

• 0:28     Hearing from previous guests how they use the 2-high structure
• 0:49     Chad Braun talks about knowing the right coverage to use
• 1:21     Dave McFarland defends the RPO with a movement defense
• 2:19     Scott Power explains the importance of personnel
• 7:14     Van Malone describes how he balances defending the RPO
• 10:22   Starting lineup for the new guests on today’s show
• 11:19   Interview with Joel Taylor
• 24:02   Interview with Mike Giancola
• 37:47   Interview with Ryan Descrochers
• 47:22   Interview with Klint King
• 1:02:55 Interview with Woody Blevins

 

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