Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it’s the difference between option, play action, read option and RPO and how the Steelers can utilize the concepts with quarterback Justin Fields.
The option and play action are not new concepts to football, having been a part of the landscape for decades. The read option and the RPO are some of the newest permutations of multi-faceted play calls that give offenses the chance to hide their intentions and give their quarterbacks multiple ways to move the ball down the field.
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