re: RPO rate by QB

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People confuse it with the read option

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Or just regular play action out of the shotgun.

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People confuse it with the read option, which we haven’t really done much with Brennan or if so his “read” is to hand it off every time. Just for educational purposes a read option is where the QB can hand it off or keep himself.

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Right, but you're showing the same look to the defense with an RPO and a read option. When they know Brennan isn't going to take off and run, it's one less thing the defense has to worry about. And when they don't have to worry about him running, that provides fewer lanes for our running backs because the ends aren't having to make that read with the QB like they would for someone like Burrow, who even not running a lot, defenses know he had the ability to make big plays with his feet.