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Sep 13, 2026
Jay GrudenGUEST
David Blau's going to have to do a good job of really mixing in the run, pass, play action, pass, quick game.
Jay GrudenGUEST
RPOs, all that stuff to make sure they're not in a lot of third and long known passing situations.
Jay GrudenGUEST
If he can do that, then they can move the ball.
Jay GrudenGUEST
I mean, we know what Jaden can do.
Jay GrudenGUEST
And the play actions off of those can be pretty good and get the quarterback outside the pocket for down flats, low crosses where he can get the ball out outside.
Jay GrudenGUEST
So There's ways to do it.
Jay GrudenGUEST
RPOs have always been good.
Jay GrudenGUEST
James is always very good at RPOs.
Brett GreenbergHOST
And I know we have talked about that in the offseason.
Brett GreenbergHOST
Like, I know the RPOs are a big part of this offense, and Kalen DeBoer talked about it as well in his presser that there was a couple times that they felt like Keelan just needed to kind of hand the ball off.
Brett GreenbergHOST
They felt like the offensive line did a good job of creating running lanes there.
Brett GreenbergHOST
But is there an argument to be made to maybe simplify it even more? Like...
Mike RodakHOST
So I think you do have to scheme a little bit.
Mike RodakHOST
And I think they obviously know that the threat of Keelan being able to run has value against the defense.
Mike RodakHOST
And so if you are running RPOs, that does give a defense something else to think about.
Mike RodakHOST
But it also gives Keelan something else to think about.
Jay GrudenGUEST
David Blau's going to have to do a good job of really mixing in the run, pass, play action, pass, quick game.
Jay GrudenGUEST
RPOs, all that stuff to make sure they're not in a lot of third and long known passing situations.
Jay GrudenGUEST
If he can do that, then they can move the ball.
Jay GrudenGUEST
I mean, we know what Jaden can do.
Jay GrudenGUEST
And the play actions off of those can be pretty good and get the quarterback outside the pocket for down flats, low crosses where he can get the ball outside.
Jay GrudenGUEST
So There's ways to do it.
Jay GrudenGUEST
RPOs have always been good.
Jay GrudenGUEST
James is always very good at RPOs.
Matt RhuleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I think they did a nice job schematically on some of the things they did against us.
Matt RhuleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
forced us to defend some of the RPOs and things that we saw last week and said they were able to move the ball at times, and credit to them.
Matt RhuleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I think for us, kind of our approach is that's what we were supposed to do, but there's still some things that are glaring that we have to continue to improve, and we're lucky that there's a lot of close games in the Big Ten today.
Matt RhuleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We're lucky that we were able to address them in a game that wasn't necessarily as close.
Rich HribarGUEST
I know he also was playing through an injury.
Rich HribarGUEST
But so much of the Colts' takeoff last year was predicated on that RPO play-action game.
Rich HribarGUEST
And they need that.
Rich HribarGUEST
They need that to be systemic of this offense.
Pat KerraneHOST
Yes.
Pat KerraneHOST
But...
Pat KerraneHOST
At the same time, if they're just saying, look, we know what you're trying to do, Daniel Jones isn't really going to threaten as a runner today, and so you're just going to try to get us with a bunch of RPO stuff that's not particularly deep or run.
Pat KerraneHOST
and Pierce can't really threaten 20-plus yards downfield like he usually can.
Mike ValentiHOST
Make the defense.
Mike ValentiHOST
RPOs.
Mike ValentiHOST
But it has to be
Rico BeardHOST
live, meaning if the DN
Mike ValentiHOST
I'm asking the
Rico BeardHOST
question.
Mike ValentiHOST
No, I am saying there's a healthy middle ground that if you go back and watch the tape, those RPOs are not live because he never keeps it.
Mike ValentiHOST
You know
Luke MullinderPANELIST
sell here by Zach Calero.
Luke MullinderPANELIST
So on these RPOs, run pass option, you've got to sell the fake if you're going to do it.
Luke MullinderPANELIST
And he gets Mike Rose to just, oh no, it is Habbo Baldonado, to bite down on the fake, and then he gets to the outside.
Dave ThomasCORRESPONDENT
First down for the Bombers.
Mike ValentiHOST
Read option, mesh point, make the defense-
TJ LangGUEST
RPOs
Mike ValentiHOST
... and that's, but, but it has to be live-
TJ LangGUEST
So you're turning him into-
Mike ValentiHOST
No, I am saying there's a healthy middle ground, that if you go back and watch the tape-
TJ LangGUEST
You know-
Mike ValentiHOST
... th- those RPOs are not live because he never keeps it.
TJ LangGUEST
You know how many Michigan fans would actually die f- for Denard Robinson to be the quarterback right now?
Mike ValentiHOST
Read option, mesh point, make the defense-
T.J. LangGUEST
RPOs
Mike ValentiHOST
... and that's, but, but it has to be live-
T.J. LangGUEST
So you're gonna turn him into-
Mike ValentiHOST
No, I am saying there's a healthy middle ground that if you go back and watch the tape-
T.J. LangGUEST
You know-
Mike ValentiHOST
... th- those RPOs are not live because he never keeps it
T.J. LangGUEST
... you know how many Michigan fans would actually die for Denard Robinson to be the quarterback right now?
Aaron KeenGUEST
And that's what eats at you as a coach, right? But they're great learning opportunities for our quarterbacks.
Aaron KeenGUEST
We talk all the time about, you know, those RPOs are great, but if you throw incomplete, you've got offensive linemen who are ticked off that the run game's going and I'd rather hand the ball off.
Aaron KeenGUEST
So you have to be smart with it and you have to be really good at what you do if you're going to throw RPOs.
Keith GrabowskiHOST
Yeah, I try to preach to our young players, you know, in the program I'm coaching in this year all the time, like, hey, that's run game.
Keith GrabowskiHOST
That's a That's a run of zero right there.
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