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[QUOTE="reedny, post: 2587660, member: 1423"]
I didn't think it was difficult to understand ... since the whole point of RPO (as opposed to a regular faked handoff or even an option play) is the QB's threat to run ... hence its use by especially athletic QBs:

[B]The main goal of the RPO is to confuse the defense and open up space for the quarterback to operate. However, if the quarterback is mobile enough to run on his own, that makes the RPO truly deadly. 
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 It doesn't make a huge difference to me, but in RPO the QB is not reading the DE:

[B]What makes RPO’s different from the traditional option play is the quarterback is [U]not reading the defensive end[/U]; depending on the specific play called, the signal-caller focuses in on a linebacker or defensive back, attempting to either draw them in and vacate a passing lane with a fake handoff, leaving a receiver to run free, or fool them into reading pass and bailing into deep coverage, leaving the quarterback or running back to take off into the open field.
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This (latter quote) makes sense to me ... because in RPO the O-Line blocks for the run and not the pass.
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