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RPO Stretch Alert Lookie

Singleback·Wing Pair Heavy·12
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Play diagram for RPO Stretch Alert Lookie from Singleback Wing Pair Heavy in Madden 27

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Breakdown

RPO Stretch Alert Lookie is an outside zone based RPO out of Singleback Wing Pair Heavy with 12 personnel. The diagram shows the offensive line and TEs executing the outside zone stretch blocking scheme to the play side while the backside X receiver runs a vertical release up the numbers as the read route, and the RB or slot alert man works a quick angle toward the box as the underneath lookie option. The primary read progression starts with the alert defender near the line of scrimmage: if that defender crashes down on the run flow, pull and throw the quick angle or lookie route in the vacated space, and if the box stays home or a defender widens to take away the run, hand it off into the outside zone stretch. This is a run first RPO designed to punish overaggressive linebacker fills and unblocked edge defenders without exposing the quarterback to a true dropback read.

Defensive Reads

Watch the play side defensive end and outside linebacker before the snap, if they are sitting wide in a run fit they are conflicted by the stretch action Key the alley defender or overhang player after the snap, a hard crash into the run lane means the QB pulls and throws behind him Teams that stay disciplined with their second level defenders and do not bite on zone flow will shut down the pull read and force a tough handoff into a loaded box Man coverage on the backside X with no safety help over the top is vulnerable to the vertical shot if the QB pulls late Zone coverage shells with a flat defender sitting on the lookie route can jump the throw, so identify Cover 3 sky or Cover 4 rotations pre-snap since they cap this concept

Usage Tips

Check the box count before the snap and count defenders in the tackle box against your blockers to decide whether the zone read side is favorable

If the play side defensive end or overhang crashes hard down the line on flow, pull the ball immediately and hit the lookie route behind him for a free gain

Use this play on early downs like first and second and ten to keep defenses honest against your outside zone run calls from this set

Pair this call with HB Stretch and HB Inside Zone from the same set so the defense cannot key run versus RPO based on formation alone

Hot route the backside X vertical into a quicker breaking route if you are consistently facing press man coverage that jumps the release

Snap the ball quickly once you diagnose a two high shell since light boxes favor the give read over the throw

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