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<blockquote data-quote="ExpatPacker" data-source="post: 511697" data-attributes="member: 5535"><p>"Simply because it is a read option" is the phrase that you do not pay enough attention to. What is the read option and how does it differ from play-action?</p><p></p><p>Play-action: the QB fakes a hand-off to the RB and drops back for a pass. If he releases the ball he's out of the play. If he doesn't and, say, scrambles, guess what? he's a running back. </p><p></p><p>Read Option: the QB an the RB meet. The QB looks at the defender on the side of the play who is not being blocked, determines whether he is keying on the RB or on himself, and <em>then </em>decides whether to hand the ball off or to keep it on a running play that is designed to go in the opposite direction of the defender who is not blocked. The principle behind the Read Option is to create a mismatch: leave one defender on the opposite side from where the play will go unblocked, and seal everyone else off on the side that the running play is designed for. </p><p></p><p>In the Read Option, the QB waits to see who the unblocked defender is going after before he decides. That makes him a runner, even when he's in the pocket. He is not faking the hand-off to drop back for a pass; he is trying to get the defender to commit and <em>then </em>handing off or not. He is a runner, whether he hands the ball off or not, just in the same way that a RB who is part of a fake hand-off can be tackled without penalty. </p><p></p><p>The Read option means that the QB is engaging in deliberate trickery to make himself look like a runner, even if he isn't the actual runner. IF the defense was not able to treat the QB as a runner even while in the pocket, it would give the QB a huge and unreasonable advantage since he could hand the ball off and fake like he's tucking it in and running. Under the normal rules, if he did the latter and the defender tackled him, the defender would be called for roughing the passer, which the new rule is designed to correct.</p><p></p><p>In a play-action, the QB is faking the hand-off to get the defense to go after the RB while he drops back for a pass.</p><p></p><p>That's why.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ExpatPacker, post: 511697, member: 5535"] "Simply because it is a read option" is the phrase that you do not pay enough attention to. What is the read option and how does it differ from play-action? Play-action: the QB fakes a hand-off to the RB and drops back for a pass. If he releases the ball he's out of the play. If he doesn't and, say, scrambles, guess what? he's a running back. Read Option: the QB an the RB meet. The QB looks at the defender on the side of the play who is not being blocked, determines whether he is keying on the RB or on himself, and [I]then [/I]decides whether to hand the ball off or to keep it on a running play that is designed to go in the opposite direction of the defender who is not blocked. The principle behind the Read Option is to create a mismatch: leave one defender on the opposite side from where the play will go unblocked, and seal everyone else off on the side that the running play is designed for. In the Read Option, the QB waits to see who the unblocked defender is going after before he decides. That makes him a runner, even when he's in the pocket. He is not faking the hand-off to drop back for a pass; he is trying to get the defender to commit and [I]then [/I]handing off or not. He is a runner, whether he hands the ball off or not, just in the same way that a RB who is part of a fake hand-off can be tackled without penalty. The Read option means that the QB is engaging in deliberate trickery to make himself look like a runner, even if he isn't the actual runner. IF the defense was not able to treat the QB as a runner even while in the pocket, it would give the QB a huge and unreasonable advantage since he could hand the ball off and fake like he's tucking it in and running. Under the normal rules, if he did the latter and the defender tackled him, the defender would be called for roughing the passer, which the new rule is designed to correct. In a play-action, the QB is faking the hand-off to get the defense to go after the RB while he drops back for a pass. That's why. [/QUOTE]
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