@Racehorse, this is the gist of it (I'll try not to butcher it)...
The Frank Reich tree had the three teams (Colts, Eagles, Panthers) that had the highest rate (over 50%) of running any single formation. In this case, it's 2x2, so 2 receivers on each side of the field.
2x2 leads to seeing a lot of Cover-3 theoretically, so they line up 2x2 trying to see Cover-3 because RPO's work best against that defense. IND and PHI are #1 and #2 in RPO.
BUT, the Colts and Eagles actually saw very little Cover-3. Eagles got Quarters and the Colts got Man-Coverage. Because Minshew was not a running threat, the coverage could turn their back on him and stick to receivers. You can't play Man against Jalen Hurts or Anthony Richardson, generally.
So the idea is, what Steichen actually wants to do, is face Cover-3 and Quarters like he saw in PHI. So he needs the running threat to avoid Man and also the deep ball threat to beat creeping safeties.
Minshew had neither of those qualities. AR has both. So what we run should look different because what defenses we show us should look different. And Steichen is very good at adjustments and using motion, which PHI struggled with after he left.
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