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PA Boot Flow is a play-action rollout out of the I Form Wing Over set that sells HB Sweep flow to the play side before the QB boots out on the opposite edge. The fullback and offensive line show run blocking to freeze linebackers and second level defenders, while the receivers work a flood concept to that boot side, typically a deep out or corner from the flanker with an underneath flat route from the tight end or fullback leak, giving you a high low read against man and zone alike. Primary progression is deep to short on the boot side: check the corner or deep route first, then work down to the flat or drag as the pocket collapses.
Watch linebacker depth at the snap, if they step up hard on the play fake you have a clean window in the flat and underneath crossers. Identify single high versus two high safety shells before the snap, single high leaves the boot side corner route isolated while two high forces you to check down quicker. Beware cover 3 sky or cloud rotations to the boot side, a cornerback sitting in the flat can jump the underneath route and turn it into a house call the other way. Look for user controlled defenders spying the QB on the boot side, aggressive edge defenders or linebackers who stay home on contain can force an early checkdown or a sack. Blitz heavy fronts that bring pressure away from the boot side are the best matchup for this concept, since the rollout naturally escapes that pressure and buys time for the deep route to develop.
Run this on early downs after establishing HB Sweep and HB Stretch so linebackers bite on the run fake and vacate their zone drops.
Check the safety alignment pre-snap, a single high shell means the corner route on the boot side has a one on one shot, two high means work the flat and underneath option first.
Use the rollout to buy time against user blitzers, the boot naturally moves the QB away from edge pressure and off tackle nano blitz attempts.
Hot route the backside receiver into a shallow drag or spot route if you expect man coverage, this gives you a built in man beater against man match teams that stay home on the run fake.
Sequence this with PA Waggle and Mtn Power O in the same drive to keep linebacker run fits honest, then hit Boot Flow when you see the defense start crashing downhill on early down runs.