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Dash Slot Corner

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Breakdown

Dash Slot Corner is a man beating concept out of Pistol Bunch that isolates the slot receiver on a corner route to attack the boundary against tight man coverage. The bunch alignment creates natural rub and pick opportunities off the release, freeing up the slot corner route as the primary read while underneath routes clear out space to occupy linebackers and shallow zone defenders. The progression starts with the slot corner route breaking to the sideline, then works down to the underneath crossers or flat routes if the corner is blanketed by a safety rotating over the top.

Defensive Reads

Check the deep safety alignment before the snap, a single high safety shaded toward the bunch side signals help over the top on the corner route Watch the corner assigned to the slot receiver, if he is playing with inside leverage the corner route has an easier release to the sideline Post snap, identify if a linebacker or nickel defender sits in a lurk position to jump the corner break, this is the biggest threat against this concept This play struggles against zone match coverages like Cover 4 or Cover 6 where the deep quarter defender can sit on the corner route without conflict Blitz packages that bring pressure off the edge can disrupt timing since the corner route takes longer to develop, so account for hot route protection against known blitz teams

Usage Tips

Look for man coverage indicators pre snap such as corners lined up tight on the bunch with no visible flat defender cushion

Attack this play on second and long or third and medium when defenses often play man match concepts to take away underneath sticks

Motion out of the bunch before the snap to force the defense to declare man or zone and confirm your matchup on the slot corner route

Pair this with Dash WR Leak or Dash Flood in the same set to keep defenses guessing between corner breaks and flood concepts from a similar bunch look

If the corner route gets bracketed by two defenders, hot route the underneath receiver into a quick out to beat off man coverage lurking underneath

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