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Seattle

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Pass PlayPlay ActionFour VertsGoPostSeamDeep CrossFloodCover 2 BeaterCover 3 Beater
Play diagram for Seattle from Pistol Bunch in Madden 27

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Breakdown

Seattle is a four verts based play action shot play out of Pistol Bunch that stresses the deep half of the field with five vertical threats. From the bunch alignment, the outside receiver runs a deep go up the numbers, the two inside bunch receivers run a seam and a deep cross that clears underneath, and the backside receiver runs a post while the front side receiver breaks off a corner route up the seam. This is a classic Cover 2 and Cover 3 beater because it floods the deep and intermediate levels with vertical stems, forcing safeties to choose between the post, the seam, and the corner. The primary read progression starts with the post to seam read on the play side, then works to the deep cross settling into the void, and finally the backside go route if the defense rolls coverage away.

Defensive Reads

Pre-snap, identify single high versus two high safeties, single high usually means the post has a bigger throwing window against Cover 3 Watch the flat defender or cornerback on the corner route, if he sinks deep with the corner the underneath seam and cross will be wide open Key the middle linebacker or hook defender on the deep cross, if he drops fast to the middle third the post window tightens and you should look seam Man coverage with no safety help over the top gets exposed by the outside go route, throw it early before the corner can recover from the bunch release Watch for a user controlled safety lurking the deep cross or post, if he cheats over that window closes and you must reset to the backside go route

Usage Tips

Use this on 2nd and long or 3rd and long when defenses are more likely to sit in zone shells like Cover 2 or Cover 3

Check the safety alignment pre-snap, if you see two high safeties with no rotation, hot route the deep cross to a hitch to bait the linebacker and open the post

Play action from Pistol sells the run fake well, so pair this with HB Duo or Wide Zone earlier in the drive to get linebackers biting downhill

If the corner route gets jumped by a flat defender, work the seam route immediately since it is the fastest breaking man beater in the concept

Sequence this with Mesh or Curl Flat on early downs to set up the aggressive shot play once the defense starts keying underneath routes

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