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PA Boot

Pistol·Trips·11

Play Action Pass Play

Play diagram for PA Boot from Pistol Trips in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationPistol

SetTrips

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

PA Boot is a play-action rollout concept out of Pistol Trips that boots the quarterback toward the boundary side away from the trips look. The outside trips receiver runs a deep corner route, the middle slot receiver runs a deep out breaking to the sideline, and the inside slot works a shallow crossing route underneath, while the boundary receiver on the roll side runs a shallow flat route as the checkdown. Blocking flows with the play fake to sell run action before the quarterback rolls out, and the primary read progression starts with the deep corner route, works down to the deep out, and finishes with the flat route as the outlet.

Defensive Reads

Presnap check safety depth, if both safeties are shallow expecting run the deep corner and deep out will have room to work behind them Identify man coverage by watching for defenders lined up tight on the trips receivers, this play stresses man coverage hard with the deep out breaking away from trailing corners Cover 3 with a fast flowing flat defender to the roll side can undercut the flat route, so be ready to climb to the deep out as your next progression Watch for contain defenders or a defensive end staying home on the roll side, since disciplined edge play can force the quarterback to throw off platform or take a sack Zone drops from linebackers into the shallow cross lane can clog the underneath crossing route, so keep an eye on linebacker depth and leverage before committing to that read

Usage Tips

Call this on early downs when you have already established the run game so the play fake actually holds linebackers and safeties

Watch for single high safeties presnap since they struggle to get width fast enough to cover the deep corner and deep out combo

Hot route the flat receiver into a quick drag if you see man coverage with a linebacker matched on him so he can outrun the defender across the field

Pair this with HB Dive or Read Option from the same Pistol Trips look so the run fake keys off actual tendencies and defenders bite on the boot action

Roll the pocket with the quarterback and use the flat route as your emergency valve against blitz heavy calls since it comes open fastest against pressure