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Mtn Wide Zone

Pistol·Y Off Trips·11

Outside Zone Motion Run Play Zone Run

Play diagram for Mtn Wide Zone from Pistol Y Off Trips in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationPistol

SetY Off Trips

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

Mtn Wide Zone is an outside zone run out of Pistol Y Off Trips with pre-snap man motion crossing the formation before the snap. The offensive line flows laterally to the play side while the HB reads the zone blocks, pressing the edge and looking to cut back if the defensive front overplays the stretch. This is a run play built to attack gap integrity, and the primary read progression for the ball carrier is playside edge first, then cutback lane if the D-line and linebackers flow too hard with the zone action.

Defensive Reads

Watch pre-snap safety depth, a single high safety often signals man coverage underneath that leaves linebackers isolated in the run fit. Key the play side outside linebacker or defensive end, if he crashes hard down the line the cutback lane opens up behind the zone flow. Identify if the defense runs a nano blitz off the edge, this can beat outside zone before the tackle gets a block set, so be ready to bail into a cutback or check to a quick pass. Look for linebacker depth at the snap, linebackers sitting too shallow get gashed by the stretch, while those reading run fast can string the play out to the sideline. Watch for user-controlled defenders flowing hard to the play side, this is a signal to cut back against the grain immediately.

Usage Tips

Use the pre-snap motion to identify if the defense is playing man or zone by watching if a defender follows the motion man across the formation.

Call this on early downs like first and 10 or second and short to keep the defense honest and set up your RPO Alert Bubble and RPO Alert Slant off the same look.

If the defense stacks the box with extra linebackers or a run blitz look, consider hot routing the motion man into a quick swing route as a check valve.

Pair Mtn Wide Zone with Mtn HB Wide Zone Wk and Mtn Seam Y Z-Choice to keep the defense guessing between playside and weakside zone action from the same personnel and formation.

Against aggressive fill linebackers, user the HB manually on the cutback lane instead of relying on the CPU logic to maximize yards after the initial zone flow.