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Strong Flood

Pistol·Y Off Trips·11

Flood Pass Play Cover 3 Beater

Play diagram for Strong Flood from Pistol Y Off Trips in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationPistol

SetY Off Trips

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

In 2 playbooks

Air Raid OffenseOffense Pistol OffenseOffense

Breakdown

Strong Flood is a three level flood concept run to the strong side out of Pistol Y Off Trips with 11 personnel. The three receiving routes flood the right side of the field with a deep corner route from the outside receiver, a dig sitting at intermediate depth from the middle trips receiver, and a flat route breaking underneath from the inline receiver, while the backside receiver runs a comeback and the RB checks into a swing route out of the backfield to the weak side as an outlet or contain check. This is a classic Cover 3 beater since it stretches the deep third defender vertically and horizontally while occupying underneath zone defenders with the flat and dig, and the primary read progression goes deep corner to dig to flat.

Defensive Reads

Key the deep third or deep half defender at the snap, if he sinks under the corner route the dig should be open behind him in the intermediate window. Watch the flat defender, if a linebacker or slot corner sits on the flat route to jump the underneath throw, the dig or corner route will have space since he cannot cover all three levels. Identify user controlled defenders lurking in the passing lanes, if the user jumps the dig route, reset your progression to the flat or corner since that defender has abandoned his zone responsibility. This play struggles against aggressive Cover 4 or press man coverage with quick underneath help, since the corner route gets squeezed and the flat defender can sit on the shallow throw. Look for late blitz disguises off the weak side, since the RB swing route is designed to counter pressure that comes from that direction and gives an easy answer against man blitz looks.

Usage Tips

Diagnose the safety alignment before the snap, this play is designed to punish single high shells like Cover 3 and Cover 1 where the deep third or deep half defender cannot cover the corner route and the dig at the same time.

If you see two high safeties rotating down into Cover 4 or Cover 2, hot route the corner route into a deep out or throw the ball to the flat quickly since the sideline defender will have help over the top.

Use the RB swing as your check down against blitz looks, especially when the defense shows pressure off the weak side edge since the swing releases away from the strength of the protection.

Pair this play with Four Verticals and PA Boot RT in your play calling sequence, since all three attack vertical and horizontal stress points but look similar enough pre-snap to keep the defense guessing.

Run this on second and medium to second and long, since the flood concept needs time to develop the deep corner route and works best when the defense is not selling out on the run.