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Mills Double Out

Shotgun·5WR Tight·00
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Play diagram for Mills Double Out from Shotgun 5WR Tight in Madden 27

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Breakdown

Mills Double Out lines up out of Shotgun 5WR Tight with 00 personnel and stacks two out routes on the left side underneath a deep dig, while the right side runs the classic Mills combo of a deep post from the slot clearing under a corner route from the outside receiver. The middle receiver adds a shallow drag/spot route that sits underneath the dig as a checkdown option against zone drops. This is a pass play built as a Cover 4 beater, using the post to occupy the deep half safety and the corner route to attack the vacated flat, with the primary read progression starting on the deep post to corner combo before working back to the double outs on the opposite side.

Defensive Reads

Read the deep safeties first, if they rotate to a two high shell post snap, expect the post route to be picked up and look immediately to the double outs. Watch the flat defender or curl to flat linebacker on the right side, if he widens with the corner route the throwing window on the post tightens and the QB should reset to the middle drag. Key the middle linebacker depth at the snap, a shallow drop signals zone coverage underneath the dig route, making the drag route the outlet against blitz pressure. Man coverage with a single high safety is where this play is most vulnerable defensively, since the post has no soft spot to settle into and the corner route gets undercut by trail technique. Look for a lurking user defender sitting in the middle of the field, since the dig and drag routes cross into the same intermediate zone and a rover can jump both concepts if not sold with proper pump fakes.

Usage Tips

Attack Cover 4 shells pre-snap by identifying two deep safeties and outside corners playing off, since the post to corner combo is designed to stress the seam and pin the safety inside.

On third and medium to long, prioritize the post to corner side since the corner route settles into the void created once the post clears the safety vertically.

If the defense shows Cover 2 or Cover 3 shell instead, hot route the outside out route into a corner or hitch to avoid throwing into the flat defender sitting on the boundary.

Pair this play with Slot Dig Wide Corner or Smash Dagger in the same set to keep defenses guessing between double move verticals and quick out combos, forcing linebackers to widen their zone drops.

Use motion pre-snap to identify man versus zone before the snap, since the double out concept on the left is a clean man beater against trail technique corners.

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