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Four Verticals

Shotgun·5WR Trio·11
Four VertsPass PlayCover 2 BeaterCover 3 Beater
Play diagram for Four Verticals from Shotgun 5WR Trio in Madden 27

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Breakdown

Four Verticals out of the Shotgun 5WR Trio set sends four receivers vertically up the field to stretch the defense from sideline to sideline, with the outside receivers releasing straight up the numbers, the slot receiver breaking a corner route toward the post, and the inner slot running a quick out breaking route to hold underneath defenders. The lone in-line blocker cuts inside to protect while the rest of the offensive line holds up in max protect on the drop back pass. This is a classic Cover 2 and Cover 3 beater designed to isolate the deep middle and attack the seams before the safeties can rotate over, with the primary read starting on the seam routes and working outside to the streaking outside receiver if the safeties bite on the middle.

Defensive Reads

Identify two deep safeties pre-snap which signals Cover 2 or Cover 4, both of which can be exploited between the numbers and the hash by the seam routes A single high safety pre-snap indicates Cover 3 or Cover 1, in which case look to the boundary streak route for a one on one matchup against the cornerback Watch for linebackers sinking deep into the seams post-snap, that shows a Cover 3 sky or buzz variant designed to take away the exact throw this play wants to make User controlled defenders lurking in the middle of the field are the biggest threat to this concept, if you see a user spy or rat in the seam, work the sideline vertical routes instead Man coverage with no safety help over the top gets beaten easily by the outside streak routes, look for cornerbacks playing tight press alignment as a green light to sling it deep

Usage Tips

Check the safety alignment before the snap, if you see two deep safeties split wide this play will stress the middle seam that Cover 2 struggles to cover

Use the quick out route as a built in checkdown against a hard blitz look or when the defense shows heavy pressure pre-snap

Hot route the inside receiver into a deeper crossing route against Cover 3 to attack the vacated middle of the field where the single high safety cannot help

Pair this with Curl Flats or Mtn Spacing in your play-calling sequence so the defense has to respect both the shallow and deep passing windows

Best called on second and long or third and long situations where you need to stress a defense that is sitting back in a two deep shell

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