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Strong Flood

Shotgun·5WR Trio·11

Flood Pass Play Cover 3 Beater

Play diagram for Strong Flood from Shotgun 5WR Trio in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

Set5WR Trio

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

Strong Flood is a three level flood concept run to the strong side of the formation out of the Shotgun 5WR Trio set. The strong side receivers stack a deep corner route, an intermediate out breaking route, and a shallow flat route all to the same side of the field, while the backside receiver runs an isolated out route as a hot beater. This is a classic Cover 3 beater that overloads one deep third defender and one flat defender, and the primary read progression works high to low starting with the corner route, then to the out sitting underneath, then finally to the flat route if the defense rolls coverage or the corner gets jumped.

Defensive Reads

Read the deep third defender to the flood side first, since Cover 3 leaves him outnumbered by the corner, out, and flat routes stacked on top of each other. Watch for a robber or lurk defender sitting in the intermediate zone, as a user controlled linebacker can jump the out route and bait a turnover if the quarterback does not see him. Check flat defender depth and leverage before the snap, since a squatting cornerback or nickel defender in the flat can undercut the shallow route and turn it into a pick six opportunity. Two deep safety shells such as Cover 2 or Cover 4 shrink the window on the corner route, so expect the ball to come out to the out or flat route instead against those shells. Man coverage with no help over the top is where this play is most vulnerable to a blown assignment, so watch for a blitz package that brings extra rushers while leaving a linebacker matched up on the flood concept.

Usage Tips

Pre-snap, identify whether the strong safety or corner is aligned to bracket the flood side, since this play punishes single high shells that leave one deflender responsible for three routes.

Use the flat route as your check down against zone blitzes because it comes out quick and beats late arriving underneath defenders.

Against man coverage, hot route the backside out into a slant or drag to give yourself a quick throw away from the flood concept if the corner route gets blanketed.

Call this play on second and medium to second and long, since the flood needs a full three level route tree to develop and works best when the defense is not forced into an obvious run look.

Pair this with Curl Flats or Mtn Spacing in your play calling sequence so the defense sees similar route distributions but has to respect both the deep flood shot and the quicker zone beating options underneath.