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Return PA Flood

Shotgun·Bunch Str Offset·11

Play Action Flood Motion Pass Play Cover 3 Beater

Play diagram for Return PA Flood from Shotgun Bunch Str Offset in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetBunch Str Offset

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

Return PA Flood runs a vertical flood concept out of Shotgun Bunch Str Offset with a pre-snap return motion into the bunch. Off play-action, the diagram shows three receivers stacking the same side: an outside route stemming up and out on a deep angle, a middle seam runner splitting the field vertically, and an inside receiver breaking outside and up into a corner route, creating a true three level flood read at short, intermediate, and deep depth. This is a play-action pass built to attack Cover 3 and other zone shells by overloading one half of the field, with the primary read starting on the deep corner breaking route and working down to the seam and then the flood route underneath if the defense rolls its zone drops away from the flood side.

Defensive Reads

Check for single high safety pre-snap, this signals Cover 3 or Cover 1 and both are vulnerable to the flood side overload since one defender cannot cover three levels. Watch the flow of the motion defender, if a linebacker or safety follows the bunch motion across the formation you are facing man coverage and should target the corner route or seam against a trailing defender. Post-snap, key the cornerback on the flood side, if he sinks deep with the corner route the seam runner should be wide open behind the underneath zone. Identify user-controlled lurk defenders sitting in the middle of the field, a smart user can jump the seam route so be ready to reset to the underneath flood route if that happens. This concept struggles against sound Cover 4 or Cover 6 shells with two deep safeties who can rob the corner route, so avoid forcing the deep throw against split safety looks and check down to the flood route instead.

Usage Tips

Use the pre-snap motion into the bunch to identify if the defense is playing zone or man, if defenders shift or trigger on the motion you are likely seeing man coverage and should hot route the corner route into a quicker breaking pattern. Look for single high safety alignment before the snap, this is a strong indicator of Cover 3 which this flood concept is designed to exploit by overloading the flood side hook to curl zone defender. Start your progression on the deep corner route since it stresses the deep third defender, then work down to the seam sitting behind the linebackers, and finish on the underneath flood route if the play-action freezes the second level. Call this on early downs or manageable third downs where a play-action fake has time to influence linebacker and safety eyes, avoid using it in obvious dropback situations against aggressive pass rush teams. Pair this with Verts Dig or Mtn Deep Post from the same set to keep defenses guessing between vertical shots and flood concepts off similar pre-snap motion looks.