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RZ PA Corner

Shotgun·Bunch Str Offset·11

Play Action Corner Pass Play

Play diagram for RZ PA Corner 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

RZ PA Corner is a play-action shot play out of the Bunch Str Offset set in Shotgun, built for red zone situations. The bunch receiver on the play side runs a corner route to the back corner of the end zone while the inside bunch receiver clears underneath with a shallow drag toward the flat, and the backside receiver runs a vertical seam up the numbers. The primary read is the corner route first, working front to back through the vertical if the corner is capped, with the play action fake designed to hold linebackers and freeze underneath defenders for a clean throwing window.

Defensive Reads

Look for single high safety shells pre-snap, this tells you the corner has to defend the boundary alone and the route can win on timing. Watch the flat defender or curl to flat linebacker at the snap, if he sinks with the play action fake the underneath drag opens up instantly. Identify if the defense is playing man coverage with a corner shaded outside, that alignment invites the corner route to break open at the top of its stem. Check for a lurking safety rotating late over the top, a two high shell that stays true after the snap will squeeze the corner route and force you to the backside vertical read. Beware of a nano blitz off the edge disguised pre-snap, if the play side has a blitzer crashing the fake the quarterback needs to get the ball out on rhythm before the pocket collapses.

Usage Tips

Call this near the goal line or inside the 10 yard line where the corner route has room to work but the field is compressed for defenders too.

Check the cornerback and safety alignment before the snap, if you see a single high safety shaded to the boundary the corner route will be tight so be ready to climb the ladder to the backside vertical.

Use play action to sell the run fake fully before dropping to throw, holding the animation too short tips off zone defenders and kills the window on the corner.

Hot route the shallow drag into a flat route if you diagnose man coverage across the board, this creates an easy pick versus man beaters when the bunch is jammed at the snap.

Pair this play with Mtn Stick or Slant Spacing earlier in a red zone series to bait linebackers into sitting on quick game, then hit them with the play action shot once they start jumping routes.