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Boomerang PA Y Wheel

Shotgun·Bunch TE·11

Play Action Wheel Motion Pass Play

Play diagram for Boomerang PA Y Wheel from Shotgun Bunch TE in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetBunch TE

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

Boomerang PA Y Wheel is a play-action pass out of Shotgun Bunch TE with a run fake to the HB before the QB works through his progression. Off the fake, the Y (TE) breaks out of the bunch and works a wheel route up the sideline, while one bunch receiver runs a deep corner and the other clears out on a deep dig that settles into an out breaking route toward the numbers. The backside receiver runs an isolated deep post, giving the QB a full field stretch with the Y wheel as the primary answer against man coverage and the backside post as the shot play answer versus single high looks.

Defensive Reads

Pre snap, identify if the defense is showing man coverage with a corner tight on the bunch, since that alignment is the green light for the Y wheel. Check safety depth and rotation before the snap, a single high safety cheating toward the bunch side opens the backside post for an explosive gain. Post snap, watch for a user controlled defender sitting on the flat or wheel lane, this is the primary lurk threat that can jump the Y route and turn it into a turnover. Read linebacker reaction to the play fake, if they step up hard on the HB run action, the middle of the field opens for the dig and corner combo working underneath the safeties. Against zone coverage with underneath defenders sinking, abort the wheel read early and rely on the backside post or a hot routed quick game to punish soft zone drops.

Usage Tips

Use this play on early downs or in shot situations when you have already established the HB run game out of Bunch TE so the play fake actually holds linebackers and safeties.

Key the corner over the bunch before the snap, if he is aligned tight and shows man leverage, the Y wheel will win once the TE clears the initial traffic.

Hot route the backside receiver into a hitch or quick out if you diagnose zone coverage post snap, since the deep post will be a low percentage read versus a two high shell.

Pair this call with Boomerang HB Off Tackle and Escort HB Split Zone earlier in a drive so the defense respects the run action and bites on the play fake.

Give the play a full progression read starting with the Y wheel, then the corner route, then work back to the backside post if the safety rotates away from the numbers.