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Mtn Cross Out

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Breakdown

Mtn Cross Out is a man beating route concept out of the Bunch Y-Flex formation designed to create natural rub traffic against man coverage while giving the quarterback a horizontal stretch versus zone shells. The bunch alignment sends crossing routes underneath with an out route breaking to the boundary, forcing defenders to fight through picks or widen out of their zone drops. The primary read progression starts with the out route to the flat as a quick outlet, then works to the crossing routes over the middle if the corner sinks or the flat defender jumps the boundary throw.

Defensive Reads

Read the safety alignment pre-snap, a two high shell signals more room for the crossing routes to work underneath since the deep middle is occupied. Watch the corner aligned over the bunch, if he presses or shows man leverage expect the rub to spring the crosser open quickly. Check linebacker depth at the snap, shallow drops from the mike or will linebacker will jump the crossing routes and force you to the out route as the outlet. Cover 3 with a hard flat defender can shut down the out route, so key on whether the cornerback sinks into the flat or stays deep in his third. Beware of user controlled lurk defenders sitting in the shallow zone, they can undercut the crossing routes if the quarterback stares them down too long.

Usage Tips

Use pre-snap motion to identify if the defense shifts the bunch alignment, this tells you whether you are facing man or zone coverage before the snap.

Against man coverage, trust the natural rub from the bunch set and let the crossing routes work through traffic, the pick action will spring someone open against tight man defenders.

On third and short or third and medium, the out route is your money throw versus zone since it settles in the void created by cloud coverage or curl flat defenders.

Pair this play with Mtn Double Cross or Mtn Cross Stop Post in the same set to keep the defense guessing between single cross and double cross combos out of the same bunch look.

If the user drops a linebacker into the shallow crossing lane, hot route the backside receiver on a quick out or hitch to attack the space vacated by an overplaying defender.

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