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Chip PoCo X Dig

Shotgun·Deuce Close·12
DigPost CornerPass PlayCover 2 BeaterMan Beater
Play diagram for Chip PoCo X Dig from Shotgun Deuce Close in Madden 27

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Breakdown

Chip PoCo X Dig comes out of Shotgun Deuce Close 12 personnel and shows a three level attack on one side of the field. The outside receiver runs a post corner off the top of the numbers, the inside slot receiver chips before working underneath on a dig across the middle, and the backside receiver runs a go route to hold the far corner. Both flat routes from the tight ends stretch the underneath zone horizontally, giving this concept true man beater traits with built in Cover 2 beater leverage since the post corner attacks the deep half seam behind a rolled up corner. The primary read starts with the post corner against single high shells, then works down to the dig if the safety jumps the corner route, with the flat as the checkdown against a hard blitz.

Defensive Reads

Pre snap check for two high safeties, this tells you the post corner is live and the defense is likely in Cover 2 or a variation that this concept is designed to punish Watch the flat defender at the snap, if the corner sinks with the post corner route you have a clean throwing lane to the dig crossing underneath Man coverage with a single high safety is where this play shines the most, the combination of the chip and post corner creates natural rub and separation Cover 3 with a hard sinking corner can take away the post corner window, so key the corner depth at the top of his drop before committing to that route Watch for a user controlled linebacker sitting in the middle of the field, a lurking defender in that throwing lane can jump the dig route if the quarterback stares it down too long

Usage Tips

Check the safety alignment before the snap, if you see two deep safeties the post corner has a great chance to sit down behind the corner and in front of the rotating safety

Use the chip from the slot receiver to buy time against edge pressure, this is key when you call this from obvious passing downs like second and long or third and medium

Hot route the backside go route into a shorter comeback if you are facing a Cover 3 shell to give yourself a quicker outlet against sunk deep zone defenders

Pair this with Bench Dig Curl or Bench X Dig in your play calling sequence so the defense sees similar route stems and cannot jump the dig based on formation recognition alone

Against man coverage look immediately to the post corner, the double move nature of the route creates natural separation against press corners who bite on the vertical stem

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