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Mtn PA Slide

Shotgun·Deuce Close·12
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Play diagram for Mtn PA Slide from Shotgun Deuce Close in Madden 27

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Breakdown

Mtn PA Slide is a play-action shot play out of Shotgun Deuce Close (12 personnel) built to attack downfield off run fakes. Off the play fake, the outside receiver runs a corner-post breaking vertical route up the seam, the inside receiver climbs the seam then breaks outside on a slide/out route at intermediate depth, and the third route works a shallow drag/flat crosser underneath to hold linebackers. The line and backfield show run action to sell the fake before pass protection sets, making this a man beater designed to hit the corner-post over the top once the play-action freezes the second level.

Defensive Reads

Identify single high safety shells (Cover 1 or Cover 3) before the snap since this play is designed to exploit the seam once the safety respects the run fake. Watch the flow of the linebackers at the snap: if they step up hard on the play-action fake, the seam and corner-post will be wide open behind them. Against Cover 2 or Cover 4 shells with two deep safeties, the corner-post gets contested, so look to the underneath slide route as the checkdown instead. User the deep safety yourself in man coverage looks to rob the corner-post if you suspect the CPU will bite on the fake. Beware of disguised zone blitzes since the extra rush can collapse the pocket before the corner-post has time to develop, so have a quick answer ready to the flat or drag route.

Usage Tips

Sell the run fake by pairing this call with your actual run plays like Inside Zone or Outside Zone from the same Deuce Close look so linebackers respect the run fit. Use this on early downs (1st and 10, 2nd and short) when defenses are keyed on stopping the run and safeties are creeping into the box. Check the middle of the field pre-snap: if you see a single high safety cheating toward the boundary, throw the corner-post since he cannot help both hash routes. Hot route the underlying crosser into a deeper option against zone shells that sit soft in the intermediate area. Sequence this shot play after running Mtn Stick or RPO Read Mtn Stick a few times to condition the defense to bite on the play fake, then hit the corner-post for the explosive gain.

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