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Corner Go's Flat

Shotgun·Deuce·12

Flat Corner Go Pass Play Out And Up

Play diagram for Corner Go's Flat from Shotgun Deuce in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetDeuce

Personnel

121 RB · 2 TE · 2 WR

In 2 playbooks

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Breakdown

Corner Go's Flat is a five man route concept out of Shotgun Deuce 12 personnel that stacks vertical stress on the boundary with a checkdown outlet underneath. The backside X runs a go straight up the numbers while the frontside TE releases outside and climbs a go route of his own after a chip release, and the outside TE runs a deep corner route breaking away from the flat defender. Underneath, the flanker runs a shallow crosser working left to right while the remaining back or slot runs a flat/pivot route to the sideline, giving the quarterback a built in checkdown if the deep shots are covered. This is a man beater first, designed to isolate corners on double go routes while the corner route and flat combo attacks zone drops underneath, so the primary progression is corner route to backside go to the shallow drag/flat checkdown.

Defensive Reads

Read the cornerback depth pre-snap, if he is playing off coverage with a deep safety over the top, expect the corner route to be the primary answer since it settles into the soft spot behind the corner and in front of the safety. Watch for a single high safety rotating to the field, this tells you the defense is likely in some form of man coverage and the double go routes on the outside become live if your receiver wins the release. Key the flat defender, if a linebacker or nickel corner sinks too deep on the corner route, the shallow crosser and flat route underneath will be wide open for an easy completion. Look for user controlled defenders lurking in the shallow zone, aggressive users will sit on the drag route, so be ready to climb the ladder to the corner route or go route if you see a defender sitting low and inside. Blitz heavy looks with man coverage on the outside are the most dangerous counter to this play, so if you see extra rushers crashing off the edge, get the ball out quickly to the flat route as your answer.

Usage Tips

Use this from obvious passing situations like second or third and long where defenses expect to sit in zone shells.

Check the safety alignment before the snap, if you see two high safeties rotate to the corner route side since the corner is designed to split the difference between the flat defender and the deep half safety.

Against man coverage, take the double go route matchup on the outside if you have a size or speed advantage at receiver, this play is built to win one on one vertical battles.

Hot route the shallow crosser into a deeper dig if you are facing heavy zone drop coverage that squats on underneath routes.

Pair this play with Bounce PA TE Cross or PA Slide in the same set to keep the defense honest on run action before hitting them with this shot play later in the series.