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Breakdown
Exit RPO Peek Snag lines up out of Shotgun Deuce with 12 personnel and shows a pre-snap motion man crossing behind the backfield to the flat. The read side runs a Snag concept: the outside receiver runs the corner route stem up the sideline (shown breaking upfield after the flat threat clears), while the flat route underneath sits low as the peek option for the RPO. Up front the line blocks the run action, giving the QB the option to hand off or pull and read the alley defender before working the Snag combo. This is an RPO built to beat Cover 3, with the primary progression running peek read first (give or keep), then flat to corner if the box tells you to throw.
Defensive Reads
Key the alley defender and the flat defender right at the snap, if either steps up to fill the run gap the peek route behind them is wide open. Watch the deep third safety alignment before the snap, a single high safety cheating over the top of the corner route signals Cover 3 and confirms this is a strong RPO matchup. Man coverage with the flat defender chasing the motion man in trail technique invites a quick peek throw before the defender can recover. A hard blitz off the edge with no spy on the QB can blow up the mesh point, so check for extra rushers crowding the line before committing to the run read. Zone drops that widen to take away the corner route leave the underneath flat and peek combo soft, take the easy completion instead of forcing it deep.
Usage Tips
Presnap, count the box defenders before the motion man crosses the formation to decide whether the give read is live.
If the flat defender or the alley player crashes down on the run fake, pull and hit the peek flat route immediately for an easy conversion.
Against Cover 3 with a hard-rolled corner, look to the corner route sitting behind the flat since the deep third defender cannot cover both levels.
Use this play on early downs to stay on schedule since it gives you a run answer and a pass answer in one call, then dial up Exit PA Wheel or Exit Alert Zone Screen off the same Exit motion look to keep defenses guessing.
On third and short, trust the run read since most defenses sell out to stop the pass in this personnel grouping.
