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Mtn PA Counter Boot

Shotgun·Doubles Offset Wk·11
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Breakdown

Mtn PA Counter Boot is a play-action bootleg out of Shotgun Doubles Offset that sells inside counter action before rolling the quarterback to the boundary. The fake draws linebackers and safeties downhill, opening up a deep comeback or corner route to the boot side while a crossing route and flat option develop underneath as checkdowns. This is a play-action shot play designed to punish overaggressive run fits and single-high safety looks, with the primary read starting on the deep boot side route before working down to the intermediate crosser and finally the flat.

Defensive Reads

Look for linebackers stepping up hard on the play-action fake, that confirms the boot side deep route will be open behind them. Single high safety alignments and Cover 3 shells are vulnerable because the deep comeback or corner route attacks the boundary corner in soft zone drops. Watch for a user-controlled defender spying the quarterback on the boot side, this is the biggest threat to this play since it can jump the rollout throwing lane. Cover 2 with sticky corners can be trouble since the flat defender can sit on the underneath route while the safety cheats over the top of the deep shot. If the defense shows heavy edge pressure or a contain blitz to the play side, expect the rollout lane to collapse quickly and prioritize the checkdown instead of holding for the deep shot.

Usage Tips

Call this on early downs like first and ten or second and short when defenses are keyed on stopping the run out of this personnel group. Check the safety alignment before the snap, a single high safety or a defense showing run blitz support is a green light to fire this off. Use your play-action window fully by holding the fake animation to sell counter action before rolling out, do not rush the throw. Hot route the flat route to a quick out if you see man coverage sitting on the crosser, this gives you a rhythm throw against blitz looks. Pair this with Mtn PA Counter Levels and Mtn QB Blast earlier in a drive so the defense respects the counter run fake, then hit this bootleg shot when they start crashing down on inside zone or counter action.

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