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PA Sweep Flood

Shotgun·Doubles Offset Wk·11

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SetDoubles Offset Wk

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111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

PA Sweep Flood is a play-action shot off outside zone sweep action out of Shotgun Doubles Offset Wk, designed to freeze linebackers and flood one side of the field with three levels of route depth. The backfield sweep fake pulls the defense's eyes horizontally while the flood concept stacks a deep out or corner, an intermediate out, and a shallow flat route on the same side, creating a natural high low low read against both man and zone coverage. Your primary progression starts with the deepest route to see if the corner bites on the fake, then works down to the intermediate out, and finally checks down to the flat if the underneath defenders sink or blitz.

Defensive Reads

Read the safety rotation at the snap. If both safeties stay deep in a two high shell, the flood side corner is likely getting help over the top, so target the intermediate out or flat instead of forcing the deep ball. Watch the play side linebacker's first step. If he bites hard on the sweep fake, the window for the intermediate out route opens immediately behind him. Identify Cover 3 by tracking the flat defender. If he sinks to the flat late or gets stuck reading run fake, the shallow route or intermediate out will be uncontested. This play struggles against disciplined Cover 4 or Cover 6 shells where the corner and safety both stay deep, since the flood is a natural zone beater but loses value when the defense refuses to bite on the fake. Beware of user linebackers spying the flood side or lurking the intermediate throwing lane, since a jumped route here can turn into a house call the other way if the quarterback is locked on his primary read.

Usage Tips

Sell the play fake by holding the ball on the sweep motion before pulling to throw, this is critical for freezing linebackers and opening the intermediate window.

Use this on early downs or second and short when defenses expect run, since the sweep action mirrors your actual run plays like Jet QB Sweep and Buck Sweep Behind from this same set.

Against zone shells, key the flat defender first. If he widens with the flood's shallow route, the intermediate out will sit open in the vacated hole.

Hot route the backside receiver into a quick drag or slant as a built-in answer to blitz looks, since the flood concept is only run to one side by design.

Pair this call with RPO Peek Slant or RPO Zone Peek earlier in a drive to condition the defense to bite on run keys, then hit them with the full flood shot when they start crashing down.

Avoid calling this deep in your own territory against aggressive man press corners unless your flood receivers can win vertical leverage, since a jump on the deepest route can lead to a pick six.