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Texas Double Post

Shotgun·Doubles Offset·11

Post Texas Double Posts Texas Concept Pass Play Cover 2 Beater Cover 4 Beater

Play diagram for Texas Double Post from Shotgun Doubles Offset in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetDoubles Offset

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

Texas Double Post lines up from Shotgun Doubles Offset with 11 personnel, sending both outside receivers vertical up the seams while the two inside receivers work the underneath Texas concept. The slot receiver runs a shallow crossing route to the opposite flat and the tight end or inner slot runs an angle route back underneath, giving quarterbacks a built in checkdown against pressure. This is a pass play designed to attack Cover 2 and Cover 4 shells, with the primary read starting on the two post routes to see which safety commits, then working down to the Texas cross and angle route underneath if the posts are capped.

Defensive Reads

Watch both safeties presnap, if they are aligned two high with equal depth this play is designed to split them on the post routes. Post snap key whether the safeties stay true to their halves or bite on the underneath crossers, a late safety rotation opens a throwing lane on the far post. Zone defenses with a single deep lurk defender in the middle of the field can undercut the crossing route, so be ready to climb the pocket and reset to the post if that read is covered. Man coverage with no safety help over the top is vulnerable to both posts, but a robber or spy sitting in the shallow zone can jump the Texas cross and angle route combo. Disguised Cover 3 rotations can bait the quarterback into throwing the post into a deep third defender, so confirm the safety leverage before committing to the vertical read.

Usage Tips

Presnap identify two high safeties before the snap since this concept is built specifically to punish Cover 2 and Cover 4 shells with vertical stress on the safeties.

If the safeties widen or bail deep at the snap, hit the post that splits the seam before the safety can rotate over the top.

Use the Texas cross and angle route as your answer versus man coverage or when the posts are covered, since those routes create natural picks and separation underneath.

Best called on second and medium or third and short to medium where the underneath option is a safe answer if the deep shots are not there.

Pair this play with Four Verticals or PA Comeback Seam earlier in a series to condition safeties to sit deep, then come back to Texas Double Post to hit the posts once they start cheating up on shorter routes.