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At a Glance
Overview
Doubles Y Off WK is the weak side offset variant of Shotgun Doubles Y Off, putting two receivers on each side of the formation with the tight end offset behind the line on the weak (single passing strength) side. That offset TE placement is the entire point of the set: he is not attached to the line, so he releases clean without being chipped or held up by a defensive end, and he can be motioned, hot routed, or left in as a chip blocker without tipping run or pass. Compared to standard Doubles, you get a true five eligible look with balanced 2x2 splits while keeping an extra body in the box for gap runs and screens.
The 11 personnel grouping means your third receiver is on the field instead of a second tight end, which usually forces the defense into a nickel shell. That gets your slot receiver matched against a nickel corner or a lesser man coverage defender, and the Gadget and SLWR tags mean the play sheet is built around getting the ball to that isolated slot or a movement player in space. Orbit motions, RPO reads, and the screen family all live off the same alignment, so the defense has to defend the boundary, the slot, and the box from a single identical pre snap picture.
Concept wise this is one of the deepest sets in the game. You have the full inside zone split family with RPO Glance Post, RPO Glance Slant, RPO Peek Slant, and RPO Alert Bubble tagged off it, gap scheme runs in 0 1 Trap and Counter Y, four separate screen looks (HB Slow Screen, HB Slip Screen, PA Jailbreak Screen, Mtn HB Angle Screen, Fk Power WR Screen), West Coast quick game in Slants, Double Slants, and Curl Flat, and vertical shots in Four Verticals, Double Post, X Dagger, and Orbit PA Shot. Almost every run has a matching play action or RPO shell, which is exactly what you want for a run pass balanced attack that never shows its hand.
Strengths
- Double Slants and Slants are elite man beaters from balanced 2x2 splits, and against Cover 1 the inside slant from the slot wins immediately because there is no hole player to sit in the throwing window.
- RPO Glance Post, RPO Glance Slant, and RPO Peek Slant let you read the box defender and either hand off Inside Zone Split or throw the glance behind a crashing safety, which punishes single high shells and run committed users.
- The screen game is absurdly deep here: HB Slow Screen, HB Slip Screen, Mtn HB Angle Screen, and PA Jailbreak Screen all come from the same look, so aggressive edge blitzers and manual pass rushers get punished without any pre snap tell.
- Curl Flat and X Dagger are clean zone beaters, with the dagger dig clearing out behind the vertical and the flat route stretching Cover 3 and Cover 2 corners horizontally.
- The offset tight end can be hot routed to a drag, flat, or block from any play, so you can convert a pass into extra protection or an extra man beater after you read the pre snap shell.
Weaknesses
- The offset TE is the only extra blocker, so A gap and overload nano pressures can still get home before the quick game develops, especially on the five and seven step drops in Four Verticals and Double Post.
- Balanced 2x2 splits give you no natural trips or bunch leverage, so you cannot scheme free access against tight man coverage the way you can from Trips or Bunch sets.
- A user controlled safety sitting over the slot kills the entire slant and glance package, since every inside breaking route from this set wants the middle of the field.
- The screen family becomes predictable fast, and disciplined opponents who keep a flat defender or user defender outside the tackle box will blow up HB Slow Screen and Fk Power WR Screen for losses.
- With only one back and one tight end, heavy short yardage and goal line situations are tougher, and run blitzes into 0 1 Trap or Counter Y can wreck the gap scheme before the pullers arrive.
Usage Tips
Read the box pre snap: if the defense is in single high with the nickel pressed, go to Double Slants or RPO Glance Slant and attack the middle. If you see a two high shell, run Inside Zone Split or 0 1 Trap because the box is light.
Motion the orbit player in Orbit PA Shot, Orbit RPO Read Y Flat, and Orbit Inside Zone Split to diagnose coverage, a defender chasing the motion confirms man and opens the slant and glance reads.
Hot route the offset TE to a block when you suspect an overload blitz, then use the same alignment on the next snap to run PA Read or PA Slide and hit the vertical shot behind the pressure.
Save HB Slow Screen and PA Jailbreak Screen for second and long after you have established Inside Zone Split and Counter Y, because they only pay off once the defense is flowing to the run.
On third and medium, X Dagger and Curl Flat give you a high low read at the sticks. Use the flat or curl against soft zone and let the dagger dig work against man with a user controlled safety cheating deep.
