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Tear RZ Crossers

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Breakdown

Tear RZ Crossers is a man beater built around dual crossing routes designed to attack the middle of the field in tight redzone quarters. The route concept sends receivers on crossing patterns that cut across the formation to create natural rub separation against man coverage, while an underneath option sits in the shallow zone as a check down. Blocking is standard shotgun pass protection with the back releasing late as a safety valve, and the primary read progression starts with the near crosser working to the far crosser before checking down to the underneath route if both are covered.

Defensive Reads

Pre snap identify if the corners are in press man or soft zone since press man is the ideal shell for this crossing concept to exploit with natural rubs Watch the middle linebacker depth at the snap, a shallow drop signals man match or Tampa 2 which can undercut the near crosser if you telegraph the throw User controlled defenders who sit and lurk in the shallow zone can jump the underdneath option route, so know your check down window before locking eyes on it Cover 3 with a hard sitting flat defender takes away the shorter crosser but leaves the deeper crossing route open behind the linebacker level Blitz heavy zone pressure looks will collapse the pocket before the second crosser clears, so recognize A gap or edge pressure pre snap and be ready to get the ball out on the first read

Usage Tips

Use this play inside the 15 yard line where the compressed field width naturally shrinks passing lanes and makes the crossing action harder for defenders to trail

Check the corners pre snap for press man alignment since the rub created by the crossers will create instant separation against tight man coverage

If you see two deep safeties in a shell, hot route the near crosser into a shorter option route to sit down in the honey hole before the safety can rotate over

Pair this play with RPO Peek Slant or RPO Glance Slant earlier in a series so the defense respects the quick game and bites on run action, opening up the deeper crossing window

Throw with anticipation on the far crosser rather than waiting for separation to fully show since redzone throwing windows close fast against trail technique

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