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Post Corner Read

Shotgun·Empty Bunch Wide·11
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Play diagram for Post Corner Read from Shotgun Empty Bunch Wide in Madden 27

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Breakdown

Post Corner Read is an Empty Bunch Wide concept out of Shotgun that isolates the trips bunch side with a post and corner combo working off the same landmark while the backside single receiver runs a deep comeback and the inside slot cracks underneath. Since the formation is empty there is no run action or protection help, so this is a pure dropback pass reliant on the five receiver spread to create leverage against man and zone alike. The primary read progression starts with the corner route to the flat defender or deep half safety, works to the post if the safety widens with the corner, and checks down to the underneath crosser as the last resort against a soft zone drop.

Defensive Reads

Watch for a single high safety rotating hard to the bunch side, which signals man coverage and tells you the corner route will likely win outside if your defender is late off the jam. Identify two deep safeties splitting the field evenly, which usually means a Cover 2 shell that this play is designed to beat since the post corner forces the flat safety to pick one route to cover. Key the flat and curl defenders underneath the bunch, because if they sink too deep on the snap the crosser and comeback routes will sit in soft grass for an easy completion. Look for disguised blitzes off the edge since the empty backfield offers no protection help, and a delayed A gap or B gap blitz can collapse the pocket before the post corner routes fully develop. Cover 3 with a hard flat defender jumping the corner route shuts this concept down quickly, so recognize that look pre-snap and be ready to work the post or checkdown immediately instead of forcing the corner throw.

Usage Tips

Check the safety alignment before the snap to see if you are facing a two high shell or single high look, since the post corner combo is built to attack a safety that has to choose between the corner and the post.

If the corner press aligns hard outside on the bunch, hot route the underneath crosser to a quick out to beat immediate man pressure before the post corner routes can develop.

Use this play on second and medium to second and long when defenses are more likely to sit in zone shells, since the deep comeback on the backside punishes cornerbacks playing off coverage.

Pair this call with Z Spot N Go or Z Spot Smash earlier in a series so the defense respects the shorter spot concepts, then hit them with the post corner shot when they start jumping underneath routes.

User the deep safety over the bunch side post corner combo to bait a throw, then rely on your zone defenders to close on the underneath crosser if the quarterback checks it down.

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