Dig Stick

Dig Stick is an Empty Chips Nasty pass concept out of Shotgun that empties the backfield and spreads five receivers across the field to stress every level of the defense. The diagram shows a deep dig cutting hard across the middle from the far side, a stick concept on the boundary with a flat route and a hitch/curl option, a shallow drag underneath crossing the field, and a vertical release from the inline slot that sits down as a checkdown option. This is a man beater first, using the dig and stick combo to attack any single coverage matchup created by empty personnel, and the primary read progression starts with the deep dig against zone drops before working down to the stick flat and shallow drag for man coverage or blitz beaters.