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Mtn Angle Y Wheel

Shotgun·Normal Y Off Close·11
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Play diagram for Mtn Angle Y Wheel from Shotgun Normal Y Off Close in Madden 27

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Breakdown

Mtn Angle Y Wheel comes out of Shotgun Normal Y Off Close with 11 personnel and shows a tight bunch look to the right with a single receiver on a crossing dig and out combo to the left. The backfield player runs an angle route out of the backfield to the flat before breaking upfield, while the Y (TE) releases outside and climbs vertically on the wheel route off the angle fake, and the third receiver in the bunch runs a corner breaking route over the top. The primary read progression starts with the HB angle route in the shallow flat as the first check against man coverage, then works to the Y wheel route as the deep shot beater once the defender bites on the angle fake, with the backside dig/out combo as the outlet against zone drops.

Defensive Reads

Identify if the defense is in man coverage by watching the linebacker or safety assigned to the HB out of the backfield, if he follows through the angle break, the wheel route behind him is your home run shot. Check the deep safety alignment pre-snap, a single high safety cheating toward the bunch side tips zone coverage and should send you to the backside dig/out combo instead. Watch for a nano blitz off the edge, since the angle route from the backfield can be used as a check valve against pressure if the wheel takes too long to develop. Against zone shells with a hook defender sitting in the middle of the field, the wheel route can get picked off in transit, so lean on the dig route breaking underneath instead. Cover 3 with a fast flat defender rolling to the wheel side is the main coverage that shuts this play down, since it forces the wheel route to be contested outside.

Usage Tips

Use this play on early downs or second and medium when defenses expect run out of the bunch look to disguise the wheel shot.

Check the flat and hook defenders before the snap, if a linebacker is sitting low expecting to jump the angle route, that is your cue the wheel will be wide open behind him.

Motion or shift the bunch pre-snap to force the defense to declare man or zone coverage before you commit to the wheel read.

Pair this play with Mtn Snag Curls or RPO Zone Snag in the same set so the defense has to respect both the quick underneath game and the deep wheel shot off similar formation looks.

Against aggressive man coverage teams, take the angle route to the flat immediately since it isolates the HB on a linebacker in space with room to break upfield.

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