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Mtn Y Cross

Y Cross Motion Pass Play Crosser Deep Cross Fade In Swing

Receiver routes

Depth-chart slots are shown as they line up in the base package for this set.

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Player	Side	Route
HB1	Left	Swing
HB2	Right	Pass Block
WR2	Left	Fade
WR1	Right	Speed In
WR3	Right	Deep Cross

Read progression

WR3 right, Deep Cross
HB1 left, Swing
WR2 left, Fade or WR1 right, Speed In

Breakdown

Mtn Y Cross out of Shotgun Split Slot Offset shows a pre-snap motion man crossing the formation before the snap, with the Y running a deep crossing route from the strongside all the way across the field. The backside receiver runs a deep vertical to hold the safety while the underneath receiver works a shallow drag/flat route as the checkdown against blitz pressure. This is a man beater built on the Y Cross clearing horizontal separation, so the primary read progression starts with the deep vertical to check for a blown coverage, moves to the Y Cross as the main target working across the middle, and finishes with the underneath drag as the outlet against pressure.

Defensive Reads

Pre-snap, check safety depth and alignment, a single high safety means the deep vertical route can hold that defender while the Y Cross works underneath Watch linebacker depth at the snap, if they sink too deep in zone drops the shallow drag route becomes wide open as a checkdown Man coverage with no safety help over the top gets exposed by the Y Cross since it creates natural rub traffic and separation working across the field Zone defenses with a robber or lurk defender sitting in the middle of the field can undercut the Y Cross route, so user that defender to jump the crossing route if you are on defense Blitz-heavy packages force a fast decision, so if the offense does not have a hot route on the underneath drag, disguised pressure can beat this play before the Y Cross ever comes open

Usage Tips

Use the pre-snap motion to identify man versus zone before the snap, if the defender follows the motion man across the formation it confirms man coverage and the Y Cross becomes an even stronger option

Hold the deep vertical route on the backside just long enough to freeze a single high safety before working the ball to the Y Cross underneath

This play hits best on second and medium or third and short to medium since the Y Cross develops with some depth and needs a beat to clear linebackers

Pair this with Mtn PA Y Cross or Mtn Y Stick in your play-calling sequence to keep defenses guessing between play-action and shotgun dropback looks off similar route concepts

Hot route the underneath drag into a quick out if you are facing a heavy blitz look to give yourself a faster answer than waiting on the Y Cross to clear the middle

Use user-controlled defenders to bait the quarterback into the deep vertical read, then close hard on the Y Cross since it is the true first read in this progression