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PA Sneak Corner

Shotgun·Split Slot Offset·20
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Play diagram for PA Sneak Corner from Shotgun Split Slot Offset in Madden 27

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Breakdown

PA Sneak Corner is a play-action shot play out of Shotgun Split Slot Offset that sells the run fake before attacking the deep boundary. The backside receiver runs a corner route as the primary vertical shot, while the two receivers to the strong side clear the underneath zone with a deep vertical and a short out to hold flat defenders and safeties. The QB sneak fake at the mesh point is designed to freeze linebackers and hold the second level, making this a man beater against aggressive coverage that bites on the run action, with the corner route as the clear first read in the progression.

Defensive Reads

Watch for cover 3 or cover 1 shells presnap, since the deep corner route exploits the boundary corner if he bites on the play fake or gets caught in a trail technique. If the defense shows two high safeties and rotates late, expect the corner route to run into a safety over the top, so be ready to check down to the underneath out route. Man coverage with no safety help over the top is the ideal look for this play, since the corner beats trail defenders who cannot recover once the route breaks outside. Zone defenses that sit their linebackers in the intermediate window can shut down the middle read, so key on linebacker depth to decide between the vertical shot and the shallow out. User controlled lurk defenders sitting in the flat can jump the shallow out route, so account for this threat before checking down and be ready to reset to the deep vertical option if the flat is taken away.

Usage Tips

Call this on early downs or short yardage situations where the defense expects run, since the sneak fake sells hardest against light boxes and downhill linebackers.

Check the safety alignment before the snap, if you see a single high safety cheating toward the strong side, the backside corner route has a one on one matchup with room to work.

Use the corner route as your first read and progress to the shallow out route if the cornerback jumps the vertical stem, this keeps the play alive against zone drops.

Pair this with Mtn PA Stutter Go or Mtn PA Double Posts earlier in a drive to condition the defense to bite on play action, then hit this corner shot when they overcommit to the run fake.

Avoid calling this against heavy blitz packages unless you have hot routed protection, since the deep drop on the corner route takes time to develop and can get disrupted by delayed pressure.

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