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Mtn Whips

Shotgun·Spread Dbl Flex·11

Motion Whip Pass Play

Play diagram for Mtn Whips from Shotgun Spread Dbl Flex in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetSpread Dbl Flex

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

Mtn Whips lines up out of Shotgun Spread Dbl Flex with a slot receiver motioning across the formation before the snap. On the boundary, two receivers stack a deep crosser and an underneath whip route running away from each other to clear space. To the strongside, the outside receiver runs a vertical whip up the seam while the flexed slot fires a quick whip route underneath toward the sideline as a boundary check, and the RB releases into the flat as a checkdown outlet. This is a man beater built off the whip route concept, using the sharp change of direction to shake off trailing corners in man coverage, with the vertical whip as the primary read against off man or single high looks and the flat route as the secondary answer when the underneath defender bites on the vertical stem.

Defensive Reads

Pre-snap, check safety depth and corner alignment, single high safety with corners in press or off man is the ideal shell for the vertical whip. Watch the defender assigned to the motion man, if he trails through the formation it confirms man coverage and opens up the whip beater. Post-snap, key the underneath linebacker or nickel defender on the flat route side, if he sinks into a deep zone drop the flat route RB is wide open. Beware of Cover 3 sky or Cover 4 shells where a flat defender can sit and read the quarterback, jumping the underneath whip route for a user pick. If you see a nano blitz or overload pressure look pre-snap, get the ball out quickly to the flat route RB or the underneath whip since the vertical route takes too long to develop.

Usage Tips

Use the pre-snap motion to identify man versus zone, if the defender follows across the formation you have a clean man beater read.

Attack Cover 3 and Cover 1 with the vertical whip route since the sharp cut at the top of the stem creates instant separation from trail technique corners.

Hot route the flat route RB into a flat if you see a blitz look, giving your QB an immediate answer against pressure.

Pair this play with RPO Peek Slant or Quick Slants earlier in a series so defenses start sitting on quick game, then hit them with the whip route for a big shot down the field.

Best called on second and medium or third and long when defenders are playing off coverage and giving up the vertical whip for extra separation.

Avoid this play against heavy zone shells like Cover 4 or Cover 2 since the whip route loses its man beating advantage when defenders are sitting in zone drops.