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RPO Alert Z Screen

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Play diagram for RPO Alert Z Screen from Shotgun Spread Dbl Flex in Madden 27

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Breakdown

RPO Alert Z Screen aligns out of Spread Dbl Flex in Shotgun with 11 personnel, giving the QB a run/pass alert built around a bubble screen to the flexed receiver. The diagram shows the two outside WRs running vertical stems to occupy deep coverage while the inside slot receiver runs a shallow drag underneath, and the flexed receiver to the right sets up for the screen with the outside WR blocking back downfield for him. This is an RPO built as a zone beater against light box looks and off coverage, with the primary read being the pre-snap box count and then the bubble screen as the first option before working the shallow drag underneath.

Defensive Reads

Watch for numbers advantage on the flex side pre-snap, if the defense has fewer defenders to that side the bubble screen is already open Identify if the defense is playing off man or zone, off man corners bite on the screen action and get beat by the blocking WR, tight press man can sink the screen before it develops Key the linebackers post-snap, if they flow hard to the play-side run fake it opens up both the screen and the shallow drag behind them Look for a user-controlled defender sitting in a shallow zone lurk, this play struggles against a spy or lurk defender who reads the screen action and jumps the passing lane Beware of aggressive edge blitzes or nano blitzes off the screen side, since a fast defender can blow up the blocking scheme before the receiver gets the ball in space

Usage Tips

Check the defensive box count before the snap and pull the trigger on the screen if the count favors the offense or if a defender crashes down on the run fake

Use the vertical routes from the two outside receivers as clock-killers to hold the corners and safeties, buying time for the blocker to get set up on the screen side

Hot route the shallow drag into a quick out or speed out against teams that sit their linebackers in shallow zone to take away the underneath crosser

Call this on early downs in run/pass ambiguous situations like 1st and 10 or 2nd and short to keep defenses honest and force linebacker hesitation

Pair this with Read Option or Inside Zone from the same set so defenses cannot key run fits, then hit them with this RPO once they start cheating up on the ground game

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