Playbooks

Mtn FL Screen

Shotgun·Spread Y-Flex·11

Screen Pass Wr Screen Motion Pass Play

Play diagram for Mtn FL Screen from Shotgun Spread Y-Flex in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetSpread Y-Flex

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

Mtn FL Screen is a motion-based screen concept out of Spread Y-Flex in Shotgun. Pre-snap motion brings a receiver across the formation to sell run action or jet motion while the two outside receivers on the diagram run off the corners vertically and to the sideline, clearing space for the screen. The offensive line and backfield set up a wall in front of the flanker, who works to the boundary as the primary read on this WR screen, designed to beat man and aggressive zone pressure by getting numbers blocked in space quickly.

Defensive Reads

Key the flanker at the snap instead of following the motion man, since the screen is designed to draw eyes away from the actual ball carrier. Watch for a hard crashing defensive end or outside linebacker, since a disciplined edge defender who stays home can blow this play up before the blocks set. If the cornerback on the screen side stays flat-footed and squats instead of biting on the vertical release, this play gets shut down immediately. Zone defenses with a linebacker spying or sitting in the shallow flat area take away the throwing lane and force the quarterback to hold the ball. User the nearest defender to the boundary and get eyes on the flanker pre-throw, since jumping the screen lane as the user defender is the fastest way to blow this play up for a loss.

Usage Tips

Use the pre-snap motion to bait linebackers and slot corners into flowing hard toward the motion man, which opens up the alley for the flanker screen.

Call this against Cover 3 or Cover 1 looks where corners are playing off and safeties are rotating deep, since the underneath defenders will be slow to react to the screen action.

Hot route the vertical release receivers into quick outs or hitches if you see a blitz showing pre-snap, since that removes the clear-out threat and gets you a faster answer.

Pair this with Mtn HB Swing or Mtn WR Mid Screen in your play-calling sequence so the defense has to respect multiple screen looks off similar motion and formation shifts.

Best used on early downs or in obvious run-blitz situations where linebackers are crashing hard, since the screen slips right behind that aggression for a big gain.