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Stick Double Slant

Shotgun·Spread Y-Flex·11
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Play diagram for Stick Double Slant from Shotgun Spread Y-Flex in Madden 27

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Breakdown

Stick Double Slant lines up in Shotgun out of Spread Y-Flex with 11 personnel, spreading four receivers wide and keeping the RB in for pass pro or checkdown duty. The two outside receivers run slants breaking hard inside underneath, the slot receiver runs a stick route sitting at the sticks with an option to break out or in, and the backside receiver clears vertically up the seam before working across the field on a deep crosser, stretching the defense both horizontally and vertically. This is a man beater concept: the double slants attack inside leverage and off coverage, while the stick route gives you a built in answer against zone if the underneath defenders sit on the slants. Primary read progression starts with the stick route, then works to the near slant against man coverage, and finally to the deep crosser if the defense rolls coverage away from the stick side.

Defensive Reads

Watch for a single high safety shell, this often signals man coverage underneath which the double slants exploit immediately Identify if the slot defender is sitting in a hook zone, that alignment invites the stick route to sit for an easy completion but clogs the inside slant lanes Key on linebacker blitz packages, a nano blitz off the edge can pressure the quarterback before the slants develop, so check protection assignments before the snap Zone coverage with a flat defender jumping the underneath routes can bait a quarterback into a pick, avoid forcing the slant into a sinking zone defender Cover 3 with a hard sink from the deep crosser side linebacker can take away the crossing route, forcing the quarterback to check down to the stick or slant earlier in the progression

Usage Tips

Check the slot cornerback and nickel defender pre-snap, if they are playing off man coverage the double slants will win quickly underneath

Use motion or a quick glance at the linebacker depth to confirm man versus zone before the snap, tight linebacker depth signals man and opens up the slant window

Hot route the backside slant into a quick out if you see hard inside leverage from the corner, this keeps the route combo balanced against aggressive press techniques

This play shines on third and short to third and medium, the stick and slant combo gets the ball out fast against blitz heavy calls

Pair this with Y Stick or All Hitch in your play calling sequence to condition the defense to sit underneath, then hit the deep crosser or dial up Four Verticals once the defense overplays the shallow stuff

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