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Quick Reference
Breakdown
Mtn Fk Dbl Pass is a designed double pass trick play out of the Shotgun Spread Y-Slot Wk set that starts with jet or fly motion to sell a sweep or run action before the ball gets flipped back to a wide receiver who then throws downfield. The blocking scheme shows run action to the play side to freeze linebackers and pull safeties out of position, giving the receiver-turned-passer a clean throwing lane once the fake is sold. The primary read progression for the receiver throwing the ball is the deep outside route first, then a checkdown to any underneath crosser or the flare route if the defense sniffs out the trick and collapses coverage over the top.
Defensive Reads
Pre-snap, check corner depth and whether the cornerback to the motion side is playing aggressive run support technique, that alignment signals the defense is vulnerable to the double pass. Look for two deep safeties staying home versus a single high safety rotating down into the box, single high alignments are far more exploitable since there is less help over the top once the ball is thrown. Post-snap, watch linebacker flow, if the linebackers crash hard toward the motion and run fake without maintaining contain, the double pass will have a wide open throwing lane. User controlled defenders who bite on the run fake and abandon their zone drop or man assignment are the biggest tell that this trick play will hit for a big gain. Disciplined defenses that keep a defender spying the backfield or maintain outside contain on the motion man can blow this play up before the ball is even released, if you see a spy defender staying home, abort to the checkdown immediately.
Usage Tips
Only call this play when the defense has shown aggressive run fits or has been biting on outside run action from this formation in previous snaps, since the entire concept depends on linebackers and corners flowing hard to the motion side.
Use this in obvious run down situations like second and short or first and ten after you have already run Mtn Buck Sweep or HB Off Tackle a few times to condition the defense to react to the same motion and backfield action.
Check the pre-snap alignment for two deep safeties versus one high, if the defense is in a two deep shell the double pass is much harder to hit over the top so consider audibling to a standard run instead.
If the user controls a linebacker or safety and immediately sprints outside to jump the run fake, that confirms the defense is not respecting the pass, throw it without hesitation on the trick action.
Sequence this play after establishing Mtn Buck Sweep and Mtn HB Counter so the defense has real film on the outside run tendency, this makes the double pass far more likely to catch a user or CPU defender flowing downhill.
