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45 Quick Base

Shotgun·Spread·10

Dive Run Play

Play diagram for 45 Quick Base from Shotgun Spread in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetSpread

Personnel

101 RB · 0 TE · 4 WR

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Breakdown

45 Quick Base is a dive run out of Shotgun Spread 10 personnel with no backfield motion shown, the HB taking a downhill handoff behind the interior line. The offensive line shows a standard base blocking scheme, climbing to the second level to seal off linebackers at the point of attack while the four receivers run vertical releases to occupy the corners and safeties and keep extra defenders out of the box. The primary read is the frontside gap: the ballcarrier presses the hole and reads the first level double team into second level flow before deciding whether to stick inside or bounce.

Defensive Reads

Watch for stacked box looks with the middle linebacker sitting inside seven yards, that alignment is built to shut down this dive at the mesh point. Man coverage with off corners tends to leave extra room underneath since defenders are turned to run with the vertical releases instead of reading the backfield. Look for blitz packages that bring an extra defender through the frontside gap, a well timed run blitz or nano blitz look off Shotgun Spread can blow this play up before the back gets to the line. Check safety depth pre snap, if both safeties are deep and the box is light this dive has room to hit, but if a safety is cheating down into the box treat it as a run blitz key and consider checking to a pass. Post snap, track linebacker flow, if the second level flows too fast to the frontside the back needs to cut it back against the grain rather than force it into a clogged hole.

Usage Tips

Use this out of Spread personnel when the defense shows light boxes or backs off into a two high shell to defend the four vertical releases.

Check the middle linebacker depth before the snap, if he is stacked tight to the line this dive has a lower ceiling and you should audible to a screen or RPO instead.

Pair this call with RPO Peek Slant or RPO Zone Peek from the same set so the defense has to respect both the run fit and the quick passing game off identical formation looks.

On early downs this is a great tempo changer after calling verticals like Four Verticals or Deep Attack, it forces linebackers to stay honest against the run after seeing you push the ball downfield.

User the HB through the mesh point rather than letting the CPU logic take over, manually pressing the frontside gap gives you the best shot at breaking through before backside pursuit closes.