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Mtn Fk Cross

Shotgun·Tight Doubles·11

Motion Crosser Pass Play

Play diagram for Mtn Fk Cross from Shotgun Tight Doubles in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetTight Doubles

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

Mtn Fk Cross is a Shotgun Tight Doubles concept out of 11 personnel that puts a deep dig, a corner route, and a shallow crosser on the field at once. The outside receiver runs a deep crossing route to the opposite sideline for a shot play, the inner receiver runs a square in that breaks under the crosser, and the slot man runs an out and up style corner that stems outside before climbing vertically up the seam, while the running back stays in to help protect or check down underneath. The primary read starts with the deep crosser on any single high look, works down to the intermediate dig sitting behind it, and finishes with the corner route as a hot answer against soft coverage or a blown assignment, making this a strong man beater with zone beating traits built in through the crosser.

Defensive Reads

Read the middle of the field pre-snap, single high alignment means the deep crosser has a runway to work all the way across, so user your free safety to rob that route immediately at the snap. Watch the flat defender or hook defender on the corner route side, if he sinks too deep the underneath square in route will be wide open for an easy completion. In man coverage, key the linebacker matched on the running back, if he blitzes instead of covering the check down you have a free hot throw underneath. Zone drops that widen too fast to take away the corner route will leave the intermediate dig sitting in a soft spot right behind the linebacker level. Disguise a two high shell into a late rotating single high look to bait the quarterback into throwing the crosser into a trailing safety for a turnover opportunity.

Usage Tips

Check the safety count before the snap because a single high shell tells you the deep crosser is live all the way across the field.

Use motion if available to declare man versus zone before the snap so you know whether to prioritize the crosser or sit on the dig underneath.

Hot route the corner route into a quick out if you see press man on that receiver so you can throw fast against aggressive corners.

This play works best on second and long or third and long where the defense is more likely to play zone or two high, since the dig sits down in the open window.

Pair Mtn Fk Cross with Mtn Bunch Option or HB Angle earlier in a drive so the defense respects the run and play action tendencies out of this same personnel, then hit them with the crosser when they bite on shorter routes.