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PA Shot Portland

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Breakdown

PA Shot Portland is a play-action shot play out of Shotgun Tight Slots that hits off a run fake before the QB gets to his drops. The backside receiver runs a deep clear-out crosser to the opposite flat, while on the play side you get a corner route breaking to the sideline stacked over an out route sitting underneath it, plus a deep vertical seam from the inline TE that pushes the safety before breaking to the corner area. The blocking scheme sells run action to hold the linebackers and safeties, and the primary read progression is the vertical seam holding the safety first, then working down to the corner route, with the underneath out as the checkdown against tight zone drops.

Defensive Reads

Watch for linebackers stepping up hard on the play fake, since that opens the underneath out route immediately after the run action clears. Identify single high safety shells (Cover 1 or Cover 3) pre-snap, as the corner route and seam combo is designed to attack that exact look by stacking a vertical threat under a breaking route. If the defense shows Cover 2 or Cover 4 with two deep safeties, expect the corner route to be squeezed, so prioritize the underneath out or the backside crosser instead. Beware of a user-controlled defender lurking near the flat or shallow crosser, since that route is the most exposed to a jump on an aggressive user read. Look for blitz packages that bring extra rushers off the edge, because the play action fake can be neutralized by fast pressure, forcing an early checkdown before the seam or corner route develop.

Usage Tips

Use this on early downs or in play-action count situations (1st and 10, 2nd and short) where defenses are more likely to bite on the run fake.

Key the safeties before the snap. If you see a single high safety cheating toward the seam or bailing hard at the snap, that confirms man or Cover 3 and the corner route behind him becomes the money throw.

If the defense shows two high safeties, look to the underneath out route quickly since the corner and seam will be capped by the deep half defenders.

Hot route the backside crosser into a deeper drag or dig if you are facing zone heavy defenses that flood the underneath with linebackers, since it gives you a second layer of separation against zone drops.

Pair this with Mid Zone or HB Draw from the same set to keep defenses honest on the run fake, then dial up PA Shot Portland once you have their linebackers stepping up on run action.

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