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Fk Cheat Outside Zone

Shotgun·Tight Y Off Wk·11

Outside Zone Play Action Motion Zone Run Pass Play

Play diagram for Fk Cheat Outside Zone from Shotgun Tight Y Off Wk in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetTight Y Off Wk

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

Fk Cheat Outside Zone is a play action pass out of the Shotgun Tight Y Off Wk set that disguises the Cheat Outside Zone run look with a fake handoff before pulling into a shallow route combo. The diagram shows the two receivers on the boundary side running crossing shallow routes underneath while the backside receivers run vertical stems to hold the deep defenders. This is a zone beater designed to attack linebackers who bite on the run fake, with the primary read being the underneath crosser working from the play side back to the backside shallow route as the quarterback rolls off the fake.

Defensive Reads

Man coverage defenders who bite on the run fake open running lanes for the shallow crossers immediately after the play action mesh point. Zone defenses with linebackers sitting in shallow curl to flat zones can undercut the crossing routes if they do not respect the run fake. Watch for a user controlled linebacker spying the backfield instead of dropping, since that defender will erase the shallow crosser read. Cover 3 shells with linebackers flowing hard to the run side leave the backside shallow route open in a soft zone void. Blitz packages that send extra defenders to the play side of the fake create one on one matchups on the backside vertical stems that can be hot routed into quick outs.

Usage Tips

Call this on early downs after you have established the actual Cheat Outside Zone run to get linebackers flowing hard on the fake.

Check pre-snap for aggressive linebacker alignment or run blitz looks since those defenders are the ones you are attacking with the play fake.

Hot route the vertical stems into deeper comebacks against teams that sit their corners low to jump the shallow crossers.

Use this in second and short or first and ten situations where defenses are more likely to load the box expecting outside zone.

Pair this play in your call sheet with Fk Cheat HB Stretch and Fk Cheat HB Stretch Behind so defenders cannot key on run versus pass tendencies.