Playbooks

Double Ins Stack Out is a five man route concept out of Shotgun Tight Y Off with 11 personnel. The stacked receivers on the left run a deep out from the outside receiver and a shallow drag underneath from the stacked receiver, while the two inside receivers run double in routes at different depths to flood the middle of the field. The backside X runs a deep out and the RB releases out of the backfield on a wheel route up the sideline, giving you a five level stretch that beats both man and zone coverage. The primary read starts with the deep in route to the shorter in behind it, then works to the stacked out and drag combo if the middle is clogged, with the wheel as a home run outlet against man coverage.
Watch the middle linebacker depth at the snap since a shallow drop signals zone coverage and tells you to work the deeper in route first. Check both safeties presnap, if they are rotated to one side the stacked out and drag side is likely getting help while the double ins side may be one on one. Key the outside cornerback on the stack side, if he sinks with the out route the drag underneath should be wide open against man or zone alike. Look for a user controlled defender flashing into the shallow crossing lanes, that lurk threat can jump the drag or the shorter in route so be ready to progress to the wheel or the deeper in as your answer. Cover 2 with press corners can bracket the outside out routes, so if you see press alignment presnap lean on the interior in routes and the seam window between the cornerback and safety.
Presnap identify if the defense is showing two high or single high safety look because the in routes attack the seams vacated by two deep shells. Against man coverage key the RB wheel route since it often creates a natural pick with the stack and can spring a big play if a linebacker tries to trail. Use this play on second and medium to long distance situations where you have room to work through multiple levels of the route concept. If the defense shows Cover 3 or Cover 4 with deep zone drops, hot route the shallow drag into a quicker option to beat underneath zone defenders sitting on the ins. Pair this play with Mesh Spot or Switch WR Drag in the same set to keep the defense guessing between crossing patterns and this flood concept, since both attack similar horizontal stretches but with different timing.



































