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PA Deep Post

Shotgun·Tight·11

Play Action Post Pass Play

Play diagram for PA Deep Post from Shotgun Tight in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetTight

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

PA Deep Post from Shotgun Tight 11 personnel opens with a play-action fake to sell the run before releasing into a five man route concept. The play side (right) has a corner route stretching the sideline and a deep out crossing the field on a shallow angle, while the backside features a vertical seam post from the inline TE paired with a deep post from the outside WR breaking behind it, and the boundary receiver runs a comeback to the flat as a checkdown against soft zone. This is a play-action shot play designed to attack single high safety looks and man coverage, with the primary read progression going post first, then the corner route on the play side, working back to the flat route if the deep shots are covered.

Defensive Reads

Pre-snap, identify if the defense is showing two high safeties or a single high shell, since this play is designed to exploit single high looks with the post route. Watch linebacker depth at the snap, if they bite hard on the play-action fake it opens a running lane for the post route and seam behind them. User the deep post defender if you are on defense, since that route is the primary target and shutting it down forces the quarterback to work the shallow crosser or flat route. Cover 3 and Cover 4 shells with disciplined deep defenders can take away both verticals, forcing a checkdown to the flat route which good linebacker zone drops can also close. Watch for a delayed blitz off the edge since the play-action fake requires extra protection time, and a well timed nano blitz can disrupt the timing before the post route develops.

Usage Tips

Use this play on early downs or second and short when you have already established the run game so the play-action fake actually holds linebackers and the safety for a beat.

Check the safety alignment pre-snap, if you see a single high safety cheating toward the post side, hot route the corner route on the play side into a deep out or fade to attack the vacated space.

Against man coverage, trust the post route to win over the top since the double move look from the TE seam clears out underdneath defenders and creates a natural rub.

Against zone coverage, look to the flat route on the backside as your outlet since it settles underneath the cloud coverage once safeties bail deep.

Pair this shot play with HB Draw or Read Option from the same formation earlier in a series so the defense respects the run fake, then call PA Deep Post to cash in on aggressive linebacker flow.