Playbooks

WR Mid Screen

Shotgun·Trey Open Offset·11

Screen Pass Wr Screen Pass Play

Play diagram for WR Mid Screen from Shotgun Trey Open Offset in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetTrey Open Offset

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

WR Mid Screen out of Shotgun Trey Open Offset is a true screen pass built to punish aggressive pass rush and man coverage on the trips side. The diagram shows the outermost trips receiver sitting down as the screen target while the interior linemen release upfield to set a wall of blockers in front of him, and the backside receiver runs a vertical clear route to pull the deep defender away from the play. Your primary read is the screen receiver himself: catch it, get behind your blockers, and let the numbers advantage on the perimeter do the work.

Defensive Reads

Watch the linebacker depth pre-snap, if they are stacked tight to the line expecting run or blitz, this screen will exploit their aggressive downhill flow. Key the defensive line, if you see a wide four man rush or edge blitz called, the interior blockers will have a clean runway to set the wall before rushers can redirect. As the defense, user a linebacker or slot corner and stay disciplined on screen tendencies instead of chasing the initial release, sitting in a shallow zone kills this concept. Man coverage with no underneath help is the biggest vulnerability, since the corner covering the screen receiver has no support once he turns upfield behind blockers. Cover 2 or Cover 3 zones with linebackers reading screen keys shut this down fast, look for defenders peeking the backfield instead of biting on the vertical decoy route.

Usage Tips

Call this on early downs when you see man coverage or a heavy pre-snap blitz look, since defenders flowing hard upfield only help spring the screen.

Let the play develop fully before throwing, the linemen need time to climb and set the wall so do not force the ball out immediately off the snap.

Pair this with Triple Slant or Four Verticals from the same set so defenses cannot sit on the screen tendency after seeing trips alignment.

Use the backside vertical release as a hot route decoy against zone shells, motioning or checking to a quicker hitch if the defense shows soft zone and no blitz.

Avoid calling this into aggressive zone drop coverages with sped up linebackers, since screen defenders that stay home will blow it up before the wall forms.