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Breakdown
Dig N Go is a five man route concept out of Shotgun Trey Open that isolates the boundary receiver on a vertical stem while overloading the trey side with a dig, a flat route and a deep go. The backside X runs a straight vertical, the inline TE and slot work a dig-to-flat combo underneath the trey stack, and the outside trey receiver clears vertically to open up the underneath crossers. With the go route stretching the deep third and the dig sitting down in the middle of the field, this is a man beater built to attack leverage, and the primary read progression starts with the dig working against the linebackers before working out to the flat and only going to the backside go route or streaking outlet route if the middle is capped.
Defensive Reads
Pre snap check safety depth, if you see two high safeties the dig will have less room to work but the go route on the trey side becomes a bigger threat against soft coverage Spy or user the middle linebacker to jump the dig route, that crosser is the first read and the easiest ball for the quarterback to throw Watch for a lurk defender sitting in the intermediate middle zone, that is the exact spot the dig is designed to settle into so a zone defender parked there kills the primary read If the defense shows man coverage with no help over the top, bail out the trey go route with a deep safety since that route can turn into a big play against man beaters lacking depth Bring pressure off the edge to disrupt the timing of the dig since this route takes time to develop and a fast pass rush forces the quarterback to check down to the flat route early
Usage Tips
Check pre snap for single high shells since the dig has room to sit down in the void behind linebackers and in front of a lone deep safety
Against man coverage let the dig receiver work across the field and throw with anticipation before he clears the opposite hash, since the route is designed to create separation off the break
If the corner over the trey go route is playing off, take the shot down the field instead of working underneath, this play has legit vertical juice on that side
Use this out of obvious passing situations on second or third and medium since the dig needs a full field stem to develop
Pair this with Curls or Quick Slants from the same set to keep the defense guessing between quick game and the deeper dig shot, then come back to Dig N Go once linebackers start jumping short routes
