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Read Dig

Shotgun·Trey Open·11
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Play diagram for Read Dig from Shotgun Trey Open in Madden 27

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Breakdown

Read Dig out of Shotgun Trey Open (11 personnel) shows a trips side to the right where the inside slot runs a deep dig sitting behind the linebackers while the outside receiver clears vertically to open the middle of the field, and the outermost trips receiver runs a shallow drag underneath to give the QB a checkdown against soft coverage. On the backside, the single receiver runs a deep comeback/out breaking route that stems upfield before working back to the sideline, giving a true two level read away from the trips concept. This is a zone beater at its core, designed to attack the void behind linebackers on Cover 3 or Cover 4 zone drops, with the primary read progression starting on the dig, checking down to the shallow drag, and working backside to the comeback if the middle is jumped.

Defensive Reads

Key the middle linebacker or the hook defender on the trips side presnap, since a shallow drop from that defender signals the dig window will be tight Watch for a deep half safety sinking hard to the trips side, which indicates Cover 4 and means the backside comeback route becomes the higher value throw Against Cover 3, the strong safety rotating down late is the biggest tell that the dig lane behind the linebackers is opening up If the defense shows a user controlled linebacker spying the middle of the field or a lurking defender sitting in the dig throwing lane, abort to the shallow drag or the backside comeback instead of forcing it Blitz heavy looks with fewer than two deep defenders should scare you off the dig entirely, since the route takes time to develop and you need a clean pocket to let it come open

Usage Tips

Presnap identify if the defense shows two high or one high safety look, since the dig sits in the seam that Cover 3 leaves open between the hook and deep third defenders

If you see man coverage with press corners, hot route the drag into a slant or option route to beat the leverage instead of forcing the dig into a trailing defender

Use this on second and medium to third and long where linebackers are dropping into intermediate zones instead of blitzing, since the dig needs time to develop and a clean pocket

Pair this play with Curls or Stick from the same set to keep the defense guessing between quick game and intermediate shots, then come back to Read Dig once you have seen the linebacker drop pattern

Against Cover 4 or match quarters, target the shallow drag early since the dig can get picked up by a shallow zone defender sinking underneath it

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