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Receiver routes

Depth-chart slots are shown as they line up in the base package for this set.

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PlayerSideRoute
HB1LeftPass Block
SLWRRightFlat
WR1LeftHook
WR2RightStreak
SLWR2RightOption Route

Read progression

  1. SLWR2 right, Option Route
  2. SLWR right, Flat
  3. WR1 left, Hook or WR2 right, Streak

Breakdown

60 Go out of Shotgun Trips HB Wk sends the backside X on a vertical Go route, while the trips side stacks two Go routes up the numbers with the inside slot climbing to a skinny post/seam read against zone drops. The HB stays in as an outlet or checks into a route depending on protection, giving the QB a simple clock-beater against man coverage. This is a pure vertical shot play designed to isolate corners on islands, with the primary read starting on the single receiver Go route to the backside before working to the trips side stack for a big-play window.

Defensive Reads

This play attacks Cover 1 and Cover 0 man coverage hardest since it isolates corners deep with no help Man coverage without a deep safety over the top is the biggest liability, watch for single high shells and press corners who bite on the initial release Cover 2 and Cover 4 shells with two deep safeties take away the vertical windows, since both Go routes on the trips side run into the safety's zone User controlled safeties who bail deep pre-snap or shade toward the trips side signal that the defense is sitting on this exact concept Look for disguised blitzes off the edge, since a four verticals shot play like this needs time to develop and a fast pass rush from a nano blitz can force the QB to check down to the HB before routes fully mature

Usage Tips

Call this on 2nd or 3rd and long when you need to stress a defense that has been sitting in soft zone or off man all series

Pre-snap, check the corner depth on the backside X, if he is playing tight man with no safety help over the top, isolate that Go route immediately after the snap

Motion or shift can help you diagnose zone versus man, if defenders bump and run with your receivers on shift, you are getting man coverage and this play is live

Hot route the inside slot receiver to a hitch or sit route if you see a heavy zone shell like Cover 3 or Cover 4 to give the QB a quick underneath outlet

Pair this play in your call sheet with Curls or Mtn Slot Curls off the same Trips HB Wk formation, so the defense has to respect both the deep shots and the underneath route combos

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