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Quick Slants

Shotgun·Trips HB Wk·10

Slant Pass Play

Play diagram for Quick Slants from Shotgun Trips HB Wk in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetTrips HB Wk

Personnel

101 RB · 0 TE · 4 WR

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Breakdown

Quick Slants is a trips-based passing concept out of Shotgun Trips HB Wk with a 10 personnel grouping. Both outside receivers run slants breaking hard toward the middle of the field, with the backside slant (in red) marking the primary read against man coverage, while the trips side runs a mini pick concept with a shallow crosser and a short curl from the slot to occupy underneath zone defenders. The HB stays in to help protect or check down out of the backfield, making this a quick-timing man beater designed to get the ball out before the pass rush closes, with the outside slant vs single coverage as the first read and the shallow drag or curl in the trips bunch as the secondary progression.

Defensive Reads

Watch the backside cornerback pre-snap, if he is playing outside leverage or soft off coverage the slant route has an easy throwing lane underneath. Cover 2 and Cover 4 shells with safeties sitting deep struggle to get underneath defenders to the slant fast enough, making this a strong beater against those shells. Cover 3 sink or a hard-sitting Mike linebacker in zone can jump the shallow crosser on the trips side, so be ready to reset to the backside slant as your true first read. Man coverage with a slot corner or nickel playing inside technique on the trips bunch can jam the pick concept, watch for a user defender sliding under to rob the shallow route. Blitz-heavy fronts with delayed pressure from the boundary can beat the protection before the slant fully develops, so check the edge rushers pre-snap and be ready to get the ball out in rhythm.

Usage Tips

Fire this off quickly on third and short or in the red zone where the slant window against man coverage opens up immediately after the snap.

Pre-snap, identify if the defense is showing man or zone by checking corner alignment on the backside slant receiver, tight press or inside shade usually means the slant will win.

Hot route the trips side curl into a flat route if you see a Cover 3 shell rolling that direction, this stretches the zone defender horizontally instead of letting him sit on the route.

Pair this play with Curls or Dbl Comeback from the same formation to keep the defense honest on their zone drops after they start jumping the quick slant throws.

Use the HB check release as a checkdown against zone blitzes since the quick timing of this concept makes it tough for user linebackers to disguise pressure and still cover the middle.