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Zona Slot Out

Shotgun·Trips HB Wk·10
OutPass PlayCurlPostOut And Up
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Receiver routes

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

See this play with a team's players
PlayerSideRoute
HB1LeftSmash
SLWRRightCurl
WR1LeftOut and Up
WR2RightDeep Out
SLWR2RightDeep Post

Read progression

  1. SLWR right, Curl
  2. WR2 right, Deep Out
  3. WR1 left, Out and Up
  4. SLWR2 right, Deep Post
  5. HB1 left, SmashCheck-down

Breakdown

Zona Slot Out is a zone beating concept out of Shotgun Trips HB Wk with 10 personnel, built around an out route from the slot receiver that settles into soft spots against zone drops. The trips side works a combination of underneath and intermediate routes to hold linebackers and safeties while the backside receiver runs a route to occupy the corner, creating a natural progression from the flat to the intermediate zone beater. This is a pass play designed to attack zone shells, particularly Cover 3 and Cover 4, with the primary read starting on the slot out before working back to the trips concept if the initial window is closed.

Defensive Reads

Read the flat defender or curl to flat linebacker first, if he sinks too deep the slot out sits in an open window underneath Identify Cover 3 by the deep third safety alignment, this play is designed to exploit the seam between the curl to flat zone and the deep third Watch for a cornerback playing hard outside leverage in man coverage, since that alignment can jump the out route and bait an interception Key on user controlled linebackers dropping into passing lanes, if the user sits on the slot out you need to reset to the trips side concept quickly Recognize Cover 2 shells with two deep safeties, this concept can struggle against a hard corner sitting on the flat, so be ready to progress to the second read instead of forcing the primary throw

Usage Tips

Use this play on second and medium or third and short when defenses are likely to sit in zone coverage rather than bring pressure

Check the cornerback depth pre snap, if he is playing off with outside leverage the slot out will have a clean throwing lane

Hot route the backside receiver into a quick hitch or slant if you diagnose man coverage, since the base concept is built to attack zone drops

Combine this play with Close Zona Cross or Mtn Slot Curls in the same set so you can give defenses a similar initial read with different breakpoints, forcing linebackers to hesitate

Snap the ball quickly against zone blitz looks since the out route develops fast and gets the ball out before extra rushers arrive

Use motion or a hard count to bait the defense into revealing man or zone leverage on the slot receiver before the snap

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