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Mtn Fork H Choice

Shotgun·Trips TE Flex·11
Option RouteMotionPass Play
Play diagram for Mtn Fork H Choice from Shotgun Trips TE Flex in Madden 27

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Breakdown

Mtn Fork H Choice is a trips based option route concept out of Shotgun Trips TE Flex with 11 personnel. The play uses pre-snap motion into the backfield, then sends the two inside trips receivers on a fork combo (a corner route stemming from a vertical release paired with an out breaking route underneath), while the outside trips receiver runs a deep dig that sits behind the fork. The motioned back releases into a flat/choice route off the backfield, giving a built in check down against blitz or man pressure. This is a man beater at its core, since the choice route can convert versus man coverage while the fork stresses a single deep defender with two routes breaking opposite directions. Primary progression starts at the corner route on top of the fork, works down to the choice route out of the backfield, and finishes with the underlying out route as the checkdown.

Defensive Reads

Read the safety alignment pre-snap, a single high safety shading toward the trips side signals man free or cover 3, which opens up the corner route on the fork. Watch the flat defender or slot corner react to the backfield motion, if he widens or follows tightly it confirms man coverage and the choice route becomes the go to read. Key the middle linebacker depth at the snap, a shallow drop suggests zone coverage underneath and tells you to hit the out route breaking off the fork. This play struggles against a hard robber or lurk defender sitting in the shallow flat, since that defender can jump both the choice route and the underneath out. Cover 2 with a strong safety rotating over the top can shut down the corner route, so be ready to work down to the choice route if the deep defender sits on the fork.

Usage Tips

Use the pre-snap motion to identify man versus zone before the snap, if the defender follows the motion man into the backfield you have a clean man beater matchup on the choice route.

Attack single high shells (3 deep or man free) by working the corner route on top of the fork first since it isolates the deep defender.

Against man coverage, prioritize the choice route out of the backfield immediately since the option route can settle or break away depending on the defender leverage.

Pair this play with Mtn Y Post or Mtn Hitch N Go in your play calling sequence, since both share the trips look and force defenders to respect the vertical fork every snap.

Best called on 2nd or 3rd and medium when you need a chain moving completion but still want a shot play built in over the top.

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