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Breakdown
Mtn Y Post lines up out of Shotgun Trips TE Flex with the flexed TE motioning across the formation before the snap, resetting the numbers to a trips-heavy look. Post-motion, the outside trips receiver runs a deep vertical, the middle trips receiver breaks into a corner route working toward the sideline, and the motion man clears underneath on a quick out. On the backside, the single receiver runs a deep post while the running back releases into a shallow drag away from the play concept, giving the quarterback a five-level stretch. This is a man beater built around the deep post as the primary read, with the corner route serving as the natural zone beater against two-high shells.
Defensive Reads
Pre-snap, identify whether the defense follows the TE motion with a linebacker or defensive back, this confirms man coverage and tells you the post is live. Watch safety depth and rotation after the snap, a single deep safety rotating late signals Cover 3 which opens the post for a big play behind the underneath defenders. If both safeties stay deep and split the field in a two-high shell, the corner route becomes the higher percentage throw since the post will be capped. Key the flat defender and outside linebacker for blitz disguises, a nano blitz off the edge can collapse the pocket before the deep routes develop, so check protection or plan a quick check down to the drag. User-controlled lurk defenders sitting in the intermediate middle can jump the post route, so if you see a defender shading toward the post stem pre-throw, look to the corner route or dump off to the backside checkdown instead.
Usage Tips
Use the pre-snap TE motion to bait linebackers and safeties into showing man coverage, if the defender follows across the formation you have a strong indicator of man and should key the backside post immediately.
Attack single-high shells (Cover 1 or Cover 3) by hitting the post since the deep safety cannot cover both the post and the outside vertical from trips.
Against two-high safeties, work the progression to the corner route breaking outside since it sits in the void between the flat defender and the deep half safety.
Pair this play with Stick or HB Angle earlier in a series to condition defenders into sitting on shorter routes, then hit the post for a explosive gain once they bite.
Best called on second or third and medium when you need a chunk play, since the deep concepts take time to develop and require a clean pocket.
