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Read Option

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Play diagram for Read Option from Shotgun Trips TE Flex in Madden 27

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Breakdown

Read Option out of Shotgun Trips TE Flex is a true zone read run play, with the QB reading the backside defensive end while the HB runs an inside track off the mesh point. The diagram shows a simple give or keep read at the mesh, no route concepts are drawn out beyond the exchange, meaning the offensive line is working a zone blocking scheme up front to create the read lane. This is a numbers and leverage run designed to beat over aggressive edge defenders and light boxes, with the primary read being the crash or contain decision of the read man off the edge.

Defensive Reads

Watch the backside defensive end pre snap, if he widens out early he is preparing to crash down on the give, take the keep Green dog and man blitz shells from the second level struggle to stop this because they pull defenders out of the run fit, look for one on one leverage off the edge User controlled defenders sitting on the read man remove the advantage, if the CPU or user defender stays home the QB keep lane disappears Stacked boxes with an extra safety rolled down shut down both options, if you see eight in the box before the snap consider audibling out Check linebacker depth, if they are sitting shallow and flowing hard to the mesh point immediately, the cutback lane on the backside will be there for the keep

Usage Tips

Check the box count before the snap, if the defense has six or more in the box this is not your play, look to a play action shot from this same set instead

Identify whether the defensive end is being coached to crash down or sit and read, if he crashes hard every snap keep the ball yourself on the read

Use this play on early downs in normal distance situations to keep defenses honest and set up RPO Zone Alert Omaha later in the drive

Pair this with Inside Zone and Outside Zone from the same set so the defense cannot key on formation tendencies

Avoid calling this against known nano blitz packages up the middle since interior penetration kills the mesh point before the read develops

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