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Bounce Read Option

Shotgun·Trips TE Offset Wk·11

Read Option Motion Run Play

Play diagram for Bounce Read Option from Shotgun Trips TE Offset Wk in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetTrips TE Offset Wk

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

Bounce Read Option is a run play out of Shotgun Trips TE Offset Wk that reads the play side edge defender on a zone read look. The QB and HB mesh in the backfield with the offensive line executing an outside zone blocking scheme, while the trips receivers to the left run off their defenders to clear the perimeter for a potential bounce outside. This is not a man or zone beater in the passing sense, it is a pure run play designed to attack the edge, with the primary read being the unblocked defensive end: give the ball to the HB if he crashes down, pull it and bounce outside with the QB if he sits or squeezes.

Defensive Reads

Watch the play side defensive end assignment first, if the CPU or user defender crashes down on the HB every time, take away the dive and force the QB to keep and bounce. Identify if the defense is in a run stopping front with the linebackers stacked tight to the box, this suppresses cutback lanes and forces the bounce read outside. Beware of a scrape exchange technique where the defensive end stays home and a linebacker loops around to take the QB keep, this is the primary counter to read option and shuts down the pull. Check safety depth pre-snap, a safety crashing down into the box pre-snap signals run blitz and favors the dive read since the edge defender is more likely to crash too. Post-snap, watch for a user-controlled defender spying the mesh point, since a disciplined spy neutralizes both the dive and keep options and forces a negative play.

Usage Tips

Use pre-snap motion to identify if the defense is shifting a linebacker or safety toward the trips side, since that tips run blitz or edge overload.

Check the alignment of the play side defensive end before the snap, if he is crashing hard on every run look he is susceptible to the read option pull.

Pair this play with Bounce Inside Zone and Outside Zone from the same set to keep the defense guessing between inside and outside run fits without changing formation.

Run this on early downs (first and ten, second and short) when defenses are more likely to sit in base run fits rather than nickel or dime packages.

If the defense keys the mesh point aggressively with a spy or scrape exchange linebacker, counter with RPO Read Bubble or RPO Peek Slant from the same set to punish overcommitted run defense.