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Cheat Flood Divide

Shotgun·Trips TE·11

Flood Motion Pass Play Cover 3 Beater

Play diagram for Cheat Flood Divide from Shotgun Trips TE in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetTrips TE

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

Cheat Flood Divide is a three level flood concept out of Shotgun Trips TE that floods one side of the field while stretching the defense vertically and horizontally. Off the trips side, one receiver runs a deep corner or flag route, the next breaks off a shallow crossing route underneath, and the third works a flat route out of the backfield or slot, creating a high low read on any defender in the flooded zone. The backside features two vertical routes splitting the opposite half of the field to hold safety help away from the flood, making this a strong Cover 3 beater since it overloads one zone defender's throwing lane and forces a conflict between the corner route and the flat route. The primary read progression starts with the deep corner route, works down to the crossing route underneath, and finishes with the flat route as the checkdown.

Defensive Reads

Watch for a single high safety pre-snap, this alignment signals Cover 3 and tells you the flood side will overload the deep third defender. Key the flat defender post-snap, if he sinks with the crosser instead of staying low the flat route will be wide open for an easy completion. Look for user controlled defenders jumping the underneath crossing route, this is the most common lurk threat and will bait you into the flat or corner route instead. Against Cover 4 or two high safety shells this play loses its main advantage since the corner route runs into extra deep help, check the backside verticals as a possible answer instead. If you see linebackers blitzing off the edge or through the A gap, the flat route becomes the quick answer since the blitz will vacate the shallow zone underneath the flood.

Usage Tips

Identify the coverage shell pre-snap by checking safety depth, if you see a single high safety this is your green light since Cheat Flood Divide is built to punish Cover 3 rotations.

Use the pre-snap motion to help diagnose man versus zone, if the defense follows the motion man you can shift your first read to the crossing route since it will have a natural rub advantage.

On third and medium to long, trust the deep corner route first because the flood concept forces the deep zone defender to choose between the corner and the underneath crosser.

Pair this play with Flood and Flood Y-Delay in your play calling sequence so the defense sees similar route distributions but different timing, keeping linebackers and safeties guessing on their zone drops.

If the corner route is well covered, work down to the flat route quickly against blitz looks since the flat man will be open in the void created by an aggressive pass rush.