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Read Option

Shotgun·Trips TE·11
Read OptionRun Play
Play diagram for Read Option from Shotgun Trips TE in Madden 27

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Breakdown

Read Option out of Shotgun Trips TE is a zone read run play with the QB and HB mesh point aligned in the backfield, showing a QB keep or handoff decision based on the edge defender. The three trips receivers to the boundary stay in stalk blocks or run off coverage while the line executes an inside zone blocking scheme, sealing the interior for a cutback lane. This is a pure run play designed to attack overaggressive defensive ends and force a leverage-based read rather than beat man or zone coverage through the passing game.

Defensive Reads

Watch the play side defensive end pre-snap, if he widens up too far off the ball he is likely reading the QB and will be tougher to option Identify the middle linebacker depth, if he sits at five yards or deeper he can fill the cutback lane before the back gets through the mesh Look for a defense stacking the box with eight defenders, this shuts down the run and forces a bad handoff or a QB keep into traffic User controlled defensive ends who spy the QB and refuse to commit are the best defense against this play, they force a slow mesh read every snap If the defense shows Cover 3 or Cover 4 with the safety crashing down after the snap, the cutback lane opens up since the extra hat vacates the alley

Usage Tips

Check the alignment of the defensive end to the play side before the snap, if he is crashing hard down the line every time you can key the give read and hand it off with confidence

Use this against light boxes with six or fewer defenders in the box since the trips set often pulls a safety or corner into run support if the defense stays base

Pair this with Read Option Bubble or RPO Alert Bubble from the same set so the defense has to respect the perimeter throw on early downs, keeping the box light for the actual zone read

Manually control the QB on the read step so you can pull it against contain defenders who sit and read the mesh, this beats defenders who are programmed to crash every time

Best used on early downs (first and second) in run heavy sequences to set up PA Counter Go or PA Boot Shot later once the defense starts loading the box

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