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TE Corner

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Play diagram for TE Corner from Shotgun Trips TE in Madden 27

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Breakdown

TE Corner lines up out of Shotgun Trips TE with three receivers stacked to the left and the TE isolated to the right. The trips side runs a clearout combo of two vertical routes with an underneath dig/hitch to occupy the middle of the field, while the backside TE runs the namesake corner route as the primary target against a lone defender. The RB releases into a wide flat route out of the backfield, giving the QB a built-in checkdown if the corner route is blanketed. This is a man beater at its core, using the corner breaking away from the defender's body, but it also stresses zone defenses that flow with the trips concept and vacate the boundary.

Defensive Reads

Identify the deep safety count before the snap, one high safety usually means man coverage underneath which is where the TE corner route has the most success. Watch the flat defender or nickel matched up on the RB release, if he sinks with the corner route the underneath throw to the flat opens up immediately. Key the boundary cornerback's leverage on the TE at the snap, outside leverage invites the corner route to break open against inside leverage technique. Against zone shells like Cover 3, look for the flow of the linebackers toward the trips side, since that widens the throwing window for the corner route in the vacated boundary. Watch for a user lurking underneath the corner route from a Mike linebacker spy or robber technique, this is the primary defensive answer that can jump the route and bait a turnover.

Usage Tips

Check pre-snap for single high safety alignment, since the TE corner route wins big against Cover 1 and Cover 3 when the corner CB has to respect the flat route from the RB.

If the defense shows two high safeties, be ready to work the trips side verticals or dig instead of forcing the corner throw into a deep half defender.

Motion the RB or use a hot route to adjust the flat route depth if the defense is showing a squat corner underneath, this opens up a easy pitch and catch versus aggressive jump routes.

Pair this play with Verticals or China Y Post from the same Trips TE set to keep the defense honest on the numbers and prevent them from keying the TE corner tendency.

Use this on second and medium or third and long situations where defenses are more likely to play zone shells, since the corner route exploits the seam between the flat defender and deep third defender.

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