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HB Slip Screen

Shotgun·Trips Y-Flex·11

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Play diagram for HB Slip Screen from Shotgun Trips Y-Flex in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetTrips Y-Flex

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

HB Slip Screen out of Shotgun Trips Y-Flex is a designed screen pass with the HB slipping out to the left after a brief pass-set look, with the offensive line releasing to get out ahead and set up a wall of blockers downfield. On the backside, the two receivers to the right (Y-Flex TE and outside WR) run vertical stem routes that break into an in-and-out combo, while the trips side runs a corner route paired with a shallow drag underneath to pull coverage away from the screen. The primary read is the HB out of the backfield first, with the drag and corner as late-progression checkdowns if defenders sniff out the screen action.

Defensive Reads

Watch for user-controlled defenders spying the HB immediately after the snap, since that is the clearest tell the screen has been diagnosed. Key on linebacker depth and discipline, since linebackers who stay at home instead of rushing or dropping deep are the biggest threat to blow this play up in the backfield. Check safety alignment pre-snap, since a two-high shell that keeps safeties deep gives the screen more room to develop before help arrives. Identify aggressive nano blitz packages that send extra rushers up the middle, since those blitzes often overcommit and leave the screen lane wide open on the perimeter. Look for cornerbacks pressing at the line on the trips side, since press man coverage can disrupt the timing of the drag and corner routes that are meant to hold defenders away from the screen.

Usage Tips

Call this on early downs or obvious passing situations where defenders are selling out on the pass rush, since the delayed screen action punishes aggressive four and five man rushes.

Check the defensive front pre-snap for stacked boxes or overload blitzes to the play side, since those alignments leave the screen lane wide open once the OL releases.

Hot route the trips side drag into a quick option route if you see man coverage sitting hard on the underneath receivers, giving you a quick outlet if the screen gets read.

Pair this play with Four Verticals or PA WR In from the same set to keep defenses honest, since both plays start with similar backfield action but attack downfield instead of setting up the screen.

Avoid calling this against disciplined zone defenses that keep linebackers at home, since spy technique linebackers can blow up the screen before the wall of blockers forms.