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At a Glance
Overview
U Off Trips Wk is a 12 personnel shotgun alignment that stacks three receivers to the weak side while leaving a tight end attached to the strong side of the line. The "U Off" designation means one tight end is aligned off the ball, giving you a movable chess piece who can motion across the formation, arc release into the flat, or sit in the trips bunch as an oversized slot. Unlike standard Shotgun trips looks built out of 11 personnel, this set keeps a second tight end in the box, which pulls a linebacker or strong safety into run fits instead of dropping an extra defensive back into the passing strength.
The trips side to the weak side creates an immediate leverage problem for the defense. Defenses that align their strength to the tight end are left playing three receivers with two defenders plus rotation, and defenses that flip strength to the trips leave the tight end isolated on a linebacker in space. Play art like Mtn Stick, Spot Quads, and Dagger Sit attacks the trips side with layered spacing, while Mtn Fade Smash and Smash give you the vertical and corner answers when the coverage shell tips Cover 2 or Cover 4.
The run and RPO menu is what separates this set from pure passing trips formations. Inside Zone, Same Side Zone, Outside Zone, HB Power, and Read Option all run behind a real second tight end, and the RPO Alert Bubble, RPO Zone Alert Bubble, and RPO Peek Corner plays let you read the box count and take the free bubble or corner when the defense stays light. Layer in Fk Jet Toss Pass, HB Toss Fk Jet, HB Pump Draw, and the PA Boot family and you have a complete weekly package built off the same pre-snap picture.
Strengths
- Trips weak forces a strength declaration pre-snap, so you can read the rotation and check between the run game and the bubble RPOs with Mtn Stick and Spot Quads sitting right in the soft spot of Cover 3 and Cover 4
- Mtn Fade Smash and Smash punish Cover 2 and any squat corner, and hot routing the outside trips receiver to a fade while leaving the corner route intact gives you a high low on the flat defender every snap
- Dagger Sit and Levels Out are clean man beaters when you motion the off tight end across the formation to confirm coverage, with the dig and sit routes breaking behind linebackers who have to clear the underneath crossers
- The 12 personnel look keeps a base or nickel defense on the field, so Inside Zone, HB Power, and Outside Zone hit against lighter boxes while Read Option holds the backside edge defender honest
- Fk Jet Toss Pass and HB Toss Fk Jet give you gadget layers off the same motion action, which makes user defenders commit early and opens the PA Boot Corner-Post shot behind them
Weaknesses
- The shotgun alignment with an off tight end can leave protection light against interior pressure, and nano blitzes through the weak side A gap arrive before the deeper trips concepts develop
- Heavy quarters and pattern match coverage rolled to the trips side takes away the bubble RPOs, since the alert reads become negative yardage against a defender who is already sitting on the throw
- A user-controlled safety sitting over the trips side can take away Dagger Sit and Mtn Verticals, because the primary reads all funnel into the same intermediate window
- 12 personnel tips run tendency to experienced opponents, who will load the box and dare you to throw isolated routes to the attached tight end
- The isolated backside tight end is a liability against a press man corner or a fast user defender, and there is no easy release without burning a motion or hot route
Usage Tips
Motion the off tight end across the formation pre-snap on every drop back rep to diagnose man versus zone, then check to Levels Out or Dagger Sit against man and Mtn Stick or Spot Quads against zone
On second and medium, open with the RPO Alert Bubble and count the box, taking the bubble any time the defense leaves six or fewer defenders in the box against 12 personnel
Use Smash and Mtn Fade Smash on the trips side when you see a two high shell with squat corners, and hot route the inside trips receiver to a drag to give yourself an outlet against the sink
Set up PA Boot Corner-Post and PA Boot only after you have established Inside Zone and Same Side Zone, since the play action rollout depends on the linebackers stepping up and the edge defender crashing
Keep HB Pump Draw in your third and long package against opponents who drop eight and user the middle, and pair it with Read Option on short yardage to stress the unblocked edge
Plays (23)
Dagger SitSit, Dagger, Pass Play +2- Fk Jet Toss Pass
- HB Corner
HB PowerPower, Run Play, Power Run- HB Pump Draw
- HB Toss Fk Jet
Inside ZoneInside Zone, Run Play, Zone Run
Levels OutOut, Levels, Pass Play +1
Mtn Fade SmashFade, Smash, Motion +2
Mtn StickStick, Stick Concept, Motion +1
Mtn VerticalsFour Verts, Motion, Pass Play +2
Outside ZoneOutside Zone, Run Play, Zone Run
PA BootPlay Action, Pass Play
PA Boot Corner-PostPlay Action, Corner, Post +3
PA CrossersPlay Action, Crosser, Pass Play
Read OptionRead Option, Run Play
RPO Alert BubbleRPO, Pass Play, Run Play
RPO Peek CornerRPO, Corner, Pass Play +1- RPO Zone Alert BubbleRPO, Pass Play, Run Play
- Same Side Zone
SmashSmash, Pass Play, Cover 2 Beater
Spot QuadsSpot, Pass Play, Cover 3 Beater- Sprint Smash
