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PA Boot Corner-Post

Shotgun·U Off Trips Wk·12

Play Action Corner Post Corner Post Pass Play Man Beater

Play diagram for PA Boot Corner-Post from Shotgun U Off Trips Wk in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetU Off Trips Wk

Personnel

121 RB · 2 TE · 2 WR

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Breakdown

PA Boot Corner-Post is a play-action bootleg out of Shotgun U Off Trips Wk that pulls the QB to the boundary while the backside receiver runs a deep post and the outside trips receiver breaks off a corner route toward the sideline. A short flare or check release out of the backfield gives the QB a checkdown underneath if both verticals are covered downfield. This is a man beater designed to exploit aggressive run fits and man defenders who bite on the play fake, with the primary read progression going post first for the explosive shot, then corner route on the boot side, then the underneath flare as the safety valve.

Defensive Reads

Read the middle of the field first, if there is a single high safety he has to choose between the post and the corner, so throw away from his leverage. Watch the flow of the linebackers at the snap, if they crash hard toward the run fake the underneath passing lanes open up for the flare route and the post has a bigger throwing window behind them. Man coverage with no safety help over the top is the biggest green light, since the post route will separate against most linebackers or slot corners in man technique. Cover 3 with a deep half or deep third defender sitting on the post is the primary defense that shuts this down, so be ready to check the corner route or dump to the flare instead of forcing the post. Look for a user controlled defender lurking in the shallow zone near the boot side, since aggressive human players will often jump the flare or crossing routes underneath and abandon their deep responsibility.

Usage Tips

Run this on early downs or in play-action heavy sequences when the defense has shown aggressive run support out of the box, since the boot action needs linebackers and safeties biting downhill to fully open the post. Check the safety alignment before the snap, if you see a single high safety shaded toward the trips side, prioritize the post route since he cannot cover both verticals. Hot route the flare into a quick out or angle route against teams that spam short zone drops underneath to give yourself a faster checkdown against a Cover 2 or Cover 3 shell. Pair this with PA Boot (the base version) and PA Crossers earlier in a series so the defense keys the boot action, then hit this shot play when they start jumping the flow. Use this on second and medium or first and ten to keep defenses honest and avoid third and long situations where the deep developing play action becomes a sack liability.