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PA Double Post

Shotgun·Wing Slot Offset·12
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Play diagram for PA Double Post from Shotgun Wing Slot Offset in Madden 27

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Breakdown

PA Double Post runs a play action fake out of Shotgun Wing Slot Offset with 12 personnel, holding the linebackers with run action before the two inside receivers break into stacked post routes toward the middle of the field, one shallow post crossing under a deeper post from the opposite side. The outside receiver runs a corner route to clear out the sideline and occupy any deep half defender, while the backside X receiver runs a vertical route up the numbers to hold the corner and safety on that side. This is a play action shot play built to beat Cover 2 and Cover 4 shells by stacking two post breaks in the same window, with the primary read starting on the deep post before working down to the underneath crossing post if the safety jumps the first route.

Defensive Reads

Pre-snap, identify whether the safeties are showing a two high shell, this play is designed specifically to punish Cover 2 and Cover 4 by overloading one deep zone with two post breaks. Watch the play side linebacker and nickel defender reaction to the run fake, if they bite hard on the play action the underneath post will come open quickly against man coverage. If the defense shows Cover 3 or rolls a single high safety late, the deep post is more likely to run into help over the top, so respect the sideline corner route as the backup outlet. User the deep middle safety if you are on defense and key the tight end release, sitting on the crossing post route can bait the quarterback into a turnover read against this concept. A disguised zone blitz that drops a safety down late can take away both post windows, so if you see late safety rotation post snap while defending this, expect the underneath crosser to be the quarterback's checkdown answer.

Usage Tips

Check the safety alignment before the snap, if you see two deep safeties split evenly this play is designed to attack the seam between them with the double post concept.

Sell the play action fake fully by holding the fake handoff animation, this freezes linebackers just long enough to open the throwing lanes for both posts.

Use the corner route on the outside as a clear out, do not force that throw unless the defense rolls into a hard Cover 3 look and leaves it uncovered.

Pair this play with PA Slide or PA Dig from the same set so the defense has to respect multiple play action concepts off similar formation looks, keeping linebackers honest and slowing their run fits.

Best called on second and medium or third and long when the defense is more likely to sit in a two deep safety shell, since Cover 2 and Cover 4 are the primary coverages this concept is built to exploit.

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