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Mtn RPO Alert Screen

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Play diagram for Mtn RPO Alert Screen from Shotgun Wing Slot Wk in Madden 27

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Breakdown

Mtn RPO Alert Screen is an RPO built off an inside run look with a screen alert tagged to the boundary. Presnap motion brings a receiver in tight before the snap, and at the snap the read shows a screen route bending underneath to the flat while the offensive line sets up screen blocking in front of it. The QB's primary read is the alert screen defender: if that flat defender or edge widens with the motion or crashes on the run fake, the QB pulls and throws the screen, and if he stays home the offense hands off into the run scheme.

Defensive Reads

Watch the flat defender or slot corner assigned to the motion man, if he widens out with motion or sits flat footed at the snap that tells the QB whether the screen lane is open. Man coverage that follows the motion across the formation tends to leave the screen wide open since there is no natural zone defender sitting in the throwing lane. Zone shells with a hard flowing linebacker to the run side get exploited by the screen since that defender vacates the flat to fit the run. Aggressive edge pressure or a nano blitz off the screen side can blow this up quickly, so if the defense shows an overload blitz presnap consider taking the run option instead. Off man or Cover 3 with a disciplined curl-flat defender is the toughest shell to attack here since that defender stays home and can jump the screen route.

Usage Tips

Use presnap motion to identify if the defense is playing man or zone by watching whether a defender follows the motion man across the formation.

Key the alert defender (usually a flat corner or overhang linebacker) immediately after the snap since he decides whether you throw the screen or let the run play develop.

This works best on early downs like first or second and short to medium distance where defenses are more likely to sit in base run fits and bite on the play fake.

Pair this call with Mtn Inside Zone or Mtn Read Option earlier in a drive so defenders start keying run fits, then come back to this RPO to punish aggressive linebacker flow.

Avoid throwing the screen into blitz heavy fronts where the edge defender is crashing hard upfield, since the screen blockers will not have time to set up in front of the ball.

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