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RPO Sweep Alert Bubble

Shotgun·Wing Slot Wk·12
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Play diagram for RPO Sweep Alert Bubble from Shotgun Wing Slot Wk in Madden 27

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Breakdown

RPO Sweep Alert Bubble lines up out of Shotgun Wing Slot Wk with 12 personnel, showing an HB alignment behind the QB with a run alert to the sweep side and a bubble screen packaged to the boundary receiver. The diagram shows the run action sweeping outside while the outermost receiver runs a quick bubble route underneath, giving the QB a pre-snap or post-snap read between handing the ball off or throwing the bubble. This is an RPO built to attack overpursuing or numbers-disadvantaged defenses, with the primary read being the alley or flat defender: if he crashes down on the sweep, pull and throw the bubble, if he sits wide, hand off the sweep into the alley the defender vacated.

Defensive Reads

Watch the alley or overhang defender pre-snap, if he is aligned tight to the box the bubble read is live, if he is sitting wide he is taking away the screen and daring the sweep. Identify quick flowing linebackers who key the backfield action hard, since this play is designed to punish overaggressive run fits with the bubble throw. Against zone coverage shells like Cover 3 or Cover 4, look for the curl-flat defender to widen late, which opens the sweep lane behind him. Man coverage with press on the bubble receiver is the best counter, since it removes the easy completion and forces the offense into the sweep against a set defense. User-controlled defenders who sit at depth reading the QB's eyes can jump the bubble throw, so disciplined defenders who stay square and play both options honestly shut this concept down.

Usage Tips

Pre-snap, count defenders to the bubble side of the formation before the snap since this play is designed to exploit numbers advantages out wide.

Key the alley defender or overhang linebacker immediately after the snap, if he widens to the flat, give the sweep, if he stays inside, pull it and hit the bubble.

Use this play on early downs in run heavy personnel to keep defenses honest, then sequence into RPO Zone Alert Bubble or RPO Power Alert Bubble later in a series so the defense cannot sit on one specific run fit.

Avoid throwing the bubble into press man coverage with a hard corner sitting on the route, in that shell trust the sweep read instead.

Mix in RPO Read Bubble or RPO Zone Read Bubble from the same set so linebackers cannot key the specific run action off formation alone.

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