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Breakdown
Stick out of Shotgun Wing Stack Wk 12 personnel shows a classic Stick concept to the field with the outside receiver running a deep out to the sideline and the inside slot receiver sitting down on a stick route to the flat, creating a natural high low read against zone defenders. To the boundary, the TE runs a vertical seam route up the numbers while the backfield stays in to help protect against pressure. This is primarily a zone beater built to attack Cover 2 and Cover 3 flat defenders, with the primary read progression going stick route first, then the flat corner route, then working back to the vertical seam if the defense rotates a safety down.
Defensive Reads
Read the flat defender first, if he widens with the corner route the stick route is your throw Watch the middle linebacker depth pre-snap, a shallow drop signals he may sit on the stick route and take it away Identify Cover 2 shells by checking safety alignment, this concept shreds Cover 2 because the stick and flat routes stretch the underneath zone horizontally Look for user controlled defenders lurking in the shallow zone, if the user jumps the stick route immediately reset to the corner route breaking outside Man coverage with no help over the top on the vertical seam is a green light to work that TE route instead of settling for the shorter stick concept
Usage Tips
Use Stick on early downs or third and short when you expect zone coverage from the defense
Key on the flat defender pre-snap, if he sits at five yards or less the stick route will be open immediately after the snap
Hot route the vertical seam TE into a quick out if you diagnose Cover 3 sink to speed up the timing of the throw
Pair this play with Four Verticals or Mtn PA Verticals from the same set so defenses cannot sit on the short stick route all game
Attack blitz heavy defenses by getting the ball out fast to the stick route since the concept only needs three or four steps from the quarterback
Other Plays in Wing Stack Wk
- Exit All Go
- Exit Double Screen
- Exit Spot Replace
Four VerticalsFour Verts, Pass Play, Cover 2 Beater +1- HB Power
- HB Slip Screen
- Inside Zone
- Mtn Dagger
- Mtn Inside Zone
- Mtn Outside Zone
- Mtn PA Flood
- Mtn PA Verticals
- Mtn Spot
PA SlidePlay Action, Slide, Pass Play
RPO Alert BubbleRPO, Pass Play, Run Play
RPO Alert BubbleRPO, Pass Play, Run Play- RPO Counter ReadCounter, RPO, Run Play +2
RPO Peek SlantRPO, Slant, Pass Play +1- RPO Power Alert BubbleRPO, Pass Play, Run Play
RPO Read BubbleRPO, Pass Play, Run Play
RPO Read CntrRPO, Pass Play, Run Play
RPO Read Slant BubbleRPO, Slant, Pass Play +1- RPO Zone Alert BubbleRPO, Pass Play, Run Play
- RPO Zone PeekRPO, Pass Play, Run Play
- Same Side Zone