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Outside Zone

Shotgun·Wing Trips Wk Nasty·11

Outside Zone Run Play Zone Run

Play diagram for Outside Zone from Shotgun Wing Trips Wk Nasty in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetWing Trips Wk Nasty

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

Outside Zone out of Shotgun Wing Trips Wk Nasty is a pure zone run play with the offensive line flowing laterally toward the play side to stretch the defense before the HB decks a crease upfield. The diagram shows the RB taking a lateral path behind the QB before pressing outside and cutting upfield off the double team edge block, with the entire front working horizontal zone steps to seal running lanes. This is a zone beater designed to attack gap integrity and outside pursuit angles, and the primary read progression is backside cutback first, then bounce to the alley if the edge is sealed, then front side crease if the defense overcommits inside.

Defensive Reads

Watch the linebacker depth pre-snap, since stacked linebackers at five yards or deeper give you more time to read the cutback before they fill the gap. Check safety alignment for two high shells, which usually means lighter boxes and better cutback lanes since an extra defender is removed from run support. Post-snap, key the playside defensive end and outside linebacker leverage, since if they crash hard down inside the bounce outside becomes the higher percentage read. Be wary of user-controlled defenders flowing hard downhill from a Mike linebacker spy or blitz look, since aggressive gap shooters can blow up the zone track before the RB reaches the line. Against a stacked box with eight defenders and single high safety, this play loses efficiency, so counter with pre-snap motion or shift to a play-action shot to punish the aggressive run fits.

Usage Tips

Run this out of 11 personnel on early downs to keep defenses honest and set up your play-action shots later in the drive.

Check the defensive front pre-snap and look for light boxes with six or fewer defenders in the box, since that tells you the zone scheme has a numbers advantage.

Use your fullback or lead blocker as a manual user to pick off the first defender that shows outside pursuit, since that block often determines whether the cutback or bounce lane opens.

Pair this play with PA Slide or Y Mtn Drive from the same Wing Trips Wk Nasty set to sell the same zone run action and hit backside crossers or flood concepts once linebackers start flowing hard to the play side.

Stick to normal or run heavy down and distance situations like first and ten or second and short, since defenses in dime or nickel packages can erase this look with fast flow pursuit.