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Y Mtn Drive

Shotgun·Wing Trips Wk Nasty·11

Drive Motion Pass Play Cover 4 Beater

Play diagram for Y Mtn Drive 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

Y Mtn Drive is a Cover 4 beater out of Shotgun Wing Trips Wk Nasty that uses pre-snap motion to shift the trips side before the snap. On the boundary, the isolated X runs a drive style out and under route while the TE stacked behind him climbs vertically then breaks flat, forming a natural rub. To the trips side, two receivers stack mountain routes: an inside seam that bends to the corner and an outside vertical that clears the top, stretching the deep quarters defenders and opening a window underneath. The primary read starts with the drive concept on the backside for a quick answer against man leverage, then progresses to the mountain stack seam for the explosive shot if the safety bites on the flat route.

Defensive Reads

Pre-snap, check safety depth and alignment over the trips side since Cover 4 shells with two deep safeties are the primary target for the mountain stack. Watch for a defender shadowing the motion man across the formation, which confirms man coverage and tells you to speed up the drive route read on the backside. Post-snap, key the flat defender or curl to flat player on the trips side. If he sinks under the seam route, the corner route behind him should be open against quarters coverage. Beware of a robber or lurk defender sitting in the middle of the field who can jump the drive route crossing over the middle, especially against Cover 3 or Tampa 2 shells. Man coverage with underneath blitz pressure can disrupt this play since the drive route needs time to develop, so identify blitz-heavy fronts and be ready to check into a quicker route in the progression.

Usage Tips

Use the pre-snap motion to identify if the defense is playing man or zone based on whether a defender follows the motion man across the formation.

Against Cover 4, attack the seam-to-corner mountain route on the trips side since the safety has to choose between the vertical and the breaking route, creating a natural throwing window.

If the corner squats hard on the drive route, hit the TE flat conversion underneath for a quick access throw and stay ahead of the chains.

Pair this play with Y Mtn Bench Ins or Y Mtn Flood in the same set so the defense sees the same stacked mountain look but has to respect different breakpoints, keeping linebackers and safeties guessing.

Best called on second and medium or third and long when you need a defined progression that has both a quick underneath answer and a deep shot off the same shell read.