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Y Off Trips

Shotgun·11

Specialists3DRBGadgetPower HBSLWR

Set alignment for Y Off Trips from Shotgun in Madden 27

At a Glance

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Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Overview

Y Off Trips puts three receivers to one side with the tight end offset in the backfield next to the quarterback, which is the key structural difference from standard Shotgun Trips looks. Instead of the Y being attached to the line or split into the trips bunch, he sits as a second backfield body, giving you a legitimate two back shell out of 11 personnel. That alignment forces the defense to declare early: if they treat it as a pass set, you get downhill gap runs with the tight end as a lead blocker, and if they walk a defender into the box, you have three receivers to the strong side with only two underneath defenders capable of matching them.

The trips side is where the concept work lives. Stick, Deep Stick Out, All Curl, Curls, and Return Curls all stack horizontal and vertical stems into the same coverage zone, and because the inside slot has a free release from an off alignment, you get clean hi lo and stick nod reads without fighting press. Four Verticals and Verticals Dig turn the same personnel into a vertical stretch, while Bounce Shallow Smash and Whip Smash attack Cover 2 and Cover 4 flat defenders with the corner and shallow pairing. The isolated single receiver on the weak side is the real matchup lever: with SLWR tagged, you can motion or hot route that X into a slant, fade, or streak against whatever leftover corner the defense assigns him, which is how you punish teams that rotate strength to the trips.

The run and RPO menu is what separates this set from pure pass formations. Duo, Counter Y, HB Counter, 0 1 Trap, Inside Zone Split, and Outside Zone all get the offset Y as a puller or lead blocker, and the Gadget and Power HB tags mean you can run HB Direct Snap or lean on heavy carries without switching personnel. RPO Glance Post, RPO Bubble Y Pop, RPO Read WR Screen, RPO Counter Glance Post, and RPO Duo Alert Glance let you conflict the box defender pre snap and take the free throw when he crashes, and the screen package (HB Swing Screen, HB Slip Screen, Mtn Y Screen, Fake Screen Wheel) keeps aggressive blitzers honest.

Strengths

Stick and Mtn Stick out of trips create a three level read into one coverage zone, and the stick nod variant (Mtn Stick N Nod) punishes users who jump the stick sit route from a hook defender
All Curl, Curls, and Return Curls are elite zone beaters that settle in the windows behind Cover 3 and Cover 4 buzz drops, with the inside slot releasing clean because of the off alignment
The offset tight end gives you real gap run leverage on Duo, Counter Y, and 0 1 Trap without going to heavy personnel, so opponents who play light boxes against trips get gashed
Isolated weak side X (SLWR tag) is a one on one every snap: hot route a slant or fade there against single high and you have a free man beater with no help defender in the picture
RPO family is deep and varied (RPO Glance Post, RPO Duo Alert Glance, RPO Counter Glance Post, RPO Bubble Y Pop, RPO Read WR Screen), letting you read the conflict defender post snap instead of guessing pre snap
Bounce Shallow Smash and Whip Smash give you a corner plus shallow high low that shreds Cover 2 and cloud flat coverage while also working as man beaters

Weaknesses

Protection math is strained on five wide style drop backs since the offset Y often releases on route concepts, so A gap and overload nano blitzes get home before the trips concepts develop
The trips alignment is easy to diagnose, and good users will rotate a safety over the top and drop the weak side corner into a soft squat, killing both the deep trips work and the isolated X fade
Curl and stick heavy concepts stall against a user controlled linebacker sitting in the middle hook, especially on All Curl and Deep Stick where multiple routes settle at similar depth
Screens (HB Swing Screen, HB Slip Screen, Mtn Y Screen) get diagnosed quickly once you show them, and edge pressure from the trips side blows them up for loss of yardage
Heavy strong side formation means backside runs and boot concepts have little help, so defenses that set the edge weak side force everything back into unblocked flow

Usage Tips

Read the weak side corner first: if he presses the isolated X with no safety help, take the one on one and abandon the trips concept entirely

On early downs against a light box, lean on Duo, Counter Y, and Inside Zone Split to make the defense commit an extra hat, then punish that commitment with RPO Glance Post or RPO Bubble Y Pop

Against Cover 3 and Cover 4 on third and medium, run Stick, Mtn Stick, or Return Curls and work the trips side high low, hot routing the outside receiver on a comeback if the corner sits deep

Pair Four Verticals and Verticals Dig with a pre snap motion to identify man versus zone, then hit the seam against single high or the dig against two high

When opponents start bringing heat, alternate HB Slip Screen, Fake Screen Wheel, and PA Zone Shot off the same run looks to reset their aggression and get chunk plays