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22 Shallow Sail

Shotgun·Y Off Trips Wk·11
Shallow CrossSailPass PlayCover 2 BeaterCover 3 Beater
Play diagram for 22 Shallow Sail from Shotgun Y Off Trips Wk in Madden 27

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Breakdown

22 Shallow Sail from Y Off Trips Wk is a full flood concept with a shallow cross underneath, built to attack both zone and man coverage. Off the trips side, one receiver runs a deep corner route while the tight end (or attached receiver) runs a sail flat route underneath it, stacking the sideline in a high low. From the backside, the receiver runs a shallow cross all the way across the field, and the running back runs a check release flare out of the backfield to the flat. The primary read starts with the deep corner route to see if the safety bites, then works down to the sail flat, and comes back to the shallow cross as the underneath outlet if the flood side is capped.

Defensive Reads

Watch the deep half safety on the trips side pre-snap. If he shows two high and rotates late, expect Cover 2 or Cover 4 and prioritize the sail flat before the corner window closes. Identify the flat defender responsibility. If a linebacker or slot corner sinks under the corner route, the sail flat is open behind him for an easy pitch and catch. Track any user lurk defender sitting in the shallow cross lane. Aggressive user players will jump the shallow cross, so be ready to reset to the sail or the backfield flare. Look for Cover 3 rotation to the trips side. A hard flat defender squeezing down opens a throwing lane over the top on the deep corner route. Man coverage with no safety help over the top gets exposed by the shallow cross drag, since it forces a defender to run across traffic and lose ground in coverage.

Usage Tips

Use this against Cover 2 and Cover 3 shells since the deep corner and flat combo on the trips side stretches the flat defender and the deep half safety vertically and horizontally at the same time.

Key the flat defender and the deep half safety pre-snap. If the corner is playing deep with no underneath help, throw the sail route immediately for a quick gain.

Against man coverage, ride the shallow cross across the field since it naturally picks off trailing defenders and creates rub traffic for the crosser to separate.

Pair this with Mtn Y Cross or Dig Cross in the same set to give the defense a similar shallow crosser look with a different vertical answer, keeping linebackers and safeties guessing on the play call.

Best used on second and long or third and medium since the deep corner and shallow cross both offer explosive gain potential if the defense sits in a soft zone shell.

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