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Breakdown
Boomerang PA Portland is a play-action shot play out of Shotgun Y Off Trips Wk that sells a run fake before pushing three vertical stress routes to the trips side and a boomerang out and up combo from the backfield. The trips receivers run a corner/go from the outside stack, a deep post from the middle slot, and a comeback/curl from the inside slot, while the running back releases from the boomerang motion path into a wheel that flattens up the sideline behind the trips concept. This is a man beater built on the deep post and corner combo to attract safety help and clear the wheel route down the numbers, with the primary read progression going post first, then the wheel route working outside leverage, and the comeback as the checkdown against zone drop.
Defensive Reads
Watch for a single high safety shading toward the trips side, this tells you Cover 1 or Cover 3 and opens the wheel route down the sideline. Identify if a linebacker walls the boomerang motion man, a linebacker in man coverage on a running back is a mismatch you should exploit every time. Read the corner leverage on the outside receiver, outside shade means the corner route has room to break away from the boundary. Look for two deep safeties splitting the field evenly, this signals Cover 2 or Cover 4 and the comeback route becomes the higher percentage option underneath. Watch the defensive line for a fast interior push after the play fake, a disciplined defensive line that does not bite on the run fake can collapse the pocket before your deep routes develop.
Usage Tips
Use this on early downs or second and short to sell the play-action fake convincingly against defenses keying run.
Check the safety alignment pre-snap, if you see a single high safety cheating over the post you should work the wheel route instead.
Motion the back before the snap to identify man coverage, if the defender follows the motion man you have a strong indicator to attack with the wheel against a linebacker in man coverage.
Hot route the comeback route into a deeper curl against zone heavy shells if the underneath defenders are sitting too shallow.
Pair this call with Boomerang Y Cross or Mtn PA Portland earlier in a series to condition the defense to bite on the run fake, then hit this shot play for an explosive gain.
