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Mtn PA WR Zone Flood

Shotgun·Y Off Trips Wk·11

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Breakdown

Mtn PA WR Zone Flood is a play-action zone beater out of the Shotgun Y Off Trips Wk set that sells the outside zone run fake before flooding one side of the field with three levels of routes. The trips side stretches the zone horizontally and vertically, forcing a single deep half or deep third defender to choose between the flood routes while the backside stays lean to hold the defense honest. The primary read progression works high to low: start with the deep route to clear out the corner or safety, then work to the intermediate flood route, and finally check down to the shallow flood route if the linebackers sink deep enough to take away the middle levels.

Defensive Reads

Watch the flow of the linebackers after the play action fake, if they bite hard on the run the middle of the field opens for the intermediate flood route Identify single high versus two high safety looks pre snap, single high defenses are more vulnerable since one safety has to cover the entire flood Key the corner over the trips side, if he sinks with the deep route the intermediate route should come open in the void underneath Look for a user controlled defender dropping into a lurk position over the intermediate zone, this indicates a defender is spying the flood concept Against man blitzes with no deep help, the deep flood route wins immediately since the play action slows the rush and creates a one on one shot downfield

Usage Tips

Use this on early downs or second and medium when defenses expect run to sell the play action fake harder against aggressive linebackers

Check the deep safety alignment before the snap, if you see two high safeties this flood concept has more room to work against split zone coverage

Hot route the backside receiver into a quick out or drag if you diagnose man coverage, giving yourself an immediate answer against blitz pressure

Pair this call with Mtn WR Zone or HB Power O earlier in a drive so the run fake actually holds linebackers, then hit this shot for a bigger explosive gain

Attack Cover 3 and Cover 4 shells specifically since the flood overloads one deep defender, but be ready to check down to the shallow route against Cover 2

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