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Breakdown

Mtn Y Corner comes out of Shotgun Y Off Trips Wk with 11 personnel and uses a jet motion man to the trips side before the snap. The backside single receiver runs a deep corner route while the trips side stacks a deep crosser, a shallow drag underneath, and a flat route to the boundary, giving the quarterback a clear high low read on the corner side. This is a man beater built to isolate the corner route against a single defender while the crossing routes clear space underneath, with the primary read progression starting on the deep corner route, working down to the crosser, and checking down to the flat and drag if the top of the coverage takes those routes away.

Defensive Reads

Watch the deep safety alignment before the snap, since a single high safety cheating to the trips side signals the corner route may face help over the top Track the motion defender post snap, if a linebacker or slot corner runs with the man in motion across the formation that confirms man coverage and opens the corner window Key any user controlled defender sitting in the corner route lane, since a smart user lurk can rob the corner throw and force you to the crosser or drag underneath Read the flat defender's depth at the snap, a defender sitting too deep leaves the flat and drag wide open for an easy checkdown against zone drops Identify Cover 3 or Cover 4 shells presnap, since these zone concepts can clog the corner route with a deep defender sitting in the exact landing spot of that throw

Usage Tips

Send the motion before the snap to see if the defense follows it, since a linebacker or safety trailing across the formation confirms man coverage and tells you the corner route is live

Use this on second and long or third and medium when you need a chunk play, since the corner route stresses the sideline and the crosser gives you a safety valve underneath

If the corner cushion is soft at the snap, hot route the flat receiver into a quick out to hold the underneath defender and buy the corner route more time to develop

Pair this call with Mtn Y Cross or Mtn Y Angle from the same set so the defense has to respect both the deep corner shot and the quick crossing game out of identical formation and motion

Against teams that key motion with a linebacker blitz, get the ball out on the drag or flat route quickly since the protection may be outnumbered

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