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PA Slide

Shotgun·Y Off Trips Wk·11

Play Action Slide Pass Play

Play diagram for PA Slide from Shotgun Y Off Trips Wk in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetY Off Trips Wk

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

PA Slide is a play-action shot play out of Shotgun Y Off Trips Wk that uses run-fake mechanics to hold linebackers before attacking the deep and intermediate levels. From the trips side, the outside receiver runs a deep corner while the middle slot receiver works a deep crossing route that sails all the way to the opposite sideline, and the inside slot receiver runs a shallow drag underneath that crossing route. Backside, the isolated receiver runs a deep drag away from the play, giving the quarterback a clear-out option if the trips concept is jumped. The blocking is a play-action slide protection with the running back checking releases before leaking out, and the primary read progression starts with the deep corner route, works down to the deep cross, and settles on the shallow drag as the checkdown against pressure.

Defensive Reads

Pre-snap, check if the defense is stacked in the box expecting run action out of this personnel and formation, since that tells you the linebackers are vulnerable to the play-action hold. Identify single high versus two high safety shells before the snap. Single high opens up the deep corner route to the trips side as the clear win, while two high forces you to work the deep cross underneath the safeties. Post-snap, watch for a user lurking underneath the deep cross route, since a rover or mike linebacker sitting in that window can jump the route and create a turnover if you throw it late. Cover 3 with aggressive corners can be beaten by the deep cross settling into the vacated zone behind the cornerback drop, so read the flow of the zone defenders after the play fake. Man coverage with no safety help over the top gets exposed by the deep corner route, so if you see man alignment on the outside trips receiver with no deep safety rotation, that is your green light to go through the top of the progression immediately.

Usage Tips

Use this on early downs or in play-action counts where the defense has shown run tendencies from this Trips formation so the linebackers bite on the fake.

Key the safety alignment before the snap. Single high safety means the deep corner route to the trips side has a great chance to win, two high safeties means you should progress faster to the deep cross sitting behind the linebackers.

Hot route the backside deep drag into a hitch or shorter option against teams that show heavy zone drops if you need a faster answer versus a blitz look.

Pair this with Bounce PA Post Curls or Mtn PA Portland in the same set so the defense sees consistent play-action shells and cannot tell run from pass out of the same formation.

Save this for third and medium or second and short situations where linebackers are more likely to sell out on the run fake, since the shot play concept punishes overaggressive run defense.