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Mtn Stick

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Play diagram for Mtn Stick from Shotgun Y Off Trips in Madden 27

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Breakdown

Mtn Stick is a Shotgun Y Off Trips passer with pre-snap motion, aligning as a Stick concept variant on the closed side. The backside X runs a shallow drag crossing the field while the trips side shows a stick combo, with the inside slot sitting hard at the sticks and the outside receiver running a corner or bender vertical off the top of the stick to hold the flat defender. The single receiver to the far side runs a deep dig up the sideline, giving you a three level stretch that beats both zone and man coverage depending on the leverage of the flat defender. Primary progression starts with the stick sitting receiver underneath, works to the shallow drag crossing the field as the outlet against man pressure, and comes back to the deep dig if the safety bites down on the shorter routes.

Defensive Reads

Watch the linebacker or nickel defender assigned to the motion man, if he trails across the formation it confirms man coverage and opens up the shallow drag as a high percentage answer. Read the flat defender on the trips side, if he sinks to cover the stick route the corner behind him is exposed for a hitch or seam throw underneath the deep dig. Check the free safety depth pre-snap, a single high safety cheating toward the trips side signals Cover 3 or Cover 1 and tells you the backside dig has a one on one matchup against the deep third defender. Blitz heavy defenses that send extra rushers off the edge will struggle to get the linebacker depth needed to wall off the stick concept, so expect the sit route to be open in a hurry against pressure packages. Cover 2 shells with two deep safeties can bracket the deep dig, so if you see two high safeties sitting still at the snap, prioritize the stick and shallow drag underneath instead of forcing the ball deep.

Usage Tips

Use the pre-snap motion to identify man versus zone before the snap, if the defender follows the motion man across the formation you know its man coverage and the shallow drag becomes a live answer immediately.

Against zone shells look to the stick sitting receiver first since he settles in the void between the underneath zone defenders, this is your quickest and safest completion on early downs.

If the corner sits low on the stick concept to jump the underneath routes, hot route the outside receiver on the trips side into a corner route or bend the stick into a nod to attack the vacated space over the top.

Pair this play with Bounce Y Stick or Stick from the same set to keep defenders guessing on stick concept reads, then mix in Mtn Curl N Go or PA Mtn Slide to hit the defense with a play-action shot off the same formation look.

Best used on second and short to second and medium, the shallow drag gives you a built in checkdown against blitz looks while the stick and dig give you access to bigger plays if the defense sells out to stop the underneath routes.

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