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PA Zone Shot

Shotgun·Y Off Trips·11

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Play diagram for PA Zone Shot from Shotgun Y Off Trips in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetY Off Trips

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

PA Zone Shot is a play-action deep shot concept out of Shotgun Y Off Trips with 11 personnel. Off the run fake, the two receivers to the trips side release vertically, with the middle route breaking outside on a corner cut after selling the seam, while the backside X runs a straight vertical up the sideline. The blocking scheme sells outside zone action to hold the linebackers and safeties before the routes clear, making this a shot play designed to attack single high or man coverage down the field, with the primary read starting on the outside corner route breaking away from the safety before working back to the backside vertical if the shot is covered.

Defensive Reads

Identify single high safety looks pre-snap, since two deep safety shells force the corner route into a tighter throwing window and take away the explosive vertical shot. Watch the play side safety's reaction to the run fake, if he steps up on the zone action, both the corner breaking route and backside vertical will have space behind him. Key on press man corners against the trips receivers, since the corner route is designed to separate against tight coverage by breaking outside away from inside leverage. Beware of user controlled safeties sitting deep in a two high shell and reading the quarterback's eyes, they can jump the corner route if the quarterback holds the ball too long. Look for disguised blitzes that bring extra rushers off the edge, since the deep drop from play-action can get the quarterback hit before the routes fully develop against pressure heavy fronts.

Usage Tips

Use this on early downs like first or second and short to medium yardage when defenses are more likely to sit in single high shells expecting run action.

Check the safety depth before the snap, if you see one high safety cheating toward the trips side, the backside vertical against a lone corner is your money shot.

Hot route the underneath routes into quick sits or throw the play away if you get a hard blitz look, since the deep routes take time to develop and this play does not have a built in checkdown.

Pair this with Inside Zone and Outside Zone from the same set earlier in a series so the defense respects the run fake and bites on the zone action, setting up the explosive shot.

Sequence this after HB Zone Toss or Duo to condition linebackers to step up, then hit them with this shot play once they start flowing hard to the run action.