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RPO Read WR Screen

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Play diagram for RPO Read WR Screen from Shotgun Y Off Trips in Madden 27

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Breakdown

RPO Read WR Screen out of Shotgun Y Off Trips is a run pass option built off zone run action to the strong side. The offensive line and TE execute an inside zone blocking scheme while the QB reads the alley defender to decide between handing the ball off or pulling and throwing the bubble screen to the trips side receiver, who is set up by a stalk block release from the adjacent slot. The backside isolated X receiver runs a vertical route as a pure alert to hold single high safety help away from the play. This is an RPO designed to attack light boxes and beat aggressive zone or man defenders who crash down on the run fake, with the primary read being the flat defender or alley player triggering the zone read decision before progressing to the bubble screen throw.

Defensive Reads

Watch the alley or force defender pre-snap, if he is shaded outside expecting run he cannot get depth fast enough to stop the bubble screen. Identify single high safety shells since the backside vertical alert can punish Cover 3 or Cover 1 rotation if the corner sinks late. Post-snap, key the flow of the linebackers, if they flow hard to the run fake the QB will pull and throw the screen almost every time. User a defender to sit on the bubble screen lane, jumping the flat throw early can bait the QB into keeping it on the ground where the defense has numbers. This play struggles against disciplined zone defenders who stay home and squeeze the running lane while still maintaining outside leverage on the trips side.

Usage Tips

Use this on early downs in run heavy personnel counts when the defense shows six or fewer in the box to force a numbers advantage on the perimeter.

Key the defender aligned over the slot receiver before the snap, if he is sitting inside or in run support the bubble screen throw is live immediately at the snap.

Hot route the backside vertical receiver into a quick slant against man coverage if you need a faster alert throw instead of holding it deep the whole play.

Pair this with Inside Zone and Bounce Inside Zone Split from the same formation to condition the defense to bite on run action, then hit them with this RPO once they start crashing hard.

Avoid calling this against defenses stacking the box with extra DBs on the trips side since the numbers advantage disappears and the screen has no room to develop.

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