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Shot Slot Poco

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Post CornerPass PlayCover 2 BeaterMan Beater
Play diagram for Shot Slot Poco from Shotgun Y Off Trips in Madden 27

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Breakdown

Shot Slot Poco aligns out of Y Off Trips with a trips side to the right and an isolated X on the backside. The trips receivers run a post corner combo up top, a wheel style vertical breaking outside from the middle slot, and an underneath drag crossing the field from the inline TE, while the backside X runs a straight vertical up the numbers. This is a Cover 2 beater and man beater built to stretch the deep half or hi lo a man defender: the primary read starts with the post corner route attacking the seam and safety, working down to the crossing drag as the checkdown if the top window is closed.

Defensive Reads

Pre-snap identify the deep safety alignment because a single high safety struggles to cover both the post breaking corner and the backside vertical from the X Key the flat defender on the trips side since the post corner route is designed to freeze him before the receiver snaps outside Watch for user controlled lurk defenders sitting in the middle of the field who can jump the crossing drag route if the quarterback holds the ball too long This concept is vulnerable to a hard Cover 2 cloud or a disciplined Cover 4 quarters shell where the corner stays over the top and takes away the post corner break Trigger blitz packages that bring pressure off the edge before the post corner route develops can force a quick checkdown to the drag, so watch the offensive line protection numbers against overloaded fronts

Usage Tips

Look for two high safeties pre-snap since the post corner is designed to bake the flat footed safety and pull him inside before the corner route sits down outside of him

If you see man coverage with no safety help over the top, snap read the post corner immediately because the double move creates natural separation against trailing man defenders

Use the underneath drag as your answer against Cover 3 or Cover 4 shells where the deep defenders sink and take away the corner route

This play hits best on second and medium to second and long where defenses are still respecting balanced run and pass calls

Pair Shot Slot Poco with Deep Stick Out or Bounce Y Stick in the same set so you can dictate coverage rotation before coming back to the post corner shot

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