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PA Read

Shotgun·Y Trips Wk·11
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Play diagram for PA Read from Shotgun Y Trips Wk in Madden 27

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Breakdown

PA Read is a play-action shot play out of Shotgun Y Trips Wk that sells the run fake before attacking the deep middle and boundary. Off the play fake, the backside X breaks outside on a deep corner route while the two receivers from the trips side work an out and go stacked over a deep crosser that stretches the field horizontally underneath. The TE stays in to chip and block, giving the QB extra time to climb the pocket, and the primary read starts with the deep crosser working left to right before progressing to the corner route on the backside if the middle of the field is capped.

Defensive Reads

Watch linebacker depth at the snap, if they bite hard on the run fake the deep crosser will have a wide throwing lane behind them. Identify Cover 3 versus Cover 4 pre-snap by reading corner alignment on the trips side, tight press corners suggest man or Cover 3 which opens the corner route over the top. Post-snap, key the flow of the middle linebacker, if he sprints downhill on the run fake that confirms the deep crosser is uncovered. User controlled safeties are the biggest threat here, a good user rover will sit on the deep crosser and force the QB to hold the ball and take the sack or check down. This play struggles against disciplined zone drops that stay deep and against overload blitzes that beat the extra TE blocker, so avoid calling it versus known aggressive blitz teams on third and long.

Usage Tips

Run this on early downs or in run-heavy personnel counts so the play fake actually holds linebackers and safeties for a beat.

Check the safety alignment before the snap, if you see two high safeties sitting deep the deep crosser is your bread and butter access throw into the void behind the linebackers.

Against single high or Cover 3 rotation, work the backside corner route over the top since the flow of the fake pulls that safety toward the box.

Hot route the TE into a quick flare or keep him in as a extra blocker versus teams that bring a hot blitz off the edge, this protects your play action timing.

Pair PA Read with a quick game play like Stick or Slants earlier in the drive so the defense respects the run action, then hit them with this shot play once linebackers start creeping up to stop the run.

Use play action rollout concepts like PA Y Out from the same set as a changeup once the defense starts jumping the deep crosser in PA Read.

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