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Packer Slants

Shotgun·Y Trips Wk·11

Slant Pass Play Flat

Play diagram for Packer Slants from Shotgun Y Trips Wk in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetY Trips Wk

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

Packer Slants is a trips-based quick passing concept out of Shotgun Y Trips Wk with 11 personnel. From the trips side, the two inside receivers run slants underneath while the outside receiver runs a deep drive route across the field, and the backside receiver runs a slant of his own from the weak side. The lone red route shows the TE or slot defender running a quick out or flat breaking route, giving the QB a built in high low read against man coverage on the trips side. This is a man beater designed to attack off man leverage with immediate horizontal separation, and the primary read progression starts with the shallow trips slants before working back to the backside slant if the underneath windows are jumped.

Defensive Reads

Man coverage on the trips side is the primary trigger since the double slants will win instantly against press or trail technique corners. Watch the flat and hook defenders pre-snap. If they are sitting shallow in Cover 2 or Cover 4, they can undercut the trips slants and force you to the backside route. Identify the Mike linebacker's blitz alignment. A hot blitz off the edge on the trips side can beat the protection before the slants develop, so check the A gap and B gap pre-snap for blitz indicators. Cover 3 with a sky safety rotating down will crowd the flat and hook zones on the trips side, making the backside slant the higher percentage throw against that shell. Watch for a user controlled defender sitting in the shallow zone or spying the quick game. If he jumps the trips slant lane, look immediately to the backside slant or the red breaking route for the checkdown.

Usage Tips

Fire this play against man coverage looks where corners are playing tight press on the trips side, since the slants create instant separation off the snap.

Check the flat defender pre-snap. If he sits low and squeezes the slants, hot route the trips slant to a speed out or bend it deeper to sit behind him.

Use this on early downs or third and short since the quick game timing gets the ball out before pressure arrives, protecting you against exotic blitz packages.

Pair this with Packer Unders or RPO Peek Slant in the same set to keep the defense guessing between quick game and unders concepts off similar formation motion.

If the defense shows heavy Cover 3 with a hard flat squeeze, work the backside slant immediately since the trips side windows tighten against zone drops.