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Breakdown
WR Mid Screen out of Shotgun Y Trips Wk sets up a bubble style screen to the inner trips receiver while the offensive line releases upfield to form a wall of blockers in front of the catch point. The lone isolated receiver on the backside runs a vertical route on a go pattern to hold the corner and keep the defense honest on the opposite side of the field. This is a classic screen play designed to bait blitzes and aggressive man coverage, with the primary read being the screen receiver working behind the linemen with blockers stacked in the flat.
Defensive Reads
Watch for the flat or slot defender sitting low pre snap, this is the first sign the defense is jumping the screen and will blow it up for a loss. Man coverage with no underneath help is the ideal look since the linemen releasing clean gives the screen receiver a running head start. Zone coverage with a linebacker spying the backfield or shading the trips side can undercut the screen before blockers set up. Watch the play side outside linebacker and nickel defender post snap, if they diagnose the screen instantly and squeeze downhill this play has no answer. Cover 2 or Cover 3 shells with disciplined underneath defenders are the toughest matchup, since they keep numbers in the box and read screen quickly off the linemen releasing.
Usage Tips
Call this against defenses showing blitz pre snap since the extra rushers create running lanes once the linemen get out in front of the screen.
Check the flat defender and slot corner depth before the snap, if they are sitting on the screen with outside contain leverage this play gets blown up quickly.
Hot route the backside go route into a comeback or hitch against soft zone shells to give yourself a second option if the screen is covered.
Use this on early downs in run heavy personnel counts to keep defenses off balance and set up your play action shots later in the drive.
Pair this with HB Cross Screen or Fl Dig from the same set so defenses cannot key on trips side screens alone and have to respect deep shots too.
