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PA Boot Corner Post

Singleback·Bunch Ace·12
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Breakdown

PA Boot Corner Post is a play-action boot concept out of Singleback Bunch Ace that pulls the quarterback outside the pocket to sell run action before working a corner-post combination from the bunch alignment. The corner route stretches the flat and deep quarter while the post works behind it into the middle void, creating a natural high-low read on any defender sitting in that quarter of the field. This is a man beater against off coverage and a zone beater against split safety shells, with the primary read progression going flat to corner first, then climbing to the post as the boot action carries the quarterback outside and buys time for the deep route to develop.

Defensive Reads

Read the strong safety and outside linebacker alignment before the snap, if they are crashing down hard on run fits from the bunch set you have a clean boot lane and both routes should have room. Post-snap, key the flat defender first, if he sinks under the corner route and ignores the run fake you are likely facing zone coverage and should climb straight to the post. Watch for a user-controlled defender sitting in the deep middle or robbing the post, that lurk technique is the biggest threat to this concept and forces you to trust the corner route on time instead. This play struggles against Cover 4 quarters shells with disciplined safeties who stay square and against pressure packages that force the quarterback off his launch point before the boot fully develops, so check blitz indicators like a linebacker walked up in the bunch side gap. Cover 1 with a spy or nano blitz off the backside edge can also collapse the boot pocket quickly, so have a quick checkdown or bail escape plan if the protection breaks down.

Usage Tips

Check the play clock and use pre-snap motion out of the bunch look to see if the defense shifts a linebacker or rotates a safety, which tells you whether you are getting man or zone. Against Cover 3 or Cover 1 shells, ride the boot fake as long as possible and hit the corner route on the move since the flat defender usually has to respect the run fake for a beat. Against Cover 2 or Cover 4, work the post since the corner will get squeezed by the deep half safety and the post has room to sit down in the intermediate window. Pair this call with PA Boot and PA Boot Rt earlier in a drive so the defense starts keying run action from bunch formation, then hit this corner post shot when they bite on the fake. Use this on second and medium or first down to keep defenders honest against the run threat from 12 personnel, and avoid calling it into obvious pass situations where the pass rush can shorten your boot window.

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