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WR Option

Singleback·Doubles North·11
Option RoutePass PlayCurlPost
Play diagram for WR Option from Singleback Doubles North in Madden 27

Quick Reference

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Receiver routes

Depth-chart slots are shown as they line up in the base package for this set.

See this play with a team's players
PlayerSideRoute
HB1MiddlePass Block
WR1LeftOption Route
WR3LeftSmash
TE1RightCurl
WR2RightPost

Read progression

  1. WR1 left, Option Route
  2. WR3 left, Smash
  3. TE1 right, Curl
  4. WR2 right, Post

Breakdown

WR Option out of Singleback Doubles North lines up two receivers to the boundary and two to the field, with the TE aligned tight to the line on the play side. The backside slot receiver runs an option route, breaking outside off the initial vertical stem to sit down or work away from underneath coverage based on the defender leverage, while the outside receiver on that side runs a quick out to clear space underneath. To the field, the TE releases vertical then breaks outward on an out cut, and the outside receiver on that side runs a deep comeback to the corner, stretching the defense vertically and horizontally. This is a man beater built around the option route reading leverage, with the primary progression starting at the option route, then working to the TE out breaking route, and finally to the deep comeback if the corner sits too aggressively.

Defensive Reads

Pre-snap, check safety depth and corner alignment on the option side since a tight corner in press man signals the option route should break away from that defender immediately. Watch for a lurking underneath defender sitting inside the option route since that is a common user controlled trap designed to bait the throw. Cloud coverage or a corner sitting hard on the flat will take away the quick out and force the quarterback to hold the ball longer, creating pressure risk. Zone coverage with two deep safeties limits the deep comeback route, making the TE breaking route the higher percentage answer against split safety shells. Blitz packages that bring extra rushers off the edge or through a nano blitz up front punish this play if protection is not adjusted, so check the box count before the snap and slide protection toward the overload side.

Usage Tips

Pre-snap, identify whether the defense is showing man or zone before the snap since the option route lives and dies on reading man leverage from the slot defender.

If you see off man coverage, hot route the option route receiver to break outside quickly to win on the quick separation before the defender can recover.

Against zone coverage, look to the TE breaking route and the deep comeback since those routes attack zone voids better than the option route itself.

Use this play on early downs or third and short to medium since the option route gives a built in answer against both man and zone without needing a big play.

Pair this call with HB Dive or HB Ace Power in your play calling sequence to keep defenses honest against the run before coming back to this option concept for a favorable box count read.

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