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Stick Spacing

Singleback·Tight Y Off Flex·11
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Play diagram for Stick Spacing from Singleback Tight Y Off Flex in Madden 27

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Breakdown

Stick Spacing out of Singleback Tight Y Off Flex is a five man route concept built to attack zone coverage with quick, high percentage throws. The outside receiver runs a stick route settling at the sticks, the slot runs an angle route breaking outside underneath, the TE runs a corner breaking route from the line, the backside receiver runs a deep comeback, and the RB releases into the flat off play action fake blocking protection. This is a Cover 3 and Cover 4 beater designed for a quick rhythm progression, reading the flat defender first to determine stick versus flat, then working to the TE corner route or backside comeback if the underneath zones jump the short stuff.

Defensive Reads

Key the flat defender first since he determines whether the stick or the RB flat route is open underneath. Watch for a user controlled linebacker sitting in the stick window, this is the most common way defenders shut down the primary read. Check safety depth pre-snap, Cover 4 shells with deep safeties can be exploited by the TE corner route working to the void between the corner and safety. Against Cover 3, identify if the flat corner is sinking too deep, that opens the stick and angle combo underneath for an easy completion. Watch linebacker blitz packages, since if the MLB or SAM blitzes off the edge the hot read becomes the quick angle route from the slot.

Usage Tips

Get the ball out fast on a three step timing rhythm since the stick and angle routes are designed to be your first read against zone.

Pre-snap identify if the defense is showing two high or one high safety, since Stick Spacing punishes Cover 3 sink and flat defenders who cannot cover both the stick and angle route.

Hot route the flat back into a wheel route against man coverage teams that like to lock a linebacker on the RB.

Use this on early downs to keep the offense ahead of schedule, then pair it with PA Y Middle Screen or PA Boot Slide off similar formation look to keep the defense honest against play action.

If the defense shows off man coverage with soft corners, look immediately to the TE corner route for a explosive gain over the stick concept.

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