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Breakdown
Sft Mtn PA CoPo is a play-action shot play out of Singleback Trips with a pre-snap motion that shifts the formation into a soft flex look before the snap. Off the play-action fake, the outside trips receiver runs a corner post, the two inside trips receivers work a deep out and a shallow drag underneath, and the backside X sits on a quick out breaking to the sideline. The line shows a play-action pass block set to sell the run fake before opening throwing lanes for the corner post shot. This is a man beater designed to attack single high or man coverage with the corner post creating separation off the double move look, with the primary read starting on the corner post and progressing to the deep out if the safety jumps the post.
Defensive Reads
Pre-snap, identify the deep safety alignment, a single high safety shaded to the trips side signals a strong chance he sinks under the corner post route. Watch the motion defender, if a corner or safety follows the motion man across the formation that confirms man coverage and opens the corner post window. Post-snap, key the flow of the linebackers, if they bite hard on the play-action fake it opens the underneath drag and out routes for easy completions. Look for a user-controlled safety sitting in a deep half or deep third shell, this defender is the primary threat to jump the corner post route and bait a turnover. Cover 3 and Cover 4 shells with disciplined deep defenders who do not bite on the play fake are the best answer to this play, since they can sink and wall off the corner post while linebackers rally to the shallow routes.
Usage Tips
Use the pre-snap motion to identify if the defense is in man or zone, a defender running with the motion man confirms man coverage and tells you the corner post has a strong chance to win. Save this play for second and medium or third and long situations where defenses are more likely to sit in single high shells or press man looks. If the corner post is blanketed by a deep safety, hot route the drag or shallow out into a quick underneath option to avoid a negative play. Pair this with Sft Mtn PA Dagger Crosser or Sft Mtn PA Dagger Cross in your play-calling sequence since both use the same motion and shell, forcing the defense to respect the run fake and second guess their post-snap rotation. Run Sft Mtn Inside Zone first in a series to get defenders keying run fits, then come back to this play action shot to catch linebackers and safeties creeping downhill.
