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Breakdown
PA Boot Flood is a play-action rollout concept out of Singleback Wing Tight that floods the boot side with three levels of routes. The play fakes an inside handoff before the QB rolls out, with the flanker running a deep corner route, the inline TE working a delayed out that climbs to the flat, and the wing back releasing on a quick flat route underneath, while the backside receiver runs a deep vertical to hold the far safety. This is a classic Cover 3 beater built to attack the rolled-up flat defender and hard corner with a high low read from deep to short.
Defensive Reads
Identify single high safety shells pre-snap, since this concept is built specifically to exploit Cover 3 rotation and the resulting flat to corner conflict. Watch the flat defender post-snap, if he widens with the flat route the corner route sits in the void behind him for an easy completion. Man coverage with no safety help over the top is dangerous for the offense here, since the corner route has less separation working against a trailing defender in man. User the flat defender or lurk defender if you are on defense, since jumping the underneath flat route forces the QB to hold the ball longer and try to fit the corner route into a tighter window. Bring pressure off the edge away from the boot direction to disrupt the timing, since the play action fake and rollout mechanics are vulnerable to backside contain rushers who do not bite on the run fake.
Usage Tips
Check the safety alignment before the snap, single high shells are exactly what this concept is designed to punish because the corner route will sit behind the rotating flat defender.
Roll with the play action fake and get your eyes to the flat defender immediately, if he sits on the underneath flat route the corner route will be wide open behind him.
Use the flat route as your check down against pressure since the boot action naturally buys extra time against edge rushers who overrun the pocket.
Pair this with PA Boot Slide in your play calling sequence, since both plays start with the same boot fake and the defense cannot key on which concept is coming based on the mesh point.
Call this on early downs or medium yardage situations where defenses are more likely to sit in Cover 3 shells, since the deep corner route needs time to develop against zone rotation.
