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Mtn PA PoCo Slide

Singleback·Wing·12

Play Action Slide Post Corner Motion Pass Play Cover 2 Beater Man Beater

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Play diagram for Mtn PA PoCo Slide from Singleback Wing in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationSingleback

SetWing

Personnel

121 RB · 2 TE · 2 WR

Breakdown

Mtn PA PoCo Slide is a play-action shot play out of Singleback Wing 12 personnel that uses jet motion across the formation to hold the linebackers before the quarterback sells the run fake. The backside receiver runs a post corner up the seam and breaks toward the corner, the slot receiver runs a slide route underneath into the flat, and the motion man works a deep out breaking away from the numbers, while the tight end and back cross underneath as check down options with a shallow drag and a flat route off play action protection. This is a man beater and cover 2 beater built around the post corner as the primary read, with the slide route as the secondary answer against zone drops and the shallow crossers as the checkdown against pressure.

Defensive Reads

Read the deep safeties before the snap, a two high shell with soft corners tells you the post corner has room to work behind zone drops. Watch the flow of the linebackers after the play fake, if they bite hard on the run action the shallow drag and flat route will be wide open for an easy checkdown. Key the corner over the post corner route, if he sinks with the receiver and stays on top expect a hard press from a safety rotating over, which means you should reset to the slide route. Identify blitz pressure off the edge by watching the outside linebacker or slot defender crash immediately after the snap, since play action protection can be vulnerable to fast overload blitzes. This play struggles against man coverage with a deep single high safety patrolling the middle of the field, since the post corner has no room to break outside without the safety closing on top.

Usage Tips

Use the jet motion pre-snap to identify man versus zone, if a defender follows the motion man across the formation it confirms man coverage and opens up the post corner against a trailing corner.

Look for two deep safeties pre-snap, against cover 2 the post corner route is designed to sit behind the underneath defender and in front of the safety, so hold the throw until the receiver clears the sink zone.

If the safety rotates down to the post corner side pre-snap, work the slide route in the flat immediately since the zone vacates that area during play action.

Use hard flick or the right stick to influence the post corner route timing so it does not collide with the slide route on the same side of the field.

Pair this with Mtn PA Boot or Mtn PA Cross in your play calling script since both start with similar backfield action and motion, keeping linebackers guessing on run fits before you hit them with the post corner shot play.