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PA End Around from Singleback Wing 12 personnel sells the run fake with the end around action while sending three receivers vertical off the play fake. The blue route works a shallow drag to a comeback outside, the two gold routes climb from the slot into a corner and a wheel up the numbers, and the red route breaks from the backfield across the field on a shallow crosser. This is a play-action shot play designed to punish teams keying the run fake with linebackers and safeties flowing to the end around, and the primary read is the deep gold corner route on the outside vertical stem before working down to the red crosser underneath.
Defensive Reads
Watch for linebackers stepping up hard on the run fake, that flow opens throwing lanes for both the crosser and the vertical corner route. Identify Cover 3 or Cover 1 shells pre-snap since the deep gold corner route is a strong man beater against outside cornerbacks playing off leverage. If the defense shows Cover 2 or Cover 4 with safeties staying deep, expect the corner route to be contested and lean on the shallow crosser instead. Track user-controlled defenders spying the backfield action, a smart user will sit on the crosser and jump the throwing lane once the run fake is diagnosed. Blitz packages that send extra defenders off the edge can beat this play before the fake fully develops, so recognize overload pressure looks and get the ball out on the shallow crosser quickly.
Usage Tips
Run this on early downs like first or second and short when the defense expects run based on personnel and formation tendencies.
Check for single high or two high shells pre-snap, if you see safeties creeping down into the box that is a green light for the play-action fake to hold.
Hot route the underlying red crosser into a deeper option if you diagnose zone coverage sitting on the shallow routes.
Sequence this off actual End Around Lead or HB Slash Fk End Arnd looks earlier in the drive so the defense respects the perimeter run threat and bites on the fake.
Pair this with PA Boot Lt or Mtn PA Boot in your play-calling script to keep linebackers guessing between boot action and this straight drop fake.
