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Double China

Singleback·Y Trips·11
Pass PlayCornerInCurl FlatFloodCover 2 BeaterCover 3 BeaterPostSwing
Play diagram for Double China from Singleback Y Trips in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationSingleback

In 2 playbooks

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Receiver routes

Depth-chart slots are shown as they line up in the base package for this set.

See this play with a team's players
PlayerSideRoute
HB1MiddleSwing
WR3RightShort In
WR1LeftDeep Post
WR2RightShort In
TE1RightCorner

Read progression

  1. WR2 right, Short In
  2. TE1 right, Corner
  3. WR3 right, Short In
  4. HB1, Swing or WR1 left, Deep Post

Breakdown

Double China is a trips based flood concept out of Singleback Y Trips that is designed to attack the boundary and the open side with vertical stems and a horizontal stretch. The backside X runs a corner route up the sideline while the trips side stacks a deep in from the slot, a corner from the outside receiver, and a flat route from the second inline receiver, with the running back releasing on a curl flat route out of the backfield to the open side. This is a Cover 2 and Cover 3 beater that floods both sides of the field vertically and horizontally, forcing zone defenders to choose between the deep in, the corner, and the flat, with the primary read progression starting at the trips side in route working to the corner route and settling on the flat or the backside corner if the coverage rotates away.

Defensive Reads

Pre snap, check safety depth and alignment, since two high safeties or a single deep safety both tell you which zone beater portion of the flood will be open. Watch the flat defender and curl to flat zone linebacker, because if they widen with the flat route it opens a throwing lane for the deep in route behind them. If the cornerback on the corner route sinks too early with a deep third responsibility, the underneath in route will settle into the vacated zone for an easy completion. Against man coverage, look for a lurking safety who can rob the deep in route, and be ready to work the backside corner route or the curl flat check down if that safety jumps the throw. If the defense brings a blitz off the edge with man coverage behind it, the running back curl flat route becomes the quick outlet since it releases immediately into open grass before the pressure arrives.

Usage Tips

Use this play on second and long or third and long when you need a defined progression that can attack multiple levels of the field at once.

Pre snap, identify if the defense is showing two deep safeties or a single high safety, since Double China is built specifically to punish Cover 2 and Cover 3 shells.

If the defense shows man coverage with no help over the top, hot route the flat runner into a quick option route or check the deep in to a hitch to speed up the timing against man beaters elsewhere in the set.

Pair this play with Curls Combo or Y-Seam Curl in your play calling sequence so the defense has to respect both a flood concept and a levels based passing concept from the same trips look.

On third and medium, consider calling PA WR In first to set up run fake tendencies, then come back to Double China once the defense starts biting on play action out of the same formation.

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