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HB Slip Screen

Singleback·Y Trips·11
Screen PassHb ScreenPass PlayPostIn
Play diagram for HB Slip Screen from Singleback Y Trips in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationSingleback

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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
HB1MiddleSlip Screen
WR3RightSpeed In
WR1LeftDeep Post
WR2RightSpeed In
TE1RightSpeed In

Read progression

  1. HB1, Slip Screen
  2. WR3 right, Speed In or WR1 left, Deep Post or WR2 right, Speed In or TE1 right, Speed In

Breakdown

HB Slip Screen out of Singleback Y Trips is a designed screen pass built to punish aggressive pass rushes and blitzes. The three receivers to the trips side all clear vertically and drag across the field to occupy defenders and pull second level linebackers away from the screen zone, while the backside X runs a deep corner route to hold the far cornerback and safety. The HB releases from the backfield on a slip screen behind a wall of releasing offensive linemen, working directly into the vacated space underneath. This is a man and blitz beater by design: the primary read is the HB out of the backfield once the linemen set their screen wall, with the trips routes and backside corner serving purely as clear out concepts to freeze defenders.

Defensive Reads

Watch for defensive line stunts and twists pre-snap, since contain rushers and interior blitzers will overrun the screen and hand you a wide open lane. Key the middle linebacker depth at the snap, if he sits and reads instead of dropping deep with the trips routes he can jump the screen and blow it up. Identify man coverage pre-snap by checking if defenders align tight on the trips receivers, since man defenders chasing routes across the field are the biggest indicator this screen will hit. Look for a user controlled defender spying the HB or sitting in the shallow flats, that lurk threat is the primary counter to this concept. Zone shells with disciplined linebackers who stay home instead of dropping into the flat routes will sniff out the screen and limit it to minimal or negative yardage.

Usage Tips

Call this play the moment you diagnose a pre-snap blitz look, especially overload pressures from one side, since the rushers will run themselves out of the screen lane.

Use it on early downs or after a big gain to slow down an aggressive pass rush that has been pinning its ears back.

Hot route the backside X to a shorter comeback if you are facing heavy zone drops so you have an outlet if the HB lane gets clogged.

Sequence this play behind Inside Zone or HB Power O from the same set so defenders keying run flow bite up and open the screen lane even wider.

Avoid calling this against disciplined zone defenses that keep linebackers home, since spy or scrape techniques can blow up the screen before the wall sets.

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