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Kc Smash

Singleback·Y Trips·11
SmashPass PlayCover 2 BeaterBlock and ReleaseCornerInSpeed OutStreak
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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
HB1MiddleBlock and Release Flat
WR3RightCorner
WR1LeftSpeed Out
WR2RightShort In
TE1RightStreak

Read progression

  1. WR3 right, Corner
  2. TE1 right, Streak
  3. WR1 left, Speed Out
  4. HB1, Block and Release Flat or WR2 right, Short In

Breakdown

Kc Smash out of Singleback Y Trips is a classic Cover 2 beater built around the smash concept, stacking a hitch or flat route underneath a deep corner route from the trips side. The high low read attacks the flat defender and the deep half safety simultaneously, forcing a defender to choose between the short hitch and the corner breaking over the top. This is a pure dropback pass play with no play-action or RPO element, and the primary read progression starts with the corner route to the safety, then works down to the underneath hitch or flat route if the corner is capped.

Defensive Reads

Identify the deep safety depth pre-snap, if he is shaded to the trips side at eight or more yards he is likely sinking to take away the corner route Watch the flat or curl defender at the snap, a defender sitting flat footed in the flat zone signals Cover 2 or Cover 4 and the corner route will have a clean throwing lane Man coverage shows up as the corner turning his hips and running with the outside receiver instead of sitting and reading the quarterback User controlled safeties who bait the corner route by staying low before jumping late are the biggest threat to this concept, so quarterbacks need to read the safety's hips before committing Blitz packages that bring extra rushers off the edge or through a nano blitz can collapse the pocket before the corner route develops, so check protection or use a quick hitch as a checkdown against pressure

Usage Tips

Check the corner and safety alignment pre-snap on the trips side, if the corner is sitting at five yards and the safety is deep at the numbers you are looking at classic Cover 2 and the smash concept is live

Throw the corner route with anticipation before the deep safety can rotate over the top, this window closes fast against zone defenders with good drop discipline

If the cornerback jumps the hitch route in man coverage, immediately reset your eyes to the corner route since the safety will be isolated deep

Use this play on second and medium to second and long situations where defenses often sit in zone shells expecting a conservative call

Pair Kc Smash with Four Verticals or Sluggo Seam from the same Y Trips set to keep defenses honest, since both plays punish a defense that overcommits to stopping the smash concept underneath

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