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Salem

Singleback·Y Trips·11
Pass PlayGoOutCurlFlatFloodSailDigSpeed OutStreak
Play diagram for Salem from Singleback Y Trips in Madden 27

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Receiver routes

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

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PlayerSideRoute
HB1MiddleFlat
WR3RightCurl
WR1LeftSpeed Out
WR2RightDeep In
TE1RightStreak

Read progression

  1. WR2 right, Deep In
  2. WR3 right, Curl
  3. HB1, Flat or WR1 left, Speed Out or TE1 right, Streak

Breakdown

Salem is a play action sail concept out of Singleback Y Trips with 11 personnel that floods the boundary and shows a corner route breaking off the trips side. The single receiver runs a deep go up the seam while the trips side stacks a flat route, a curl, and an out into a natural high low low flood read, with the tight end or slot working a corner breaking route across the middle. This is a zone beater built to stress a curl flat defender and any single deep half safety, and the primary read progression starts with the vertical shot up top before working down to the corner and out combo on the trips side.

Defensive Reads

Identify two high safeties before the snap, since this alignment forces the corner route and the go route to compete for the same deep half, creating a natural conflict for the safety. Watch the flat defender after the snap, if he sinks with the curl route the flat route underneath will be wide open for an easy completion. Beware Cover 3 with a hard curl flat defender sitting the intermediate zone, this defender can take away both the curl and the out route if he reads the play action fake quickly. Look for a user controlled linebacker spying the middle of the field, since he can undercut the corner route if the quarterback rushes the throw before the route fully develops. Man coverage with press corners on the trips side struggles against this concept, since the flat route and out route create natural rub opportunities that break off tight man coverage.

Usage Tips

Use the play action fake to freeze linebackers before working through your reads, since the run fake holds second level defenders just long enough to open passing lanes underneath.

Check the deep safety alignment before the snap, if you see a single high safety cheat toward the trips side numbers because the flood concept is designed to overload that zone.

Hot route the flat route into a quick option if you see man coverage on the trips side, this turns a zone flood into a quick rhythm throw against blitz heavy man looks.

Pair Salem with Curls or Curls Combo in your play calling sequence, since both attack similar zone drops but Salem adds the vertical shot to punish safeties who jump the curl routes.

Best used on second and medium to second and long, giving the quarterback time to work through the flood read while the play action fake still carries run threat.

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