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Stick

Singleback·Y Trips·11
StickStick ConceptPass PlayOutSlantStreak
Play diagram for Stick 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
HB1MiddlePass Block
WR3RightOut
WR1LeftSlant
WR2RightStreak
TE1RightStick Option

Read progression

  1. TE1 right, Stick Option
  2. WR3 right, Out
  3. WR1 left, Slant
  4. WR2 right, Streak

Breakdown

Stick out of Singleback Y Trips lines up three receivers to the trips side and one isolated X to the backside. The trips side runs the classic stick concept: the outside receiver clears vertically up the seam, the middle slot runs a quick out to the flat, and the inner slot sits down on a stick route working across the field as a hot read against blitz. The backside X runs a solo vertical release to hold the single safety and cornerback deep, while the RB stays in to help protect against pressure. This is a man and zone beater built around timing, with the primary read progressing from the flat route to the stick sitting route and finally to the vertical seam if the coverage bites underneath.

Defensive Reads

Pre-snap, check safety depth and alignment over the trips side, a rotated safety toward trips signals zone drop and opens the vertical seam window on the backside X. Watch the flat defender at the snap, if a linebacker or slot corner sprints to the flat immediately, the stick sitting route behind him becomes the automatic answer. Beware Cover 3 sky or Cover 4 shells with a hard trap corner, since a jumped flat route can bait a pick six if the quarterback throws it late. User linebackers sitting in the hook or curl zone can rob the stick route, so if you see a defender spying the middle of the field pre-snap, lean on the vertical seam or backside X instead. Man coverage with inside linebackers matched on the stick route dies quickly against a natural pick from the flat route, so use the traffic to separate before the throw.

Usage Tips

Read the flat defender first since the flat route to stick to seam progression is designed to attack whichever underneath defender widens or sits.

Against man coverage, hot route the backside X into a quick slant or drag if you see a single high safety cheating to the trips side, since the isolated vertical can get bracketed.

Against zone, especially Cover 3 or Cover 4, target the stick route sitting in the hole between the flat and curl zones for a reliable underneath conversion.

Use this on third and short to third and medium since the flat and stick combo gives two easy access throws that live under most zone drops.

Pair this with PA Cross Up or PA Zig from the same personnel to keep the defense honest on run fits before coming back to Stick for a clean pass read.

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