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Playbook: New Orleans Saints
Formation: I Form Close
Play: PA Saints Shot (Deep Shot Play)
Setup:
- Put your X/square receiver on an out route and smart route him
- Put your tight end on an in route and smart route him
- Block your running back to cancel the play action
- (Recommended) Double team the outside most rusher on the left side of the screen
Reads:
- If you have a good/fast receiver in the B/circle WR spot, he should get open deep against cover 2, cover 2 man, cover 3, and cover 4 (see the video for timing and lead passing)
Overview: Make sure to run this play when you are on the right hash mark and have your fastest wide receiver in the B/circle spot.
Playbook: New Orleans Saints
Formation: I Form Close
Play: PA Saints Shot (Base Play)
Setup:
- Put the B/circle receiver on a hitch route
- Put the tight end on a streak route
- Do whatever you want with your running backs
Reads:
- Your B/circle receiver on a hitch route should get open for a 5 yard pass against 90% of zone coverages you see.
- If he is covered, we want to hit the X/square receiver deep on the crossing route who will also be open unless user covered.
Overview: This 3 man route combination can drive your opponent nuts just because of how hard it is to defend both the B/circle receiver and the X/square receiver at the same time.
Playbook: New Orleans Saints
Formation: I Form Close
Play: PA Saints Shot (Base Play Version 2)
Setup:
- Put the tight end on a streak route
- Put the B/circle receiver on a drag route and motion him to the left
- Put your running back on a curl route
- (Recommended) Double team the outside most pass rusher on the right side of the screen.
Reads:
- This is a simple high/low read coming across the field between the B/circle receiver on the drag and the X/square receiver on the deep crossing route. Just throw to whoever is open
- If they are both covered, that likely means your opponent ran his user defender all the way over to the right side to defend the drag and crossing route so your Y/triangle receiver should be open for about 5-10 yards.
Overview: It can be helpful to roll out to the right a little on this play. If you make your reads correctly, at least 1 receiver should be open every time you run this play.
Playbook: New Orleans Saints
Formation: I Form Close
Play: PA Saints Shot (Man Defense Beater)
Setup:
- Put your running back on an out route to the right
- Put your B/circle receiver on a slant route
Reads:
- Both the B/circle receiver and the X/square receiver will get wide open against any man to man coverage
- Just throw to the receiver that your opponent’s user doesn’t follow
Overview: A lot of people love to call man to man coverage especially early on in the Madden season. This play will get them out of it.
Playbook: New Orleans Saints
Formation: I Form Close
Play: PA HB Wheel (Cover 2 Beater)
Setup:
- (Optional) Put your tight end on a streak route
- Motion your B/circle receiver to the right
- (Optional) Cancel the play action by hot routing your running back to block or go to an out route to the right
Reads:
- Against any cover 2 defense (with or without zone drops), your B/circle receiver will get wide open. Lead pass to the sideline
- If you have a good fast receiver, he will also get open against cover 2 man.
- Then look to the X/square receiver over the middle or your running back
Overview: Make sure to run this play from the left hash mark (to the wide side of the field) otherwise it will not work.
Playbook: New Orleans Saints
Formation: I Form Close
Play: Drag Wheel (Cover 3 Beater)
Setup:
- Put your B/circle receiver on a fade route
- Block your fullback and running back (or put one of them on a hot route of your choice)
Reads:
- Your main read on this play is the B/circle receiver deep (lead pass to the sideline)
- If he is covered, or if your opponent isn’t in cover 3, look to the X/square receiver on the drag route
- Your final read is the tight end on the corner route
Overview: Only run this play to the wide side of the field (from the left hash mark) or it will not work.
Playbook: New Orleans Saints
Formation: I Form Close
Play: Flanker Drive (Cover 2 Beater)
Setup:
- Hot route your tight end to a streak route
- Block your fullback
- Put your running back on a curl route
Reads:
- Your primary read on this play is the X/square receiver against cover 2 and cover 2 man
- If he is covered, look to the B/circle receiver on the drag route or the running back on the curl route
Overview: Make sure to run this play from the right hash mark.
Playbook: New Orleans Saints
Formation: I Form Close
Play: PA TE Corner
Setup:
- Put your tight end on a streak route
- Block your fullback
- Put your running back on a curl route and motion him to the left
Reads:
- Your main read on this play is the B/circle receiver on the drag route
- If your opponent manually covers it, your X/square receiver should be wide open
Overview: This play should work well because your opponent at this point should be very concerned about the crossing route. That should leave your B/circle receiver open and able to turn the ball up field for a decent gain.
Playbook: New Orleans Saints
Formation: I Form Close
Play: Inside Zone
Setup: None required
Overview: Just follow your blockers. You may want to kick it outside if you see an opening.
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