Gun Pats Wing Trips

Playbook: New England Patriots

Formation: Pats Wing Trips

Play: Gun Pats X Curl

Setup:

1. Hot route your RB/R1 receiver to a drag route
2. (Optional) Hot route your B/circle receiver to a slant route
3. Motion your running back out to the left

Reads:

1. Your first look is always your running back. There is so timing involved so practice it.  Against any zone defense but a cover 2, your running back will be open
2. If it is man to man defense, throw to your X/square receiver right when he makes his break toward the sideline (most of the time he will be open but not always so don’t just throw it without looking)
3. You always have your RB/R1 receiver on the drag route that gets open just about every time
4. You can also hit your tight end up the middle or your B/circle receiver on the slant route

Overview: This is such a simple play with simple reads but it is almost impossible to defend once you get it down.

Playbook: New England Patriots

Formation: Gun Pats Wing Trips

Play: TE Whip

Setup:

1. Hot route your running back to a streak route and motion him to the left

Reads:

1. Your primary read on this play is your B/circle receiver on the post route
2. You can also look to the X/square receiver on the other post route
3. Your tight end is usually also open

Overview: This is a great play to mix in once you opponent starts really focusing on stopping the Pats X Curl play.

Playbook: New England Patriots

Formation: Gun Pats Wing Trips

Play: 5 6 Trap

Setup:

1. None required
2. (Optional) Motion the slot receiver over to the left a few steps and snap the ball

Overview: This play is extremely effective especially if your opponent starts dropping his whole team into coverage because he can’t stop your passing game.

Playbook: New England Patriots

Formation: Gun Pats Wing Trips

Play: Double Ins

Setup:

1. Hot route your X/square receiver to a slant
2. (Optional) Hot route your B/circle receiver to whatever you want
3. Motion you running back to the left

Reads:

1. Against anything but a cover 2 zone defense, your running back will usually be open’
2. If he is covered, look to your X/square receiver on the slant route
3. Also one of the 2 in routes from the tight end and the slot receiver will usually get open

Overview: This is another play that will force the defense to get out of whatever coverage they are comfortable in.

Playbook: New England Patriots

Formation: Gun Pats Wing Trips

Play: Pats Y Out

Setup:

1. Hot route your X/square receiver to a slant route
2. Hot route your running back to a streak route

Reads:

1. Against man to man defense, your tight end on the out route should be open
2. Against zone defense, look to your X/square receiver on the slant

Overview: This play is best used every once in a while so your opponent can’t key in on stopping the other plays that look like this.