Route BuilderSlant selected, depth: 3 steps.
EVEN 0 2 4 6 8BREAK INSIDE
ODD 1 3 5 7 9BREAK TO THE SIDELINE
Push vertically for a short distance, plant, and come back to the quarterback. This route punishes a defender who bails too quickly.
Decelerate over your final two strides. Otherwise you drift and the throwing window closes.
Attack the sideline almost flat and very fast. It is a short outlet, often the first answer.
Gain width before depth. Otherwise you crowd the neighboring route.
Three steps, then a sharp 45-degree cut inside. Fast, direct, and dangerous against man coverage.
Make the cut off your outside foot. Using the other foot costs a full beat.
Threaten the defender vertically, then come back diagonally toward the sideline. It beats a defender who is running away.
Sell the vertical route. Without a real downfield threat, the comeback opens no window.
Push vertically, plant, then curl inside toward the quarterback in the hole of the zone.
Find the space between two zone defenders and stop there. Continuing takes you into the next defender's coverage.
Push vertically, then break 90 degrees toward the sideline. It is the classic third-down conversion route.
Lower your hips before the break. A tall chest tells the defender that the cut is coming.
The opposite of an Out: break 90 degrees toward the middle of the field, in the most contested area.
Cross the field at speed. A slowed Dig is an interception handed to the safety.
Push vertically, jab inside for one step, then leave at 45 degrees toward the corner of the end zone.
The inside jab must be real. One sharp step is enough; without it, the defender will not bite.
Push vertically, then angle 45 degrees toward the goalposts. It is the big-play route when the middle is open.
Locate the safety before the break. If the safety is in the middle, the Post is closed regardless of your leverage.
Straight ahead at full speed. Win at the release and while running, or go get the ball in the air.
Keep a lane. Too close to the sideline leaves no room for the ball.