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Quick Out
Route4-7 ydaka Speed Out
5-yard out — vertical then SHARP 90° break to the sideline at full speed (no break-down). Catches at 4-5 yds. Beats off-man, stops the clock, gets the ball out fast vs pressure.
Example: @X (outside WR) runs the route at 6yd depth. Only the route runner and the QB are shown so the break stays the focus; the same route family scales to any depth a play calls for, and concepts that use this route may set a different depth.
How to run it
speed out — no break-down, snap to the sideline.
Reading it by coverage
How to run the quick out against what the defense shows.
- Cover 0:
- hot vs blitz — snap to the sideline and get the ball out now.
- Cover 1:
- vs off-man — win the foot race outside; ball arrives at the break before he drives.
- Cover 2:
- under the squat corner to the sideline — eyes back fast before he jumps it.
- Cover 3:
- beat the curl/flat defender to the boundary on his outside leverage.
- Man:
- speed cut to the sideline — no gather, ball out on rhythm.
Concepts that use this route: Speed Out, Split Back Lead, Split Back Trail, Split Back End Around, Split Back Reverse, Split Back Boot Left Ladder, +16 more