Mesh Route

The stick is a 5-6 yard route with the receiver turning inside like on the old hook route then working outside Normally it's used by a TE to pin an inside LB on the inside of the TE giving the QB a chance to throw away from the LB to the hole outside the TE.

I'd seen the U of Miami run 1 on the cross, wasn't sure about the other routes so they were derived based on getting 1 open. The stick is great for this because as 3 turns in and settles looking inside for a sec that gives 1 the time to work under for the rub. If the DB on 1 crashes into 3, he's legitimately looking back at the QB before working to the outside. 3 needs to wait for the cross before sliding outside, but it happens so fast that the timing is pretty much the same as for a standard stick route.

There's also a high low working over the middle with the cross under the stick and a dig over the top, Safety should be occupied by the post route if it's Cover 1 or 3, if it's cover 2 the post may pop open skinny to keep some space from the backside Safety, or the backside Safety might jump the dig leaving 2 a flatter sprint to the opposite corner. If the Safety to the bunch side plays it by jumping the post, come back to the play when you're ready for six with a Post-Corner tag on 2.

Love the Bunch Snug, it's a DC's nightmare.