Every home game, on the Desert Diamond Arena Jumbotron, Arizona Rattlers quarterback Dalton Sneed gets an advertising spot to promote his business, Sneed Diagnostics, which helps drivers not only replace windshields but to be more aware of their surroundings with driver-assistance technology.

He started this after finishing his college football career at Montana in 2019.

Right now, it’s about how Sneed can navigate the Rattlers to their first Indoor Football League title since 2017 without crashing. That’s why he returned home this year after leading the Bay Area Panthers to the championship last season.

“I not only wanted to play in front of my family, but to bring this state, bring this organization, a championship. That’s been my goal since day one,” Sneed said.

Sneed, who grew up in the Valley and became one of the best dual-threat Arizona high school quarterbacks in his three years starting at Scottsdale Horizon, has taken a few detours since graduating in 2015.

He piled up more than 8,300 yards in his last three years at Horizon, throwing 87 touchdown passes, including 28 his senior year in 2014 when he had 3,565 passing yards and an additional 984 rushing yards and 14 TDs.

Since then, the 6-foot-2, 210-pound Sneed had a stop at UNLV, where he broke a school record as a redshirt freshman in 2016 for the longest play in school history — a 91-yard TD run.

He had another stop at Fort Scott Community College, before playing his last two college seasons at Montana. He was the Big Sky Newcomer of the Year in 2018, and, in 2019, he threw for 2,019 yards. He had 37 TD passes in his two years there.

Sneed split time at Vegas and Sioux Falls in 2022 in the IFL, before emerging big at Bay Area last year, having the final word, being named the Dollar Loan Center IFL National Championship MVP.

He has a chance to repeat that, as he leads the Rattlers (12-5) into Monday night’s Western Conference championship game against the San Diego Strike Force (11-6). The game starts at 7:05 p.m., at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale. The teams split two meetings this season.

Win Monday, and it’s off to Vegas again for the IFL national championship game to face the Eastern Conference champion Massachusetts Pirates on Aug. 17. The Pirates (10-8), who edged out the Rattlers 56-53 in overtime for the 2021 IFL title, defeated the Green Bay Blizzard 51-28 on Friday night.

Last week, Sneed kept the Rattlers’ season alive with his 2-yard plunge into the end zone, as time expired to rally for a 39-38 win against the Vegas Knight Hawks at Lee’s Family Forum in Henderson, Nevada.

Sneed spiked the ball to stop the clock with two seconds left, before Vegas called a time-out to set up its defense.

“I just wanted to have the ball in my hands to finish the game,” Sneed said. “I live for those moments. It’s how I grew up. I had a really competitive family, a really competitive dad. He always tried to simulate those scenarios, put me in those high-pressure spots.”

After getting sacked for a 10-yard loss, Sneed engineered a 40-yard drive, completing four passes in the final 48 seconds to finish the game, rallying the Rattlers from a 15-point, final quarter deficit.

With two seconds left, Guy said there were a few plays discussed. In the end, Sneed wanted to keep the ball.

“He wanted to run that play,” Guy said. “We were in the moment there. We look at guys who want to step up and make those plays in the moment.”

This is why the Rattlers were ready to move off of quarterback Drew Powell, after he turned the ball over six times, including five interceptions, in last year’s 55-39 home loss to Northern Arizona in the Western Conference semifinals.

Sneed has shown he doesn’t get flustered by early-game turnovers. He keeps his mind on the next series of downs, bouncing back with big plays, relying on playmakers, such as running back Shannon Brooks and receivers Jamal Miles and Corey Reed Jr.

It’s what has held the Rattlers together after they started this season 1-3.

Despite injuries that could have derailed the season, the Rattlers have hung together, offensively and defensively.

And, with Sneed back at home, he’s ready to seize this moment.

“It’s back to work,” Sneed said. “We’ve got goals in mind. We know what we want to do here.”