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RNS Curl Flat

Pistol·Spread·10
CurlCurl FlatPass PlayCover 2 BeaterCover 3 BeaterInOption Route
Play diagram for RNS Curl Flat from Pistol Spread in Madden 27

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Receiver routes

Depth-chart slots are shown as they line up in the base package for this set.

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PlayerSideRoute
HB1MiddlePass Block
WR3LeftIn
WR2LeftOption Route
WR1RightCurl
WR4RightIn

Read progression

  1. WR1 right, Curl
  2. WR4 right, In
  3. WR3 left, In
  4. WR2 left, Option Route

Breakdown

RNS Curl Flat from Pistol Spread 10 personnel shows a four man route concept with no run action attached. The two outside receivers on the left run a curl combo, the inner receiver settling into a curl at intermediate depth while the outside receiver climbs vertically before working back, and the slot receiver breaks out to the flat, creating a natural high low stretch. The receiver on the far right runs a streak up the numbered side, holding the deep defender to open the underneath curl flat combo. This is a zone beater built to attack cover 2 and cover 3, with the primary read progressing from the curl to the flat and the streak as a hot ball if the defense rolls single high man coverage.

Defensive Reads

Read the cornerback depth at the snap, if he sinks into a deep zone drop the curl route will have room to settle in the void underneath him. Watch the flat defender, if a linebacker or nickel widens quickly to the flat pre-snap that signals cover 2 or cover 3 and the curl should be your first read. Key the free safety rotation after the snap, if he rotates hard to the streak side it confirms cover 3 and the curl flat side stays open all game. Be wary of a user controlled defender sitting in the passing lane or lurking under the curl, this is the primary defense that shuts down the intermediate throw. Watch for man blitz packages with the flat defender in man coverage, this can jump the flat route on a quick trigger and force you to climb the ladder to the curl or streak instead.

Usage Tips

Check the pre-snap safety alignment before the snap, two deep safeties tells you the curl flat side will be soft against cover 2 corners sitting on the flat.

Use the streak on the numbered receiver as your built in vertical shot if you see man coverage or a single high safety cheating toward the curl flat concept.

Hot route the flat defender's man to a quick out if you see press man on that side, this gets you an instant separation throw against aggressive corners.

Call this on second and medium to long situations where defenses often sit in cover 2 shells, the curl sits right in the honey hole between the corner and the linebacker.

Pair this play with Y Stick or Quick Slants earlier in a series to condition the defense to jump underneath routes, then hit the streak on RNS Curl Flat once safeties start cheating down.

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