Playbooks

Seattle

Shotgun·Bunch Str Offset·11

Pass Play Play Action Four Verts Go Corner Seam Flood Cover 2 Beater Cover 3 Beater

Play diagram for Seattle from Shotgun Bunch Str Offset in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetBunch Str Offset

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

Seattle is a four verticals play action concept out of Bunch Str Offset in Shotgun, using play action to hold the linebackers before attacking every level of the field vertically. From the bunch alignment, the outside receiver runs a deep go route up the sideline while the two inside bunch receivers release into a seam and a deep corner route, and the backside single receiver runs a deep crossing route that clears from the far side to the opposite hash. This is a flood and four verts hybrid built to beat both Cover 2 and Cover 3 shells, with the QB primary progression starting on the seam read into the corner route, then working backside to the deep cross if the safety leaks over the top.

Defensive Reads

Pre-snap, identify whether the defense is showing two deep safeties or a single high look since that dictates which vertical route the QB should prioritize. If corners are playing off man coverage with no safety help over the top, the go route on the outside becomes a legitimate deep shot against man beaters. Watch for a user controlled defender sitting in the deep middle or lurking underneath the seam route, since that defender can jump the throwing lane if the QB is late. Cover 2 shells with aggressive flat defenders leave the corner route from the bunch open in the seam of the coverage, so key the flat defender's depth at the snap. Blitz heavy looks with man coverage behind them are vulnerable to this concept since the deep routes take time to develop but leave defenders exposed once receivers separate vertically, so recognize hot blitz indicators pre-snap and consider a quick throwing lane check down if protection breaks.

Usage Tips

Use Seattle on early downs or in shot situations when you have identified a two high or three high safety shell pre-snap since the route concept is designed to stress both structures vertically.

If the defense shows Cover 2, key the corner route out of the bunch since it settles into the void behind the corner and in front of the safety for an easy explosive gain.

Against single high or Cover 3 looks, work the seam route first since it splits the difference between the hook defender and the deep third safety.

Pair Seattle with Verts Dig or Dagger from the same formation so the defense cannot sit on the four verts shell and has to respect intermediate breaking routes as well.

Use play action shot plays like Seattle after establishing HB Mtn Base or Inside Zone tendencies so linebackers bite on the run fake and open up throwing lanes underneath the verticals.