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Curls Y Swirl

Shotgun·Bunch Y-Flex·11

Curl Pass Play

Play diagram for Curls Y Swirl from Shotgun Bunch Y-Flex in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetBunch Y-Flex

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

Curls Y Swirl comes out of the Shotgun Bunch Y-Flex trips look with three receivers stacked to one side and a single receiver isolated backside on a quick out. The bunch releases into a staggered curl package: the outside receiver runs a deep curl at 12 yards, the middle receiver runs a shorter curl underneath it, and the point man in the bunch swirls up the seam with a hesitation move before settling as the Y in the pattern. The backside receiver runs a hitch/out breaking away from the formation, giving the quarterback a built-in answer if the defense rolls coverage toward the bunch. This is a zone beater at its core, using the curl-flat stem combos to find soft spots in cover 2 and cover 3, and the primary read starts with the backside isolated out route before working into the bunch curls from outside in.

Defensive Reads

Identify two deep safeties pre-snap since this indicates cover 2 or cover 4, both of which the curl routes are designed to sit down against in the soft spots. Watch the flat defender assigned to the bunch side, if he widens with the swirl route it opens a throwing lane for the shorter curl underneath. Against man coverage, look for a defender staying attached to the point man in the bunch through the release, since press man corners can disrupt the swirl timing and force a checkdown. Zone blitzes with a nickel corner rolling up late can jump the shallow curl route, so have your eyes ready to reset to the backside out route as a hot answer. Cover 3 with a hard flat corner squatting underneath the curls is the biggest threat to this concept, since it clogs both the swirl and the intermediate curl reads simultaneously.

Usage Tips

Check the backside corner alignment before the snap because a soft corner cushion means the isolated out route is an instant answer against off coverage.

Use this on second and medium or third and short since the curls settle at depths that consistently move the sticks against zone drops.

If the defense shows two deep safeties pre-snap, prioritize the swirl route out of the bunch since it exploits the seam between the flat defender and the underneath hook zone.

Pair this play with Mtn Double Cross or Z Shallow Cross in your play-calling sequence so the defense has to respect both curl-based zone beaters and shallow crossers, keeping linebackers honest.

Motion is not shown in this look, so rely on pre-snap defender spacing in the bunch to identify if it is man or zone before committing to your first read.