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Curls

Shotgun·Doubles Offset Wk·11

Curl Pass Play

Play diagram for Curls from Shotgun Doubles Offset Wk in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetDoubles Offset Wk

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

Curls out of Shotgun Doubles Offset Wk sends the backside receiver on a deep vertical release to the sideline while the two inside receivers work curl and hook routes at the sticks over the middle of the field, and the frontside X receiver runs a deep in cut from the numbers that eats up a ton of grass underneath the safety. The lone running back releases from the backfield on a swing route to the flat, giving the quarterback a built in checkdown against blitz looks. This is primarily a zone beater, designed to sit routes down in the soft spots of a Cover 3 or Cover 2 shell, with the primary read starting on the curl route in the middle before working out to the deep in and finally to the flat swing as the checkdown.

Defensive Reads

Look for two deep safeties presnap, which usually signals Cover 2 or Cover 4 and opens up the intermediate curl windows in the middle of the field. Watch linebacker depth at the snap, if they sink hard and get depth on the curl routes, work the field to the deep in route running behind the cornerback's zone drop. Man coverage with press corners and a single high safety is the toughest matchup for this concept, since the curls get picked off quickly by underneath defenders sitting in their face. Key on any user controlled defender lurking in the middle third of the field, since that player will often jump the curl route if the quarterback stares it down too long. If the defense brings a blitz and rotates to man behind it, immediately look to the swing route out of the backfield as the built in answer to beat pressure.

Usage Tips

Presnap identify whether the defense is playing zone or man, this play is built to exploit soft zone drops so if you see two deep safeties or a single high look with linebackers sinking, trust the curl routes.

If the corners are pressed up in man coverage, hot route the outside vertical release into a slant or speed out to give your quarterback a quicker win against man leverage.

Use this on second and medium to second and long or third and medium situations where the sticks line up with the curl breakpoints, letting the quarterback climb the pocket and sit the ball down in the window.

Pair this play with Slants or RPO Glance Slant from the same formation to keep the defense honest against quick sink drops, since both plays attack the same presnap look but manipulate underneath defenders differently.

Use the swing route out of the backfield as an outlet against pressure looks or nano blitzes, since it releases immediately and gives a safe checkdown if the interior protection breaks down.