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Out Seams

Shotgun·Spread Y-Slot·11

Out Pass Play Seam

Play diagram for Out Seams from Shotgun Spread Y-Slot in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetSpread Y-Slot

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

Out Seams aligns from Shotgun Spread Y-Slot with 11 personnel and sends both outside receivers on quick outs to attack the sideline, while the slot receiver runs a seam route up the numbers and the TE releases up the middle of the field on a bending seam of his own. The backfield stays empty of routes, so this is a pure five-out dropback concept built to stress both the flat and the deep middle at the same time. It is primarily a zone beater because the outs sit down in the void underneath cornerbacks playing off coverage while the two seams climb through linebacker zones, and the read progression starts with the seams for an explosive shot before working down to the outs against soft corners.

Defensive Reads

Identify the middle linebacker depth immediately after the snap, a shallow drop into the seam lane signals Tampa 2 or a robber concept and you should redirect to the outs instead of forcing the seam. Watch the corners at the snap, if they bail hard into deep zones the outs will be wide open in the void, but if they sit flat footed in man alignment expect them to trail the out and take it away. Key both safeties before the snap, two high shells open up the seam throws over the middle while a single high safety rotating late usually means Cover 3 or Cover 1 with a deep defender ready to close on the seam. Beware user controlled linebackers spying the middle of the field, a smart defender will sit in the seam window and undercut that route for a pick six if the quarterback stares it down too long. Look for blitz packages that send extra rushers off the edge, since the outs and seams both take time to develop, a nano blitz or overload pressure can force a bad throw before either read comes open.

Usage Tips

Check pre-snap for two high safeties, that shell tells you the seams have room to work before the safeties can close, so hit your first read up top immediately.

Against single high or man coverage, hot route the outs into quick hitches or slants since man corners will sit on top of the boundary route and take away the sideline throw.

Use this on second and medium or third and short since the outs give you a built-in checkdown if the seams are covered, letting you stay ahead of the chains without forcing a deep ball into traffic.

Pair this with Bubble Screens or Slot Outs earlier in a series to bait linebackers into jumping underneath routes, then come back to Out Seams to hit the seam behind them once they start flying to the flats.

If the defense starts sitting on the seam with a robber or Tampa 2 middle linebacker, switch to Digs H Option or Curls from this same set to attack the same horizontal stretch without feeding the middle defender.