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All Curl

Shotgun·Trips TE·11
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Play diagram for All Curl from Shotgun Trips TE in Madden 27

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Breakdown

All Curl out of Shotgun Trips TE (11 personnel) sends all three trips receivers and the inline TE into curl routes at staggered depths, with the backside X running a fade off the numbers. The Y and TE from the trips side sit down around 12 to 15 yards while the inline TE curls underneath at a shorter depth, creating a natural high low ladder against zone. The lone backside receiver runs a vertical route to hold the cornerback and safety, opening space underneath for the curls. This is a classic Cover 3 beater built to attack the flat and hook defenders with layered sit routes, and the primary read progression starts with the deepest trips curl before working down to the shorter curl and checking the backside vertical if the defense rotates away from it.

Defensive Reads

Look for a single high safety pre-snap, that alignment usually signals Cover 3 and confirms the curl concept will find soft grass in the hook zones. Watch linebacker depth at the snap, if the hook defenders sink too deep to the deepest curl you can hit the shorter underneath curl before they can redirect. Identify user controlled defenders sitting in the flat or lurking in the middle hook, since a smart user can jump the shortest curl route and bait you into a turnover. Recognize Cover 2 or Cover 4 shells with two deep safeties, these coverages can clog the curl windows with extra underneath help and force you to rely on the backside vertical instead. Key blitz packages by watching for a defensive back creeping toward the line pre-snap, since curl routes take time to develop and this play is vulnerable to well timed nano blitzes that beat your protection.

Usage Tips

Diagnose the coverage shell before the snap by checking safety depth, if you see a single high safety with corners playing off, expect Cover 3 and trust the curl stack to settle into the hook and flat voids.

Work the progression from deepest curl to shortest curl, the staggered depths naturally clear out underneath defenders and give you a built in answer if the first read is covered.

Use the backside vertical as a big play checkdown against aggressive zone rotation, if the safety cheats toward the trips side the backside fade can win one on one against a lesser corner.

This play shines on third and medium to third and long since the curls settle in soft spots just past the sticks, giving you a high percentage completion with room to move the chains.

Pair All Curl with Curl Flat or Curls X Go from the same set to keep defenders guessing, since the identical initial route stems disguise whether the trips side will sit down or break vertically.

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