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Mtn Curl N Go

Shotgun·Y Off Trips·11

Curl Go Motion Pass Play

Play diagram for Mtn Curl N Go from Shotgun Y Off Trips in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetY Off Trips

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

Mtn Curl N Go is a motion pass concept out of Shotgun Y Off Trips that sends the backside X on a vertical go route up the numbers while the trips side runs a curl, a deep corner breaking route, and a vertical seam clear-out. The single back stays in to help protect while the offensive line pass protects in a standard drop back scheme. This is primarily a zone beater, using the motion man's go route to stretch the deep half and open the curl route sitting down in the intermediate window, with the primary read progression going from the backside go route on a pre-snap coverage check, to the curl route as the first in-progression read, then working to the deep corner breaking route if the defense rotates away from it.

Defensive Reads

Check the free safety alignment before the snap, if he shades toward the trips side the backside go route is isolated on a corner with no deep help. Watch the flow of the motion defender, a defender who mirrors the motion across the formation signals man coverage and opens up the deep shot on the go route. Identify the depth of the underneath linebackers, shallow zone drops leave the curl route open in the soft spot of a Cover 3 or Cover 4 shell. This play struggles against Cover 2 with strong deep safety help over the corner route and against aggressive man blitzes where the lone back cannot handle extra rushers. Look for a lurking user defender sitting in the curl window, if he stays put you must progress quickly to the deep corner breaking route before the pocket collapses.

Usage Tips

Use the pre-snap motion to identify if the defense is playing man or zone, if the defender follows the motion man across the formation you are getting man coverage and can key on the go route for a big play shot.

Hot route the curl into a flat route or spot route against squat zone corners who are sitting on the intermediate throwing lanes.

This play works best on second and long or third and medium since the curl and deep corner combo forces defenders to declare their zone drops before the ball is snapped.

Pair this play with Mtn Stick or Mtn Stick N Nod from the same formation shift to keep defenses guessing between quick game and vertical shots, since the pre-snap motion look is identical.

Against user linebackers who key the underneath curl, throw the backside go route immediately off the snap since the single high safety cannot help both verticals at once.