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Curl Flats

Singleback·Ace·12
FlatCurlPass PlayBlock and Release
Play diagram for Curl Flats from Singleback Ace in Madden 27

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Receiver routes

Depth-chart slots are shown as they line up in the base package for this set.

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PlayerSideRoute
HB1MiddleBlock and Release Hook
TE2LeftFlat
WR1LeftCurl
WR2RightCurl
TE1RightFlat

Read progression

  1. WR2 right, Curl
  2. WR1 left, Curl
  3. TE1 right, Flat
  4. HB1, Block and Release Hook or TE2 left, Flat

Breakdown

Curl Flats out of Singleback Ace 12 personnel gives you a three level stretch to one side and a vertical seam read on the other. The two receivers to the boundary run a shallow flat route and a curl sitting down at roughly ten yards, while the single receiver to the field runs a vertical route that occupies the deep defender, and the TE releases up the seam as a check down option underneath. This is a zone beater built to attack cover 2 and cover 3 shells by working the flat to curl combo into the same window, with the primary read starting on the curl route and progressing down to the flat if the underneath defender sinks.

Defensive Reads

Key the flat defender first, if he sinks into the curl window the flat throw is open underneath him all game. Watch for a user controlled linebacker sitting in the curl to flat throwing lane, this is the primary lurk threat that can jump the route combo and bait a pick six. Against cover 3, the corner to the flat side should widen with the flat route, opening the curl behind him if the flat defender does not get enough width. Man coverage with a blitz on the backside is the biggest threat to this play since the TE seam release can get picked off by a linebacker spying the middle. Check safety depth before the snap, a single high safety cheating toward the field side vertical route signals man coverage underneath and tells you to work the flat to curl side immediately.

Usage Tips

Presnap identify whether the defense is showing two high safeties or a single high shell, since the flat to curl side is your money concept against two high looks.

If the defense shows man coverage, hot route the flat receiver into a slant or option route to give yourself a quicker win against a trailing corner.

Use this on second and medium or third and short to medium since the curl sits down quickly and the flat gives you an easy checkdown against a soft zone.

Pair this play with PA Sprint HB Flat or PA Roll Rt in your play calling sequence, since both show a similar flat read and will keep linebackers honest on flow.

Watch the underneath zone defender at the snap, if he widens to the flat throw the curl immediately behind him for a clean completion.

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