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End Around Lead

Singleback·Wing·12

End Around Trick Play Run Play

Play diagram for End Around Lead from Singleback Wing in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationSingleback

SetWing

Personnel

121 RB · 2 TE · 2 WR

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Breakdown

End Around Lead is a trick run play out of Singleback Wing with 12 personnel that hands the ball off on a reverse action to the wing receiver motioning across the formation. The line shows zone blocking flowing left while the fullback leads through the hole in front of the ball carrier, sealing the edge for the end around. This is a pure misdirection run play designed to attack overpursuit and beat aggressive run fits, with the primary read being the fullback lead block off the edge before the ball carrier decides whether to bend it up inside the block or bounce it wide.

Defensive Reads

Pre-snap, check if the defense has a linebacker or safety cheating toward the wing side, since that indicates the defense has scouted the end around tendency and will scrape exchange. Look for defensive ends and edge players who stay home instead of crashing down on the initial line flow, since disciplined edge defenders take away the fullback's lead block angle. Post-snap, key the play side outside linebacker or Sam defender to see if he sits and reads instead of flowing hard with the line, which kills the misdirection element entirely. This play beats aggressive gap-shooting fronts and defenses that overcommit to run flow reads, but it gets stuffed by disciplined 4-3 or 3-4 fronts that maintain edge integrity and contain rushers. Watch for a user-controlled defender spying the backfield or sitting in the alley, since a heads up human defender reading eyes to the backfield can blow this play up before the fullback ever gets to his block.

Usage Tips

Call this play when the defense has shown heavy flow tendencies toward your HB dive or inside zone runs on earlier downs, since the misdirection punishes linebackers who key the QB mesh point too hard.

Use it on early downs like first and ten or second and short to keep defenses honest and set up your other Wing set concepts like 26 Duo or HB Power O later in the series.

Watch the fullback's lead block path before snap and be ready to cut off his block manually if the play side defensive end squeezes hard, since patience at the mesh point is critical.

Avoid calling this against defenses that are already selling out with edge contain or scrape exchange linebackers, since those defenders are trained to sit on exactly this action.

Sequence this with PA End Around from the same personnel group so the defense cannot key run fits based on formation alone, forcing them to respect both the handoff and the play-action shot off similar action.