UW-Platteville Football

“Teaching the Flat-Curl Concept

and Its Variations”

Mike Emendorfer
 The Flat-Curl Concept
• Allows our offense to horizontally attack the defense.

• Attack specific parts of the field:

– Outside of the Hash
– Numbers
– Box Route in the middle of the field
• Low level controlled routes.
• Allows QB quick and decisive reads.
• Good versus most coverage types:
– Man-to-man
– Zone
 Flat-Curl
This concept is used to stretch a flat defender to
the sideline and replace him with a receiver
behind him. At the same time we will control
Theory Of Concept
the middle of the field with a short route.
These routes make a triangle of receivers for
the QB to read.
We are attacking an area 12 yards down the
field on the hash. We are also attacking the
Where We Are area 5 yards deep on the numbers. Lastly we
Attacking are controlling the middle of the field at 5
yards.
This route is best vs. a team that is playing
Cover 3 or ¼s (4 deep) concept. It has some
Good vs. What
good answers to cover 2 as well.
Coverage
 Teaching the Flat-Curl Concept
• Landmarks
• Formations
• Routes
– Adjustments
• Reads
 Landmarks
3 yards outside the
hash 10-12 yards
deep

Box-Over Tackle 5 yards. One or Other

depending on call. Sit do not float

LOS
3 Yards From the
Sideline. 5 Yards Deep
 Doubles
X Z
W Y

Left Hash
X Z

W Y

Right Hash
 Doubles

Z
Y
R

X
 Trips – Strong
X Z

W Y

Left Hash
X Z

W Y

Right Hash
Trips – Strong
Z

R
Y

X
 Trips – Weak
3 yards
X Z

W Y

Left Hash 3 yards

X Z

W Y

Right Hash
 Trips – Weak
X
R

Z
 Teaching the Flat-Curl Concept
• X and Z stem in hard trying to get to the
outside the hash land mark
• W and Y will sell the Vertical and run a 5 yard
out
• R will run the Box Route
 Basic Flat Curl Read

2
FS
C C
3
W M S SS 1
E T N E
X Z
W Y

QB R

Basic Triangle Read

 Doubles – Flat Curl
988

X Z
W Y

QB R
 Reverse Flat-Curl Concept
Fresno – Bulldog – Mac
• The Mac call tags both sides with route adjustment.
In this case the receivers exchange landmarks.
• X and Z will push vertical hard to run a read drag
route, reading the LB over the wing.
• W and Y will run the wrap around route selling the
vertical and settling in the window behind the backer.
Field side wing can widen his split to help the
window open wider.
• R Will run the box route
 Doubles – Reverse F / C
988 “Mac”

FS SS

W M S
C C
E T N E
X Z
W Y

QB R

Great vs. Cover 2

 Packaging the Flat-Curl Concept
• Will allow you a Cover 3 beater to the field
side
• Cover 2 beater to the boundary side
• Fresno is our front side adjustment
• Bulldog is the backside adjustment
 Packaging F/C from Doubles
988 “Bulldog”

Cover 2
Cover 3

X Z
W Y

QB R
 Trips Strong
• All landmarks are the same in Trips Strong
• Can use Raw and Ray tags to create a mesh
look – Great vs. Man
 Trips Strong – Flat Curl
968

X Z
W Y

QB R
Trips Strong – F/C Variation
968 “Ray”

X Z
W Y

QB R

Ray tells R and Y to exchange

route responsibilities
 Trips Weak
• RB and W or Y switch landmark
responsibilities in Trips Weak
• Two Man Scat concept allows for weak side
triangle read – Great vs. rolling coverage's
towards your trips.
• Can create a mesh with Raw or Ray tags. Must
practice timing for RB, to wait for the shallow
cross to clear.
 Trips Weak – Flat Curl
958

2 Man Scat

X Z
W Y

R QB
Trips Weak – F/C Variation
958 “Raw”

X Z
W Y

R QB

Raw tells R and W to

exchange route
responsibilities
Trips Weak – F/C Variation
Cluster 958
“Special”

X Y
W Z

R QB
Contact Information

Mike Emendorfer
UW-Platteville Football
1 University Plaza
Platteville, WI 53818
608-342-1801
emendorm@uwplatt.edu