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Bucs Tight Doubles

Skimbo's Gun Tight Doubles scheme
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Skimbo built his name on bunch. This is the guide where he leaves it. His words in the first video: he is known for bunch, and for Madden 27 he is maining his offense out of Gun Tight Doubles instead. Three pass concepts out of the base, a Gun Trips TE package for inside the twenty, and Gun Empty Quads for the quarterback run game that shifts straight back to Tight Doubles. Six videos, filmed launch week.
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Quick Start
  • Playbook: Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Base formation: Gun Tight Doubles, a fifteen-play set.
  • Skimbo is known for bunch. He is not running it here. The overview is him explaining the move, so watch it before you touch a play.
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  • The formation shift between Gun Empty Quads and Gun Tight Doubles is the connective tissue of the whole scheme. Learn it early.
Living Guide
This is a launch week Madden 27 scheme and it is not finished. Skimbo has already named Gun Bunch STR Nasty and Pistol Trips as the formations he is adding next, and he tours both in the overview. Those videos land in this guide as free updates when he films them, the same as any patch update. You buy once.
Update history
August 10, 2026Launch. Gun Tight Doubles base, the Gun Trips TE red zone package, and Gun Empty Quads for the quarterback run game.
Learn This First
Why He Left Bunch
Most guides open by selling you a formation. This one opens with a creator telling you he is walking away from the thing he is known for. Skimbo's first line in the overview is that he is known for bunch, and that as of Madden 27 he is maining his offense around Gun Tight Doubles and a set of gadget formations instead. That is the context for everything below.
  • Skimbo's own words: he is known for bunch, and this year he is building around Tight Doubles instead.
  • Gun Tight Doubles is the base. Every pass concept in this guide is called from it.
  • Gun Trips TE is a separate red zone package. You leave the base formation to run it.
  • Gun Empty Quads carries the quarterback run game and shifts back to Tight Doubles once you substitute correctly.
  • The overview also tours Gun Bunch STR Nasty and Pistol Trips, the two formations Skimbo has named as next. There are no dedicated play videos on those yet.
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Tampa Bay Offense Overview
Your Audible Map
Three formations, three jobs. You live in Gun Tight Doubles, leave it for Gun Trips TE inside the twenty, and shift to Gun Empty Quads when you want the quarterback running it.
Gun Tight Doubles
Base formation, all three pass concepts
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Gun Trips TE
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Gun Empty Quads
Quarterback run game, shifts back to Tight Doubles
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Core Concepts

The Scheme
3 Plays

Everything in this section is Gun Tight Doubles. One formation, one alignment, three different answers. Skimbo walks each concept on screen, and where he wrote the hot routes down they are listed on the card.

Cross Wheels Setup
Cross WheelsThe anchor concept out of Tight Doubles
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Set Up
  1. 1Come out in Gun Tight Doubles and call Cross Wheels.
  2. 2This is the longest video in the guide at seven minutes, and Skimbo walks the whole setup on screen rather than writing it out.
  3. 3Watch it once before you rep it. The route timing is the part that carries the concept.
Adjustments
  • This is the concept Skimbo builds the scheme around, so it is the one to learn first and the one to fall back on when a drive stalls.
  • The crossers and the wheels attack two different levels off the same alignment, which is why this is the first call rather than a situational one.
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MTN Cross HB Sneak Setup
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MTN Cross HB SneakThree hot routes and you are done
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PA WR Cross Setup
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PA WR CrossThe play action look off the same formation
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The Guide Where Skimbo Leaves Bunch.
Gun Tight Doubles as the base with three pass concepts, Gun Trips TE as the red zone package, and Gun Empty Quads for the quarterback run game. The formation shift between Empty Quads and Tight Doubles is the piece that ties it together, and Skimbo shows you the substitution that makes it legal.
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  • The overview: why Skimbo is moving off bunch and the five formations he is building the Madden 27 offense around
  • Gun Tight Doubles as the base formation, the fifteen-play set the whole scheme is called from
  • Cross Wheels, the anchor concept out of Tight Doubles, walked on screen start to finish
  • MTN Cross HB Sneak with Skimbo's exact hot routes: streak, wheel, and the inside drag
  • PA WR Cross, the play action answer off the same Tight Doubles look
  • The Gun Trips TE red zone package, including the audible set he reps inside the twenty
  • Gun Empty Quads for the quarterback run game, plus the substitution that lets you shift back to Tight Doubles
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Situational

Change-Ups
2 Plays

Two packages for the spots that decide games. Both leave Gun Tight Doubles, and both are their own formation with their own rules.

Trips TE Red Zone Setup
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Trips TE Red ZoneThe package for inside the twenty
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Red Zone
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Empty Quads Setup
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Empty QuadsThe quarterback run game, and the shift back
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Sideline Card

In-Game Reference

Every call on one card, grouped by what the defense shows you. Keep it open on your phone, screenshot it, or print it.

Bucs Tight Doubles Sideline Card
Read the coverage, find the row, make the call. Full setups live in the play cards above.
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You see: The defense has started sitting on the underneath crossers
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You see: Inside the twenty
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You see: You want the quarterback to carry it
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FAQ

Is this a bunch guide?
No, and that is the point of it. Skimbo opens the first video by saying he is known for bunch and that for Madden 27 he is maining his offense out of Gun Tight Doubles instead. If you bought a Skimbo guide before expecting bunch, this is a different scheme on purpose.
What playbook and formations is this?
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers playbook. Gun Tight Doubles is the base and carries all three pass concepts, Gun Trips TE is the red zone package, and Gun Empty Quads is the quarterback run game.
How many videos do I get?
Six. The overview, three pass concepts out of Gun Tight Doubles, the Gun Trips TE red zone package, and Gun Empty Quads. Skimbo has named Gun Bunch STR Nasty and Pistol Trips as the next additions, and those land in this guide free when he films them.
There are already two other Bucs offenses on the site. Why this one?
Different formations, different creators. This one is Gun Tight Doubles with a Trips TE red zone package and a formation shift into Empty Quads. If you own another Bucs guide, the playbook knowledge carries over and the scheme does not overlap.
What game modes does it work in?
Anywhere you play a human: ranked head to head, Ultimate Team, online franchise, and tournament play.
Will this get patched out?
Every guide is a living guide. When Madden 27 patches change what works, the scheme gets updated and you keep access at no extra cost.
Do I get access right away?
Yes. Checkout takes about a minute and the full guide unlocks instantly. Lifetime access, and updates after EA patches are free.
The Guide Where Skimbo Leaves Bunch.
Gun Tight Doubles as the base with three pass concepts, Gun Trips TE as the red zone package, and Gun Empty Quads for the quarterback run game. The formation shift between Empty Quads and Tight Doubles is the piece that ties it together, and Skimbo shows you the substitution that makes it legal.
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Bucs Tight Doubles by Skimbo
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  • The overview: why Skimbo is moving off bunch and the five formations he is building the Madden 27 offense around
  • Gun Tight Doubles as the base formation, the fifteen-play set the whole scheme is called from
  • Cross Wheels, the anchor concept out of Tight Doubles, walked on screen start to finish
  • MTN Cross HB Sneak with Skimbo's exact hot routes: streak, wheel, and the inside drag
  • PA WR Cross, the play action answer off the same Tight Doubles look
  • The Gun Trips TE red zone package, including the audible set he reps inside the twenty
  • Gun Empty Quads for the quarterback run game, plus the substitution that lets you shift back to Tight Doubles
  • Six videos, lifetime access, free patch updates
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