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Jet Sweep

I Form·Slot Close·21

Sweep Jet Sweep Motion Run Play

Play diagram for Jet Sweep from I Form Slot Close in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationI Form

SetSlot Close

Personnel

212 RB · 1 TE · 2 WR

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Breakdown

Jet Sweep out of I Form Slot Close is a pure sprint out the box run play designed to get the flanker or slot receiver moving full speed in motion before the snap and hand it off on the edge. The offensive line down blocks and washes down the front while the backside blockers seal the edge, creating a lane for the motion man to bend outside the tackle box. This is a run play built to attack overaggressive fronts and gap exchange defenses, and the primary read is simple: get width immediately, then read the edge blocker to decide whether to bounce outside or cut upfield once the alley opens.

Defensive Reads

Watch for cornerbacks or slot corners crashing down hard on jet motion pre-snap, since that signals a scrape exchange or motion bump that can blow the play up before it develops. Identify if the defense runs a contain rush or sets a hard edge with the defensive end, which forces the ball carrier to cut back inside against the grain. Key the strong side linebacker depth and flow, if he stays home and reads the mesh point instead of flowing hard, the sweep loses its horizontal advantage. User the flowing linebacker or nickel defender to fill the alley quickly instead of chasing from behind, since jet sweep relies on defenders overrunning the play. Look for defenses in run commit or aggressive fronts, this play gets stuffed quickly against disciplined gap sound defenses that stay square and do not bite on motion.

Usage Tips

Snap the ball right as the jet motion crosses the formation so the defense has minimal time to diagnose the run direction.

Use this against defenses that flow hard to the ball or show heavy blitz looks, since the misdirection punishes linebackers who key the quarterback instead of the motion man.

Pair this with PA Jet Sweep and Zone Fake Jet from the same set so the defense has to respect the outside run threat every time they see jet motion, opening up play action shots later in the drive.

On third and short or first and ten, call this to test if the defense over pursues, then punish overcommitted defenses with HB Lead Dive or HB Blast for an inside counter.

Manually control the edge blocker after the snap to seal the corner or force a lane the CPU blocking might miss against contain based defensive ends.