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Jet Lead Read Option

Pistol·U Off Trips·12
Read OptionMotionRun Play
Play diagram for Jet Lead Read Option from Pistol U Off Trips in Madden 27

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Breakdown

Jet Lead Read Option out of Pistol U Off Trips is a designed run play built around jet motion and a true read option mesh. The diagram shows jet motion coming across the formation while the QB reads the mesh point with the HB, with the offensive line blocking down and the read defender left unblocked at the edge for the QB to key. This is a run play, not a pass concept, and the primary read progression is the jet motion sweep versus the QB keep read on the edge defender, with the offensive line executing zone blocking to seal the interior.

Defensive Reads

Key the edge defender or read defender on every snap, since if he sits home on the QB every time you should hand off to the jet motion for the sweep look. Watch for a slot corner or linebacker flowing hard with the jet motion pre-snap, which signals the defense is scheming to take away the sweep and daring you to keep. Look for an extra run defender crashing down immediately at the snap, which indicates a run blitz or contain package designed to blow up the mesh point before the QB can read it. Beware of user controlled defenders spying the QB from the second level, since a disciplined user will sit on the keep and force you to commit to the handoff early. This play struggles against stacked fronts with an extra defender assigned to the jet motion, since it removes the numbers advantage the read option is designed to create on the edge.

Usage Tips

Use pre-snap motion to identify if the defense is shifting a linebacker or safety to account for the jet sweep, which tells you if the edge defender will be left clean for your read option key.

Attack light boxes and defenses that show base fronts without an extra run defender in the box, since the read option punishes teams that do not respect both the give and the keep.

Hot route the backside TE into a stalk or arc block if you see quick pursuit from the backside linebacker chasing the jet motion.

Pair this play with Jet Touch Pass and Jet PA Boot in your play calling sequence so defenders start biting on jet motion, opening up explosive keep or pass plays off the same look.

Best used on early downs or short yardage situations where defenses are more likely to play base fronts and less likely to have extra defenders sitting on the read option edge.

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