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Breakdown

Jet Pass Fk Zone is a jet motion sweep fake out of Shotgun Doubles Y Off Nasty that turns into a designed pass built off outside zone action. The diagram shows the jet motion man crossing the backfield as the fake handoff hits, while the frontside of the line executes the outside zone blocking scheme to sell run to that side. The single route shown releases up the sideline off the fake, working as the primary and really only read since this is a low route count concept designed to hit big when the defense flows hard to the run fake.

Defensive Reads

Key the flow of the linebackers at the snap, if they widen hard toward the jet motion or crash downhill on the zone fake, the play is designed to hit over the top for a big gain. Check safety depth pre-snap, a single high safety who bites on run action leaves the sideline route open against Cover 3 or Cover 1 shells. This concept struggles against disciplined Cover 4 or Cover 2 shells where the corner stays deep and does not respect the run fake, since there is minimal route variety to attack underneath. Watch for user controlled defenders spying the jet motion or sitting on the flat, since a heads up user rush or lurk defender can jump the route if the fake does not sell. Man coverage on the outside with no safety help over the top is the worst matchup for the offense here, so avoid this call against known man heavy blitz packages.

Usage Tips

Use this on early downs when your run tendency is heavy to the same formation so linebackers and safeties bite on the zone flow. Watch pre-snap for safeties creeping down into the box or linebackers cheating toward the jet motion side, that is your green light to throw off the fake. Hot route the backside receiver into a hitch or quick out if you see a corner sitting deep with no run support, giving you a safety valve against zone shells. Pair this with actual Outside Zone or Same Side Zone from the same set earlier in a series so the defense keys run and bites on the fake when you finally pull this out. Save it for second and short or third and short situations where defenses are primed to stack the box against the run look.