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Breakdown
Jet QB Zone Wk is a designed QB run out of Shotgun Empty Ace with 12 personnel, built around jet motion across the formation before the snap. The diagram shows all five offensive linemen sliding as a zone unit toward the play side while the QB reads the edge, following the jet motion man's path for a weak side zone run. This is a designed quarterback run play, not a pass or RPO, and the primary read progression is the QB reading the edge defender and playthrough of the offensive line's zone flow to decide between cutting inside the tackle box or bouncing outside behind the jet motion.
Defensive Reads
Watch linebacker depth at the snap, if they flow hard with the zone blocking scheme the cutback lane behind the center opens up for the QB. Key the edge defender's leverage, if he crashes down to take away the inside zone the QB should bounce it outside using the jet motion as a lead blocker. Man coverage that follows the jet motion man across the formation confirms one less defender in the box, making the run lane wider for the QB. Defenses that spy the QB with a linebacker or safety in the middle of the field shut this play down quickly, since the entire design depends on the QB having a clean running lane. Look for safeties rotating down into the box pre-snap, a stacked front with eight or nine defenders near the line signals the defense is selling out to stop this exact run concept.
Usage Tips
Use the jet motion pre-snap to identify if the defense follows the motion man, this reveals man coverage or a spy assignment on your QB.
Call this on early downs like first or second and short to medium yardage when defenses are more likely to sit in base fronts rather than sub packages built to stop the pass.
If the defense shows a heavy box with linebackers crashing down before the snap, consider hot routing into Jet QB Counter instead since the misdirection punishes an over-aggressive front.
Pair this play with Jet Touch Pass or Fake Jet Pass Power in the same series, the identical jet motion look forces defenders to respect the perimeter run threat and opens up misdirection through the air later in the drive.
Avoid calling this against defenses that show extra defenders crashing the edge pre-snap, since the QB run lane depends on the offensive line controlling the point of attack cleanly.
