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Jet Pass Fk Zone

Shotgun·Stack Y Off·11

Motion

Play diagram for Jet Pass Fk Zone from Shotgun Stack Y Off in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetStack Y Off

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

Jet Pass Fk Zone is a jet motion play-action style pass out of Shotgun Stack Y Off that disguises as a jet sweep before releasing into a horizontal stretch concept. The diagram shows the receiver motioning across the formation and running a shallow drag route underneath while the offensive line slides to pick up the fake jet action, with the drag receiver working from one sideline to the opposite flat area past the numbers. This is a zone beater designed to exploit flowing linebackers and off coverage, and the primary read is the jet motion drag man working across the field, taking whatever soft grass the zone defense leaves underneath.

Defensive Reads

Pre-snap, identify whether the defense is aligned to respect jet motion, safeties rotating or linebackers shifting toward the motion side signal zone coverage that this play is designed to attack. Watch the flow of the middle and weak side linebackers immediately after the snap, aggressive linebackers biting on the jet fake will vacate the shallow crossing lane for the drag route. This play struggles against disciplined zone defenses that stay home and squeeze crossing lanes, and it gets shut down entirely by man coverage with a defender assigned to shadow the jet motion man across the formation. Be alert for a user controlled defender sitting in a shallow lurk technique underneath, since a smart human defender can jump this drag route if they read jet action as a pass tip. Man blitz packages with a spy or hot defender crashing the backfield can disrupt this play before the drag develops, so check for blitz indicators like linebackers creeping toward the line pre-snap.

Usage Tips

Use pre-snap motion to bait linebackers into flowing hard toward the jet action before the ball is snapped, then hit the drag as they overcommit downhill.

This play punishes zone defenses that key run action off jet motion, so save it for down and distance situations where the defense is likely sitting in zone shells like second and medium or third and short.

Pair this with PA Jet Sweep and Fake Jet HB Seam earlier in a drive so the defense starts respecting the run fake, which opens up bigger throwing windows on this play later.

If the defense shows man coverage pre-snap with a defender shadowing the motion man, consider audibling to Switch WR Drag or HB Scissors instead since this concept is built to attack zone, not man.

Track the underneath linebackers post-snap, if they crash hard on the jet fake, the drag will have a wide throwing lane, so get the ball out on time before flow defenders can redirect.