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Breakdown

Jet HB Duo is a Duo power run out of Shotgun Wing Slot Offset with jet motion across the backfield to draw the defense flow before the snap. The offensive line uses a Duo blocking scheme, double teaming at the point of attack and climbing to the second level to seal off linebackers, while the jet motion man can also serve as a lead threat if the defense overplays the sweep action. The primary read progression starts with the playside double team, reading whether the defensive tackle gets displaced, then climbing to the first linebacker flow to decide between the A gap bang or bouncing to the B gap. This is a downhill run play designed to beat light boxes and over aggressive flow defenses rather than a pass concept.

Defensive Reads

Watch the middle linebacker depth and flow, if he bites hard on the jet motion the playside double team has a clean lane to climb. Identify one high safety versus two high safety shells, one high looks tend to bring an extra man into the box making this tougher to run inside. Key the defensive tackle alignment on the play side double team, a shaded nose or three technique that gets moved off the ball signals a successful double team and a clean cutback lane. Look for user controlled defenders spying the jet motion rather than respecting run fits, this often opens the backside cutback since the defense is playing outside contain instead of gap integrity. Against a nano blitz or heavy edge pressure look, this run can get gashed at the mesh point, so be ready to check to a quick game answer like Jet Touch Pass if the front shows an obvious overload.

Usage Tips

Use the jet motion pre-snap to bait linebackers into flowing hard toward the motion man, then attack the vacated inside gap with the Duo action.

Check the box count before the snap, if the defense has six or fewer in the box this becomes a high percentage inside run.

Combine Jet HB Duo with Jet HB Angle or Fake Jet HB Wheel to keep defenders honest once they start jumping the jet motion every snap.

Best called on early downs or short yardage situations where you want to establish tempo and force the defense to respect both the run and the motion action.

If the defense shows a stacked box with linebackers crashing downhill immediately post snap, hot route the backside tight end into a quick out to punish overpursuit on the next play call.

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