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Breakdown
Jet Power Read lines up out of Shotgun Wing Slot Offset with 12 personnel, sending a jet motion man across the formation pre-snap to sell the sweep look. Up front the offensive line pulls in power fashion, with the play side guard and lead blocker climbing to the second level while the QB reads the edge defender to decide between handing off on the jet sweep, keeping on the QB power path, or pulling it to run the counter side. This is a run play built as a read option and power run hybrid, not a pass concept, and it beats gap-exchange defenses and light boxes by forcing the edge defender to be wrong no matter what he does.
Defensive Reads
Read the play side D-end or OLB immediately after the snap, if he sits and plays the mesh point he is taking away the give and the QB should pull it for power. Watch linebacker depth before the snap, stacked or blitzing linebackers on the play side signal a gap exchange scheme designed to blow up both the sweep and the QB keep. Key the safety rotation on jet motion, a safety who follows the motion man across the formation shows man coverage and a lighter box, which favors the sweep hand off. Look for a scraping mike linebacker flowing hard with the motion, this is the primary threat to the cutback lane on the QB keep side and needs to be accounted for by the puller. Aggressive edge blitzes and contain rushers crashing up field can be gashed by patience on the keep read, but a disciplined edge defender who stays home shuts down both options and forces a negative play.
Usage Tips
Check the box count before the snap and only run this into six or fewer defenders in the box to keep the numbers advantage.
Watch the play side defensive end or outside linebacker before the snap, if he is crashing hard down the line on jet motion in practice reps or in film study, key on pulling the ball back for the QB power lane.
Use the jet motion to force a linebacker or safety to declare run fits, if the defense rotates a safety down into the box that confirms man or an aggressive run fit and favors your keep read.
Pair this with Jet Touch Pass or RPO Alert Bubble from the same formation so the defense has to respect the perimeter throw off identical motion, which slows down edge defenders crashing the mesh point.
Best called on early downs, second and short, or goal line and short yardage situations where defenses commit extra bodies to stop the edge, since a correct backside read gates through wide open cutback lanes.
