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PA Jets Fork is a play-action shot play out of the Shotgun Y Off Trips Pats set designed to hit deep shots off run fake hesitation. The trips side runs a fork concept with a deep vertical stem and a breaking route underneath that stretches the safety and outside corner in two different directions, while the backside single receiver runs an isolation route for a man beater option if the defense rolls coverage away from the trips bunch. The blocking scheme picks up the play-action fake with the offensive line sliding protection to the play side, and the primary read progression starts with the deep fork route on the trips side, works down to the underneath breaking route if the top is capped, and finishes with the backside iso as the outlet against single high looks.
Pre snap, identify whether the defense is in a two high shell or has rotated to single high, since that dictates whether the deep fork route or the backside iso becomes the primary target. Watch linebacker depth at the snap. Linebackers who bite hard on the run fake open up massive throwing lanes for the underdig portion of the fork concept. Man coverage on the backside single receiver with no safety help over the top means the iso route wins consistently against press or trail technique. Zone coverage that rotates the deep half safety toward the trips side condenses passing lanes on the fork route, so be ready to work back to the underneath breaker. User controlled defenders who jump the run fake or bail into a deep lurk can disrupt this play, so identify any user-controlled safety loitering in the middle of the field before committing to the deep shot.
Use this play on second or third and medium to long when defenses start respecting the run fake from tendencies earlier in the drive.
Check the safety alignment pre snap. Two high shells with soft corners are the green light to fire the deep fork route immediately off the play action hitch.
If the defense shows single high or has crashed a safety toward the trips side, hot route the backside iso into a quick out or slant to beat man coverage before the pass rush closes the pocket.
Pair this with Jets Curl or Y Off Trips Close earlier in a series so the defense starts keying underneath completions, then punish overaggressive linebackers and safeties with the deep shot in PA Jets Fork.
Play action rollout timing matters here, so sell the run fake with the stick before pivoting into your drop, especially against aggressive user blitzers trying to time the snap.