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WR Power Fake Jet

Singleback·Bunch TE·11
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Play diagram for WR Power Fake Jet from Singleback Bunch TE in Madden 27

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Breakdown

WR Power Fake Jet is a play-action pass out of Singleback Bunch TE that sells jet motion across the backfield before working a vertical shot route off the fake. The diagram shows the outside receiver breaking hard upfield on a vertical route, an inside bunch receiver running a shallow drag across the field underneath, and the flat route heading away from the play to hold flow defenders. This is a man beater built to punish linebackers and safeties who bite on the run fake, with the primary read progression going from the vertical shot route first, then working down to the underneath drag if the deep shot is not there.

Defensive Reads

Read the middle linebacker depth at the snap, if he steps up hard to fill the run fit you have a clean throwing lane for the vertical shot. Watch the play side safety pre-snap, a single high safety that creeps down into the box is vulnerable to the deep route beating him over the top. Identify man coverage by tracking if a defender shadows the jet motion man across the formation instead of staying home in a zone drop. Cover 3 with a hard flowing linebacker crew gets gashed by the vertical shot, but a disciplined Cover 4 shell with safeties reading run action can sit on the deep route. Watch for a user controlled defender sitting in a lurk spot underneath the drag route, as this is the biggest threat to jumping your checkdown option.

Usage Tips

Use pre-snap motion to identify if the defense shifts a linebacker or defensive back to follow the jet action, which tells you if you are facing man coverage.

If the safety bites down hard on the play fake, take the shot to the vertical route immediately off the snap before he can recover.

Hot route the flat route into a deeper crossing route against zone shells to give yourself a true zone beater underneath the drag.

Call this on early downs or in run heavy personnel packages so the play fake carries maximum credibility against aggressive run fits.

Pair this with Jet Sweep or Zone Fake Jet earlier in a series so the defense starts keying run action, then punish overpursuit with this shot play.

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