Breaking down the game- Football Film Study 101: jet sweep

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Jet Motion and plays off it:

This article looks at the jet sweep action and how it is utilized at the NFL and College Level:

1. How to get the ball on the edge

2. The Jet sweep action displaces LB's and causes gaps to be vacated

3. Great action to throw off of as it slows down pass rushes.

4. Awesome to incorporate split zone schemes to and away from the Jet motion

Part 1-11 personnel

Part 2-12 personnel

Part 1

11 personnel

New Jet sweep to the boundary vs press bail, press quarter concepts.

They go from 3x1 to 2x2 and catch Michigan on 2 occasions.

#1 Wr goes jet motion 11 personnel

#2 fake the wide zone to the left

Jet motion man runs a wheel. Also have the te to the flat freezing the outside linebacker.

Nice execution as the wheel route is wide open.

New Western Kentucky

11 personnel

Fake the jet throw it to the rb in the seem with a 4 man pattern

#1 fade #3 inside route jet man bubble, rb seem

Kentucky 2021 with Coen

11 personnel

TE Screen is a great play out of 11 vs man free coverage.

It gets 2 blockers out in front and the tight end is hard to cover because it is man free and he comes across the formation.

Nice design below.

Fake the jet left

fake the run behind it to the left

They sneak the tight end out off to the right with 2 lead blockers in front.

Nice job getting 2 lineman out in front.

Excellent design

Rams vs Colts:

11 personnel

Colts in man and CB are traveling with motion and when they go behind the LOS post snap.

Well, the Jet motion gets movement but in this situation, Cooper Kupp coming behind the LOS across like boot opens up the Edge and they get a nice 20 yard gain.

Nice design as you see the db whose a d gap player go with Kupp which leaves no safety to fold back inside.

They love to bring Kupp back behind the line of scrimmage off wide zone

You can see him coming across

He's wide open in the flat as the defense reacts to the run.

Nice 15 yard completion.

New:

11 personnel

Running jet allows you to run various pass routes like dover and sail to it. It really can freeze the olb.

Bills run Jet with a fake power and hit the tight end over the middle for a nice gain. Bills stretch NE horizontally with the Jet motion and hit the TE vertically down the field.

Faking the Jet tight zone frees up the dover route vs cover 3

Nice play as the tight end is wide open on the route as the olb is forced to widen with the jet motion.

15 good yards on the play.

11 personnel with z off.

Bring the z in motion.

They fake the jet and tight zone to the right.

They slide protect

They run the sail concept.

#2 runs a 12 yard out with the jet man freezing the OLB and getting him to react.

The CB has to cover #1 vertical.

The sail route is wide open as they are in 3 carry. Nice 40 yard gain for a td.

Good design and execution.

49ers 2021

They use jet sweep and will use the h back in various type of run schemes. Here they run jet and then a toss wind back play where it is a designed cutback.

fake the jet

running back gets the toss and he winds it back.

THE 49ERS VS THE RAMS 2020

THE 49ERS RAN 5 JET SWEEP COMPONENTS FOR 83 YARDS AND A TD AGAINST THE RAMS.

THEY STRETCHED THE FIELD ALL GAME RUNNING JET SWEEP, TOSS, OUTSIDE ZONE-SWING RPO AND MORE.

THEY REALLY BEAT THE RAMS UP ON THE PERIMETER

HERE I WILL SHOW THE 4 JET SWEEPS AND HOW AN EFFECTIVE JET SWEEP OPENED UP THE TIGHT END SCREEN THEY RAN.

5 JET SWEEP COMPONENTS FOR 83 YARDS IS PRETTY EFFICIENT.

Here is the one way they blocked it.

5 clips of Jet components including the screen to Kittle.

New:

11 personnel

Wisconsin uses Jet sweep vs Michigan a very heavy man free team defensively. Michigan spins the secondary with motion, the motion man is picked up by the safety and the other safety spins leaving no alley defender. Wisconsin runs counter for a 76 yard touchdown.

Nice design.

When teams spin it will open up the cut back or run lane the other way.

See it developing as they spin it.

safety spin opens things up.

big run and touchdown.

12 personnel

Jet can be a great play with wide zone or run action the other way if teams are spinning with their safeties.

UCLA Offense:

Jet with wide zone off slice blocking to the opposite side.

Here you get jet motion followed by a slice blocking scheme. Very effective when going against a team that runs man coverage concepts with secondary spinning.

12 slice as they create a void.

Ucla catches the defense spinning.

nice design.

The Safety runs with the motion.

It opens up the running lane the other way.

OT picks up the pressure and they get the ball on the edge vs man coverage.

Good play and execution.

Here's 2 clips of the play. Jet/Slice Zone

12 personnel

Kentucky runs jet sweep to the 12 technique side.

They get an under front and leave the DE in a 9.

Nice scheme and design.

They get the edge sealed.

Nice job reaching the end man on the line of scrimmage.

good play and excellent gain.

College Game

21 personnel

Naked Boot with a 2 man pattern to the tight end side off the jet fake. Very hard route to defend in man coverage.

fake the jet and slip the fb to the flat with the TE corner route.

TE Runs the corner and the fullback is open in the flat. Nice route out of 21.

Good play and execution.

21 The Bears come out in 21 personnel with 2 hb in the game.

run split zone off the Jet motion and get the B gap to be vacated by the LB who bumps to the offensive left with the motion.

fake jet and run split zone.

Nice job on the combos and the RB makes a nice cut as the b gap is wide open.

Leads to a nice 12 yard gain.

13 Personnel

New: The Colts go 13 personnel

They run jet sweep for 37 yards to the tight end wing Side vs a 3-4 cover 2 look. Nice design and sealing the edge for a nice 37 yard gain.

Good scheme out of 13 personnel.

Nice design and #'s on the perimeter.

nice gain.

The 49ers and Rams are 2 teams that use the concept to get an advantage in the run game.

49ERS VS THE GIANTS

Play Action

In the picture below: Mullens is at qb and Reed is the tight end.

Watch the great play action with Mullens and reed, faking the jet to the right , then the wide zone left and hitting the tight end on the crossing route for a 15 yard gain.

The 49ers run a nice screen back to the Jet sweep man. They run it to the same player that goes in motion.

They fake the jet sail concept and set up the screen.

Nice fake and they get some blockers out in front.

Good play and design.

THE RAMS

The Rams use Jet sweep in a variety of ways. They cause problems for defenses because they almost force you to play zone against them in early downs.

1. Jet Sweep

2. Zone running game off it

3. Play action with some half role and boot components

4. Screen game

5. Throwing it to the motion man (Eagles, last video)

The Rams use so much Jet sweep motion and have great success with it. Remember Jet is a motion not a play.

The Rams like it under center for the following reasons:

1. They can run jet and a complimentary run game off it

2. They get great play action off it, freeze lb and create throwing windows. They can also move the qb with some half roll action off it.

3. They are able to dictate coverage which increases your qb efficiency. They get a lot of zone coverage on early downs because if you go man they just run jet which is tough to defend in man. This opens up passing lane windows and routes behind the linebackers because of the soft zone you get.

4. By formation and motions you get reactions from the defense. Either you get secondary rotations or teams will bump the linebackers and cause major cut back lanes and great angles for your offensive line and tight ends. You see this in the 2 clips below.

INSIDE RUN GAME

The first play on this clip. The Rams are in 12 personnel. They line up 2 tight ends in a tight wing formation left with a condensed 2 wr set on the right. They run the inside wr in jet motion.

The Bills bump with their linebackers with the Jet Motion but makes them vulnerable. It allows the Rams to get their Offensive tackle up to the SS which is a mismatch after the tight end comes back and blocks the defensive end. It's a simple inside zone scheme but they create good angles for themselves. The center and right guard combo the nose to the mike lb and have easy blocks due to the Jet Motion.The LG and Lt can just go solo because the play side linebacker jumped outside to play the Jet. An excellent designed run play. 12 yard gain.

2 video clips are shown :

#2 on the clip is explained below

The next play is run out of 11 personnel. The Rams line up in a bunch set with the tight end as the # 3 wr inside. They run jet motion to their left which causes a reaction with the linebackers. They bump and it allows the right guard and right tackle to get a great double team up to the linebacker. The tight end does a great job with a pancake block on the safety and they create great angles for themselves. Look at the centers block on the mike. Well designed play and they get a 14 yard gain.

PLAY ACTION

Now lets look at the play action pass game off the jet sweep action. The Jet sweep zone fake option freezes the linebackers and allows the Rams to throw the ball behind defenses.

Look at the 2 clips below which are vs. the Bills in week 3:

1. The Rams get a cover 2 look out of the Bills. The Bills cb sits and plays the jet motion man, the linebackers have to play run with the inside zone run action and look at the hole in the Bills defense.

2. In the 3rd quarter the Rams run play action off the jet motion. They fake the jet and fake the inside zone and run a flood concept to the side of the jet motion. Bills are in cover 2 and that is a very difficult route concept to cover. Again, because the Rams were having so much success with the run game earlier, this set up the play action later in the game.

JET SWEEP

Rams ran Jet sweep twice for 24 yards against the Bills.

The first play they run it they run it out of 12 personnel, ace formation.

You see the action by the offensive tackle that holds the defensive end and play side linebacker. Zone flow away from this play sells it and the tight end arcs and blocks the strong safety. If the tight end continues his path and blocks the safety it may bring even more yardage.

They run Jet sweep again below. Here you see why Jet is dangerous vs man to man. How if you don't spin the coverage as a secondary you can have major issues in man free vs jet motion. Pro teams are more about match ups while you'll see more college teams bring the safety down and put the cb in centerfield with the motion.

NOTE: The Rams know its man free by dictating coverage and that subtle shift with Kupp. They may not run Jet here if they get zone. But, the shift presnap tells them its man free so they run Jet sweep.

Again, they give the defensive end a zone blocking look so they don't have to block him and they get Kupp on the ss. Woods in space against a cb running across the field is a tough thing for a cb. They know the Bills aren't going to spin it and roll the free safety down and put the cb in the middle of the field so its another big 15 yard gain.

MISDIRECTION

The Jet sweep has always been a great play on the goal line because you get some man coverage down there. The Rams take it to another level with the jet reverse.

Again the Rams dictate coverage with shifting pre snap. Once they get the shift they know its man. So, this is a great play design by the Rams. The Eagles try to spin the coverage. The Rams run an out cut with the wr on the bottom to get him out of the picture and all the misdirection with the Jet sweep make it impossible to defend. The cb is responsible for Woods and never gonna get there. Also, they have a lead blocker with the tight end in 11 personnel.

SCREEN GAME

The Rams also run screens with it. They run the Jet,zone action and just run a simple screen back to the rb. They ran the same play against the Bills in week 3. Same misdirection with traditional screen blocking. The Eagles are in zone coverage and don't do a horrible job sniffing it out. But, the Rams still get the ball out and get 12 yards on it.

The next video shows the Rams running Jet screen to the wr in motion. They Rams dictate the coverage again and run it vs zone coverage. Just that subtle motion tells them its zone. They do a good job getting out on it and hit the Cowboys for a big gain. They run it to perfection with both guards and the center getting down field for a 30 yard gain.

The 2nd time they run screen vs the Cowboys they do it with the running back. Again, they fake the jet, inside run game off it and hit the running back for a big game. You see how well they package the plays and make it very difficult to defend.

Play action

Eagles fake the jet motion and hit the tight end on the deep over route vs the giants. Giants in zone coverage and all the window dressing motion opens up the middle of the field.

They jet the motion man back the other way as giants are in zone.

Jet motion confuses the giants as it opens the dover route over the middle.

The RB to the flat opens the middle of the field as they get the vertical stretch they want on the play.

Nice 15 yard gain to the tight end on the play

THROW THE BALL TO THE JET MAN!

The Eagles do something I don't wonder why more teams do it and that's to throw the ball to the wr in the Jet Motion. #1 -most teams ignore him. #2 It frees up the wr for some vertical routes- deep out post corner, etc because the cb can't hang on #1.

Packers 3 clips with Jet Motion-all playactions vs Saints.

Now you see the Packers run it.

#1They fake the jet sweep, inside zone and boot and hit the wr coming across behind the formation

#2 They fake jet and zone and stay in the pocket this time and He hits the tight end.

#3 They fake jet sweep, inside zone and boot and hit the deep 9 with the dover route. They slowed the Saints good pass rush with the jet fake and zone action.

3 Packers Jet Clips below:

Here the Cardinals run Jet Sweep wheel route vs. The Seahawks cover 3

Nice route and adjustment

Nie route and adjustment vs cover 3

Good play and execution.

The 49ers run do so many things and really do a great job moving their qb with play action, designed boots and really make average qb look really good. They don't have the greatest weapons at wr and tight end but they are so good schematically. They do have a great offensive line and really make the most out of their personnel.

jet sweep vs the Giants 3-4 defense.

They leave the 5 technique unblocked, seal the perimeter and pick up 9 yards vs. The Giants.

The next 2 plays are variations of Jet. The 1st is play action where they get jet action one way, outside zone the other and then hit the tight end over the middle.

The 2nd jet play action is a boot where all action, the jet and half back fake all goes the one way and they try to hit the wr behind the line of scrimmage with 2 crossing routes.

The giants do a good job collisioning the wr coming across and disrupting the play. Good play design but good execution by the giants.

The Packers run the Jet Sweep against the vikings. They don't block the play side defensive end because they are in a 4-3 and the Packers show zone the other way. The 5 technique is not a factor and it allows them to go 2x2 with the tight end on the play side lb and the wr on the cb.

Good design by the Packers.