The first complimentary play off of the Jet Sweep is the second phase of the play, which is the FB running either the straight Dive or Trap or the Jet Ice, which is an off-tackle isolation play. With the Dive, the play begins with the same Jet motion, however, this time the QB will fake to the Jet back. Fakes in the Jet Series are many times “proximity” fakes meaning that the appearance of two players crossing paths is all that occurs to give the illusion of a fake. With the Jet Sweep fake, the QB doesn’t necessarily have to ride the Jet back. The QB will reverse pivot and doesn’t even need to extend the ball to the Jet back. The Jet back, however, is taught to open the pocket and roll over the shoulder to give the illusion that he has just received the ball. The Jet back must run the play as if he has the ball. He will continue running at full speed appearing to have the ball in the outside arm and will run from the hash to the numbers to the sideline…just like the Jet Sweep! Crossing the QB while he has reverse pivoted is all the defense needs to see to get them moving as if the play was the Jet Sweep.
After the fake, the QB will now give the ball to the FB who has run his appropriate path. He will hit up over the center if running the Dive and will take a lateral step and run off tackle on the Ice. The OL still blocks the dive as a zone play but will not track on the backside. We have the FB understand that, most likely, he will receive the ball and cut back behind the block of the center. (See Diagram 2)
You may wish to block the play as a trap as seen in Diagram 3. The action of all backs is still the same; the difference now is the OL will block an inside trap. We’ve drawn the play up versus a 4-3. The first player outside of the playside A gap will be trapped. Once again, we drill the FB on receiving the handoff and then bending back behind the pursuit towards the Jet Sweep.
Another FB play off of the Jet action is the Jet Ice (See Diagram 4). Again, the play begins with the Jet Sweep fake. This time the FB will take a lateral step and the play is blocked like an Iso. The wingback (labeled Z in Diagram 4) will become the isolation blocker working inside of the TE and coming up on the playside LB. The FB reads the block of the wingback. The Ice is a great call when teams begin to overplay the Jet Sweep.
Watch video at www.football-freak.com for examples of both the Jet Dive and the Jet Ice. The first two plays are the Ice and are not blocked well, as you’ll see, but hopefully you get an idea of how the play is supposed to work. The second two plays are the straight up Dive.
Next in the Series, we’ll take a look at the Jet Toss, another great way to get the ball to the perimeter.
Time to Jet…
The Freak