The jet sweep is a play where a receiver or running back comes in motion and takes the handoff from the quarterback as quickly as possible. The play is timed up so that the exchan… See more

Many coaches use the play not just to get the ball to the edge in a hurry, but because of all the other things that it allows an offenseto run. If a defense sees the jet motion an… See more

The first question we asked was about the specifics of handing the ball off on the jet sweep: Q: How do you coach up the exchange/mesh? Do you hand it off, do you read it, do … See more

We hand it off, no read, no pass. We time out the motion so the jet sweep player is over the tackle at the snap and our QB simply catches the snap, extends the ball straight ou… See more

We are blessed with some truly fast guys on the outside and we try to find ways to get the ball in their hands other than passing the ball to them. The jet sweep has been an ea… See more