Counter Trey is a difficult run to stop because of the natural angles in the blocking scheme and the downhill attack. Add a little bit of deception in the backfield and the defense will have a hard time maintaining their run fits. Counter trey with jet motion is a great wrinkle because of the split flow action and the horizontal stress that it puts on the defense.
Here are a few wrinkles of using Counter trey with jet motion, and how you can easily incorporate them into your offense. These are simple ways to get your best athletes the football in space with a potential numbers advantage.
Counter Trey with Jet Motion Series
Counter Trey Sweep Fake
| LT | Down Block on the Nose looking to climb to BSB |
| LG | Down block on the Nose with help from the LT |
| C | Down block on the DT |
| RG | Pull and kick out the DE |
| RT | Wrap inside the RG for the PSB |
| A | Fast motion and sell sweep |
| QB | Bring A in motion. Ball needs to be called up by the time he gets to the LT. Punch Sweep fake and get to the Mesh |
| RB | Counter step to the right to sell sweep and then come back to the mesh point |
Counter Trey Slip RPO
| LT | Down Block on the Nose looking to climb to BSB |
| LG | Down block on the Nose with help from the LT |
| C | Down block on the DT |
| RG | Pull and kick out the DE |
| RT | Wrap inside the RG for the PSB |
| A | Fast motion and then into the flat at the LOS to 1 yard. |
| QB | Bring A in motion. Ball needs to be called up by the time he gets to the LT. Punch Sweep fake and get to the Mesh. Read the BSDE and if it’s a pull then keep and get eyes on 2nd read (Alley player). Throw it into the flat or tuck and run. |
| RB | Counter step to the right to sell sweep and then come back to the mesh point |
Q Counter Sweep Read
| LT | Down Block on the Nose looking to climb to BSB |
| LG | Down block on the Nose with help from the LT |
| C | Down block on the DT |
| RG | Pull and kick out the DE |
| RT | Wrap inside the RG for the PSB |
| A | Fast motion and run down the QB’s toes for Sweep |
| QB | Bring A in motion. Ball needs to be called up by the time he gets to the LT. QB gets one shuffle while reading the BSDE. If he’s inside then give to A on the sweep. If he’s upfield or outside then keep and run Counter Trey. |
| RB | Lead block for the Sweep and look for first color that shows up in the Alley |