In early January of 2012, then-broadcast analyst Jon Gruden was perplexed at what he was seeing on the field in front of him.
“Well it’s an interesting play out of the shotgun,” Gruden explained to play-by-play man Mike Tirico on the broadcast. “I think it’s snapped right back to Geno Smith who just flips it like a volleyball to [Tavon] Austin.”
“How cool is this play,” Ron Jawarski added in the second quarter after Tavon Austin scored for his third time on it. “I mean, you talk about creativity.”
This play, a variation of the traditional jet sweep, was ingenious for two reasons.