Go to run when you have to run it?

Just wondering what people are thinking if your running the ball and your opponent knows it'll be a run what you can go to that has reliable blocking because I haven't found anything. I can run goaline zone against a dime front and lose 3 yards it's insane.

CarpeDiemCras88 said:

Just wondering what people are thinking if your running the ball and your opponent knows it'll be a run what you can go to that has reliable blocking because I haven't found anything. I can run goaline zone against a dime front and lose 3 yards it's insane.

Run game is absolutely brutal this year.  I haven't really found anything truly reliable... however, as with many/most things, it depends.  For example, IF you find yourself facing an opponent who refuses to get out of Dollar, especially ones running Match coverage to take advantage of the new Box Logic coverage checks, well... you can basically force their hand by spamming Duo, from the Bunch Strong Offset formation.

Your O-line will force a couple double-teams on the interior, enabling you to scamper for 5-10+ yards with a chance to potentially break something wide open for a big gain.  Unfortunately it's somewhat situational, but the best I can offer at the moment.  Prior to this i was just running whatever Stretch RPO play I could find, trying to get my TE and FB to help lead the way and get me to the outside edge... but wasn't particularly reliable.

Inside zones always work well and stretch plays. 
 

Inside zones out of a gun set, try to bounce to the outside once you get through the line, juke works well. Often you can take it to the house.

peatrick said:

Run game is absolutely brutal this year.  I haven't really found anything truly reliable... however, as with many/most things, it depends.  For example, IF you find yourself facing an opponent who refuses to get out of Dollar, especially ones running Match coverage to take advantage of the new Box Logic coverage checks, well... you can basically force their hand by spamming Duo, from the Bunch Strong Offset formation.

Your O-line will force a couple double-teams on the interior, enabling you to scamper for 5-10+ yards with a chance to potentially break something wide open for a big gain.  Unfortunately it's somewhat situational, but the best I can offer at the moment.  Prior to this i was just running whatever Stretch RPO play I could find, trying to get my TE and FB to help lead the way and get me to the outside edge... but wasn't particularly reliable.

have to agree with this. Duo is my favorite run this year.

The best run I found for me has been qb zone outta the seattle playbook. Tebow was a master at that play lol

Entheogenuser420 said:

The best run I found for me has been qb zone outta the seattle playbook. Tebow was a master at that play lol

And any wide zone/ stretch has been the best but it’s sad when qb zone is my best run play lol

I have more success running from shotgun pistol.  Off tackle, read options seem to do well.  Having typed that..if my opponent knows it will be a run...I pass it.

Any read option play really main out of trips te or gun bunch str. Most people play on conservative option so at least there's one guy who takes himself out the play. But still watch that de, if he comes crashing down just hold a and you qb is free for a good 20 yard run. The rest of the defence just goes after the rb for a second or 2. And the blocking out of bunch formations is pretty good at times. Not reliable but good.

Its a 3 te set i forget the formation name but its the one where all 3 te's come out lined up on the right. 

Run stretch but flip to the weak side. If they dont slide the line or user the weak side its easy money.

I love running power from formations people expect stretch such as pistols U-Trips and Pistol Strong with the fullback offset to the TE side.

Depends on the D they are running. Stretches are good, but i form weak can work too.

The real key is calling plays throughout the game that don't make your 2nd half calls predictable: runs to either side on balanced formations, play actions out of the same formations as your runs, not just run plays on 1st down etc