JOE DANIEL / NOVEMBER 27, 2025

We Can’t Run the Ball Effectively | FBCP S19E17

The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

We Can’t Run the Ball Effectively

JOE DANIEL / NOVEMBER 27, 2025

We Can’t Run the Ball Effectively | FBCP S19E17

The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

We Can’t Run the Ball Effectively

The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

We Cant Stop Dual-Threat QBs

The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

We Cant Stop Dual-Threat QBs

In football, the run game is the foundation of MOST offensive schemes… and rightly so. Ball control, time control, game tempo control all belong to those who can run the ball. So much so that if it isn’t working for you, you may find yourself in the losing column more often than you’d like.

In this episode Joe Daniel and Daniel Chamberlain discuss the importance of the timing of your run plays, how you can work within your playbook and get plays to break out, and finding ways to increase your yards per carry without adding talent to your team.

Understanding and Coaching the Timing of a Run Play

  • Build around your OL, to minimize the amount of time they need to block
  • Your 160 lb OG can’t block the same as an NFL OG can. You need to make plays time out to let your athlete work, and your OL not look foolish.
  • Alignment and footwork of the backfield may be the most important

How to Adjust Your Existing Run Plays to Break Out

  • Alignment and timing are key pieces here, if you’re not already focusing on it
  • Your snaps need to be consistent… or consistently bad. If not, they’ll throw off your run game
  • Align to perform and smart splits
  • You have to understand what the defense is trying to do, and have a game plan that defeats it. Different fronts need to be blocked different ways
  • Protect your base

Find Ways to Increase the Yards per Carry without Giving Out NIL Money

  • The difference between an 8 yd gain and a 20 yd gain is the blocking ability of your WRs
  • Players over plays

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