When an NFL team integrates a new offensive scheme, most of the attention goes to the passing game.
But it’s just as important to understand what a team wants to do in the run game.
To casual fans, every run play might look the same: just one guy carrying a ball through a giant pile of guys pushing each other. In reality, there is so much nuance in the midst of what looks like a chaotic blob of humanity.
There is a wide variety of schematic philosophies that teams can use to run the football.