For a brief couple of moments Sunday night against the Miami Dolphins, the Pittsburgh Steelers found some semblance of a running game. They leaned on one scheme for a couple of decent runs. To the coaching staff’s credit, they’ve thrown a lot at the wall to try and jumpstart their run game. Not much has worked but against the Dolphins, their G-Lead run scheme produced promising results.
So what’s G Lead? That’s power/gap run with the frontside guard pulling. Traditionally, the backside guard pulls but on G-Lead, it’s the guard to the run side. Here’s the first and best example.