Running Backs

Set Up An Explosive H Post Pump

Set Up An Explosive H Post Pump

by FirstDown PlayBook on Dec 28, 2025

You do not have Christian McCaffrey to run your option routes. This H Post Pump is still a way to use your backs more in the passing game....

Throw It To Your Best Football Player

Throw It To Your Best Football Player

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 10, 2025

Coaches love to say "Players make plays" but do some do enough to get their best football player the ball so that this can happen?...

Don’t Forget Your Running Back

Don’t Forget Your Running Back

by FirstDown PlayBook on May 3, 2023

There is a good chance that your Running Back is the best football player on your team. Don't forget to throw it to them in your 7on7 work....

Dalvin Cook Makes Something Out Of Nothing

Dalvin Cook Makes Something Out Of Nothing

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 19, 2020

When you're Dalvin Cook, you're not just looking to eliminate the negative play, you're looking to turn even the ugliest start to a play into a big gain....

If An NFL Running Back Can’t Do This… They Can’t Start.

If An NFL Running Back Can’t Do This… They Can’t Start

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 30, 2020

We have seen fights almost break out in NFL draft meetings over whether we should draft a running back who had questionable protection capabilities....