Ingridiron football, anend run is a running play in which the player carrying the ball tries to avoid beingtackled by running outside the end (or flank) of theoffensive line.[1] It is distinct from adive, which is a run "up the middle", or anoff-tackle run, which is a run through the inside gap created by theoffensive tackle. Mostoption offenses are based on the end run.[2]
Colloquially, and in a metaphorical sense it has come to mean an attempt to avoid a difficult situation by dodging it without confronting it directly, or to attempt to circumvent someone's authority by appealing to a different authority.[3] For example, inStar Trek: The Next Generation,William Riker states: "You need to take it to the Captain, fine – through me. You do an end run around me again, I'll snap you back so hard you'll think you're a first-year cadet again."[4]
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When faced with an opposing team using the end run, one requires three things to stop it: outside containment (from say acornerback), defense of thecutback (from say adefensive end), and asafety (to defend thehalfback pass).[2][5]
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