If you want to know the secret to turning a good play into a great play, it often just takes a little bit of extra effort. Not from the runner but the players around him. Just in the way run defense is an 11-man job, run blocking often requires the entire team, not just the offensive line.
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ performance Sunday night against the New York Jets was proof of that. A team effort of players, especially the Steelers’ receivers, putting their hand in the pile and doing the little thing to give the runner that little bit more room.