End run

Most option 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, in Star 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] When faced with an opposing team using the end run, one requires three things to stop it: outside containment (from say a cornerback), defense of the cutback (from say a defensive end), and a safety (to defend the halfback pass).