1. Spread the linemen and/or linebackers.
2. Crash the line out.
3. Have the safeties force the run back inside, with Cover 4.
4. Have the Corners force the run back inside with Cover 2 Hard Flat.
5. Have a Safety in the box force the run back inside with certain Cover 3, ones that have the in the box safety in a hard flat zone work well.
6. Blitz corners and safeties enough to present a legitimate threat.
7. Come out in 3-4 and 3-4 related(5-2, 3-3-5, 3-3-5 Wide) to take advantage of big run stopping interior defensive lineman while letting the OLBs just worry about setting the edge and forcing the run inside.
8. Have run stopping packages where more run stoppers are on the field than usual.
9. Find and use run support corners and safeties. They are cheap and easy to find because few people value them.
10. Make sure the MLB or LOLB(the Mike and Sam) have high block shed and impact block along with the usual pursuit and tackling. Shift the defense to help the weaker LBs in case the play attacks their side head on.

Always check a play's run fit to see how it defends the run.

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I'd rather complain about it passive aggressively mid-game and not change what I'm doing