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run the traps
 v. phr.— «We ran the traps and repeated a couple of passes about five times. Simple, basic passes that we had in.» —“Harbaugh is Ditka’s man” by Fred Mitchell Chicago Tribune Oct. 31, 1989. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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