Run the ball against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday at FirstEnergy Stadium.

Run the ball a lot.

Run the ball right from the start of the game.

Run the ball in the second quarter.

Run the ball in the third quarter.

Run the ball in the fourth quarter.

Run the ball in overtime, if it comes to that.

Run the ball – stay with it, be committed, determined, persistent and persevering — even when there are some negative plays.

Run the ball up the middle.

Run the ball off-tackle.

Run the ball wide to the outside, left and right.

Run the ball with the tried-and-true plays in the playbook.

Run the ball with some new plays installed during the week.

I’m hoping, I’m praying and I might even light some candles at church so that the Browns run the ball early and often.

It’s later in the year – the time when AFC North teams need to be able to run the ball in home games in the nasty weather – so the Browns need to get it going on the ground.

Remember how good they looked running the ball in last Sunday’s 38-24 loss to the Detroit Lions? That wasn’t a mirage. It happened. And it can happen again. It should happen again – and again and again and again.

If I have one criticism of Browns head coach Hue Jackson – a guy I like a lot, I should point out – it’s that he bails out of the running game way, way, way too early. If it doesn’t work right away – or even sometimes when it does – he seems too inclined to throw the ball.

I get it to a certain degree in that Hue calls passes because he wants to find out what rookie quarterback DeShone Kizer can do.

But what Jackson is forgetting is that what Kizer can do – what any quarterback can do – is predicated greatly by how well his team runs the football. No quarterback – not even the great ones, and especially not rookies – play well when the running game isn’t working and he’s constantly in second- and third-and-long situations.

But for the running game to work, it has to be used. Patience is a virtue, and Hue needs to be much, much more of a virtuous man, and a virtuous play-caller.

Why? Because the running game wears down defenses, which really pays dividends late in games. That’s why.

Yes, I know that the Jaguars have a great run defense, but the Browns are at home, they’re 0-9 and they have nothing to lose. And if the Browns ever want to get good again, then they’re going to have to run the ball often, well and at FirstEnergy Stadium.

Are you listening, Hue Jackson?

We’ll find out soon enough.