GO SEAHAWKS!

[MickZagger]

Pretty much every great run features a number of people who could have tackled the ball-carrier. If he goes untouched, it wasn't a great run because the ball-carrier didn't have to do anything (and, again, you could complain that it was terrible defense not to ever get in position to make a tackle).

As with all great runs, it was a mix of defensive miscues and a great job by the running back.

I disagree. Breaking tackles by using strength, either by using a good stiff arm or just lowering the shoulder is a great run. But, the Saints weren't even attempting to wrap him up. It looked like Tracey Porter was trying to hold him up so they could strip the ball.

I guarantee that when the defense got back to the bench they got an earful from the coaching staff.

 

[ABM]

C'mon, Eagles! (The Packers are beginning to scare me a bit....)

 

[RoyToy]

You can try and downplay it all you want by calling it bad tackling but Beast Mode isn't an easy guy to tackle anyways and he gave that one dude a nasty stiff arm/shove.

Get off me, son.

Anyways, looks like Seahawks vs Bears next week in Chicago. Seattle already beat them there this season and Cutler was sacked more times than any other QB in football this year. Seattle sacked him 6 times in their meeting.

Bring it.

 

[ABM]

Anyways, looks like Seahawks vs Bears next week in Chicago.

Not so fast, my friend. Still ain't over..... (wow, too bad dude stepped out of bounds prior to catching that 2-point conversion.)

 

[ABM]

Crap, Vick limping now.

 

[MickZagger]

You can try and downplay it all you want by calling it bad tackling but Beast Mode isn't an easy guy to tackle anyways and he gave that one dude a nasty stiff arm/shove.

Get off me, son.

Anyways, looks like Seahawks vs Bears next week in Chicago. Seattle already beat them there this season and Cutler was sacked more times than any other QB in football this year. Seattle sacked him 6 times in their meeting.

Bring it.

Good tackling would have been Tracey Porter going after his legs or mid-section.

A count of hands, how many of you played football? Identifying good tackling from shitty tackling isn't that difficult.

 

[ABM]

Ok, here we go...the drive for the ballgame (no thanks to Ayers).

 

[ABM]

Crap. Game over.

Pack @ Falcons next Saturday - 5 PM PST.

Should be a doozy.

 

[RoyToy]

Good tackling would have been Tracey Porter going after his legs or mid-section.

A count of hands, how many of you played football? Identifying good tackling from shitty tackling isn't that difficult.

First of all, no one called it good tackling or that it wasn't bad tackling.

Second of all, go back and watch the run. Guys went for his legs and still didn't tackle him. #33 basically had a hold of his leg but Marshawn ran through it because he's a beast. Even before that he ran through some leg tackles.

Great run.

 

[44Thrilla]

You don't think it was bad tackling? You ever play football?

Yeah, considering they didn't actually tackle him, I would say it was bad tackling. Why does that make it a bad run? You're acting pathetic. Give the guy credit for completing a long, contested TD run in a very meaningful game. It's something we rarely see.

And yes, I played HS football, why the hell does that matter?

 

[44Thrilla]

BTW, to the people who complained about the Hawks having an unfair advantage with a home game, they were the only home team to win a game this weekend.

 

[tlongII]

Great weekend of football. Every underdog won if I'm not mistaken.

 

[MickZagger]

Yeah, considering they didn't actually tackle him, I would say it was bad tackling. Why does that make it a bad run? You're acting pathetic. Give the guy credit for completing a long, contested TD run in a very meaningful game. It's something we rarely see.

And yes, I played HS football, why the hell does that matter?

If you played you understand the nuances of the game better than those who didn't. Like the difference between good tackling and shotty tackling. Technique is very important.

 

[tlongII]

Great weekend of football. Every underdog won if I'm not mistaken.

Actually I think the Ravens were favored.

 

[44Thrilla]

If you played you understand the nuances of the game better than those who didn't. Like the difference between good tackling and shotty tackling. Technique is very important.

Watch any NFL game and you will see the same tackling efforts made in that play, over and over. Yet somehow you don't see guys busting through and weaving around an entire defense on a single running play very often.

 

[tlongII]

I played football. It was bad tackling, but it was also a great run.

 

[44Thrilla]

CBs are almost always bad tacklers

 

[Minstrel]

I disagree. Breaking tackles by using strength, either by using a good stiff arm or just lowering the shoulder is a great run. But, the Saints weren't even attempting to wrap him up. It looked like Tracey Porter was trying to hold him up so they could strip the ball.

Your "disagreement" implies that I think the Saints did a good job of tackling, which I don't. But pretty much every run has examples of bad tackling, in form and/or execution. Part of the run was poor tackling, part of it was him being too strong for the tackles attempted. And even if Porter went too high, the stiff arm he received was still epic.

I'd go so far as to say that it's practically impossible for a running back to break a long run with every defender doing exactly the right thing. Defenders fucking up provides the opportunity, but it takes a great play by the running back (or the offensive line) to turn that opportunity into a run like Lynch turned in. That one wasn't the offensive line.

 

[MickZagger]

Your "disagreement" implies that I think the Saints did a good job of tackling, which I don't. But pretty much every run has examples of bad tackling, in form and/or execution. Part of the run was poor tackling, part of it was him being too strong for the tackles attempted. And even if Porter went too high, the stiff arm he received was still epic.

I'd go so far as to say that it's practically impossible for a running back to break a long run with every defender doing exactly the right thing. Defenders fucking up provides the opportunity, but it takes a great play by the running back (or the offensive line) to turn that opportunity into a run like Lynch turned in. That one wasn't the offensive line.

I disagree. I see great runs all the time with players breaking what could be good tackling techniques. None of which were presented in that run. A great run in my eyes usually involves the ability to be great at making players miss in open field type situations. In the case of Lynch, it looked like at that point in the game once he had busted off the original 10 yards that the Saints defense was focused on keeping him up and attempting to strip the ball from him.

Like I said, I guarantee that Gregg Williams chewed some ass of some defensive players once they got back to the sideline. There was no excuse to give up that long run. Porter goes for Lynch's legs and he gets the tackle instead of getting the wicked stiff arm.

 

[Natebishop3]

Your "disagreement" implies that I think the Saints did a good job of tackling, which I don't. But pretty much every run has examples of bad tackling, in form and/or execution. Part of the run was poor tackling, part of it was him being too strong for the tackles attempted. And even if Porter went too high, the stiff arm he received was still epic.

I'd go so far as to say that it's practically impossible for a running back to break a long run with every defender doing exactly the right thing. Defenders fucking up provides the opportunity, but it takes a great play by the running back (or the offensive line) to turn that opportunity into a run like Lynch turned in. That one wasn't the offensive line.

I think Barry Sanders was a great example of someone who just plain and simply made guys miss. Short of being amazing themselves, it was hard to catch that fast little bastard. Lynch's run was obviously more of a Jerome Bettis type run though.

 

[ABM]

Lynch's run was obviously more of a Jerome Bettis type run though.

Yeah, and NO made it look like trying to stop logs from rolling down a hillside.

 

[44Thrilla]

I think Barry Sanders was a great example of someone who just plain and simply made guys miss. Short of being amazing themselves, it was hard to catch that fast little bastard. Lynch's run was obviously more of a Jerome Bettis type run though.

Oh, so Lynch cannot be compared to the most talented/entertaining player in NFL history? I concede to you on that.

 

[44Thrilla]

Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch did more than just score one of the best touchdowns in the history of football Saturday against the Saints.

He also caused an earthquake.

OK, maybe “earthquake” is an exaggeration, but the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network recorded a small tremor near Qwest Field at exactly 4:43 p.m. Saturday, just as Lynch was reeling off his incredible 67-yard run, presumably meaning the run got the crowd jumping up and down screaming to such an extent that the earth moved.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/10/marshawn-lynch-touchdown-caused-an-earthquake/

 

[Minstrel]

I think Barry Sanders was a great example of someone who just plain and simply made guys miss. Short of being amazing themselves, it was hard to catch that fast little bastard. Lynch's run was obviously more of a Jerome Bettis type run though.

Barry Sanders is one of the few players that I could say was an exception. Sanders was almost magical in his ability to make guys miss. I made the "Barry Sanders exception" in an earlier post. :/

 

[Natebishop3]

Oh, so Lynch cannot be compared to the most talented/entertaining player in NFL history? I concede to you on that.

The most talented/entertaining player in NFL history was Craig "Iron Head" Heyward and his Zest bodywash commercial.

 

[Sex Panther]

The most talented/entertaining player in NFL history was Craig "Iron Head" Heyward and his Zest bodywash commercial.

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[Natebishop3]

[video=youtube;H7LHVSoC57U]

Oh shit! You found it! I looked around and nothing came up when I typed in his name. There was actually a petition out from some of his fans to Proctor & Gamble to get them to re-release it.

 

[Sex Panther]

A rep will suffice, good sir.

 

[The Professional Fan]

It's certainly one of the best stiff arms I've ever seen. Great run. Bad tackling. Huge moment of the game. Go Hawks.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]