Beast Quake

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Marshawn Lynch (# 24) during the Beast Quake run

As Beast Quake best move is in an  NFL - Wild Card playoff game on January 8, 2011 between the Seattle Seahawks  and the  New Orleans Saints called.

The play took place in the fourth quarter when Marshawn Lynch , the   Seahawks running back , broke nine tackles and  ran 67 yards to a winning  touchdown . The name of the play comes from Lynch's nickname "Beast Mode" and the weak earthquake ( English earth quake ) triggered by the cheers of the fans , which was recorded by a  seismograph .

background

The Saints earned the 5th place in the NFC playoffs, which they played in the  wild cards  . The previous season's Super Bowl champion had won eleven wins in sixteen games in the regular season, making them second for  NFC South . The Seattle Seahawks, on the other hand, won  NFC West with seven wins in sixteen games, making them the first team in NFL history to reach the playoffs as division winners, despite having more defeats than wins in the regular season . The two teams had already met in the eleventh week of the regular season in New Orleans , when the Saints had clearly won 34:19. The Saints were therefore a clear favorite.

Two early mistakes by the Seahawks gave the Saints a 10-point lead. First, Olindo Mare shot the opening kick off, allowing the Saints to start the game at their 40-yard line. New Orleans came up to Seattle's 8- yard line in the following series of attacks , but only finished there with a field goal . In the Seahawks 'subsequent attack, Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck threw   an interception that was carried to Seattle's 35-yard line by New Orleans' Jabari Greer. The Saints completed the following attack with a touchdown, which is why they led 10-0 after completing point after touchdown .

After Seattle's fullback Michael Robinson carried the Saints short kickoff 18 yards back to the 43-yard line, the Seahawks began a 57-yard drive that ended with an 11-yard touchdown pass from Hasselbeck to tight end John Carlson . The Saints countered with an 83-yard drive, which ended with a 5-yard touchdown run by Julius Jones , who had been sacked by the Seahawks at the beginning of the season, and again allowed the Saints a 10-point lead. The Seahawks' next drive ended with Hasselbeck's second touchdown pass to Carlos, which reduced the result to 17:14. After several punts, Jones fumbled the ball for a tackle from Raheem Brock , captured by Seattle's linebacker David Hawthorne at the Saints' 18-yard line. The following attack by the Seahawks ended with a field goal from Mare, which equalized the score.

With a remaining time of 1:15 minutes in the second quarter, Hasselbeck threw a 45-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Stokley , which gave Seattle the first 24:17 lead in this game. Shortly before the end of the first half, the Saints shortened to 24:20 after a field goal. It was only the second play-off game in NFL history in which both teams scored 20 points or more in the first two quarters.

The Seahawks increased their lead to 31:20 in the first attack series of the second half. After the Seahawks forced the Saints to punt , the Seattle team extended their lead to 34:20 after a 39-yard field goal from Mare. After both teams punt once, the New Orleans team got the ball back on their 13-yard line. From there they started a series of attacks that ended with the second touchdown of the game by Jones, whereby the new score was 34:27 with 13:11 minutes remaining. After Seattle did not gain the necessary space in the following attack, Jon Ryan came onto the field, whose punt was carried to the 44-yard line of the Saints. In the following attack, the Saints of Seattle's Defense were only stopped at Seattle's 3-yard line, from where the Saints shortened to 34:30 with a field goal. After an exchange of punts, Seattle got the ball with 4:20 minutes remaining. On the first move, Lynch was stopped for no space gain. The Seahawks stood in front of a 2nd and 10 on their own 33-yard line and had to defend their four-point lead for a win with 3:38 minutes remaining.

The run

Beast Quake animation

With her offense on the field, play 17 Power , a power run , was called for the first time in this game. The offense stood in an I formation , with tight end Carlson to the left and fullback Michael Robinson to the left. The defense of the Saints was in a 2-5 "under" formation , so they put a linebacker in addition to the line of scrimmage and Strong Safety Roman Harper was moved forward, which now eight players near the line of scrimmage stood. Hasselbeck then instructed wide receiver Ben Obomanu to switch from the right to the left. After the snap , Seattle right guard Mike Gibson also ran to the left.

Seattle chose hand-to-hand blocking for this move. Carlson was supposed to block New Orleans linebacker Jo-Lonn Dunbar , left tackle Russell Okung defensive end Will Smith and Obomanu was in charge of Harper. Left guard Tyler Polumbus and center Chris Spencer should set the block against defensive tackle Remi Ayodele and ideally push it into linebacker Scott Shanle . Robinson was supposed to push forward and block New Orleans middle linebacker Jonathan Vilma so Gibson would be free and run in front of Lynch and push away unblocked defenders. In the meantime, on the right side of the formation right tackle Sean Locklear should take the defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis out of play and only defensive end Alex Brown would be unblocked on the left wing.

Route from Beast Quake

As the move developed, New Orleans was successful in thwarting the blocking. Dunbar pushed Carlson back, preventing Gibson from reaching the attack site. Polumbus and Spencer were able to push Ayodele away, but neither was able to turn away from Ayodele and block Shanle, who closed the gap created by the offensive line . Lynch later recalled in an interview: “I saw the guard coming and in my head I thought about turning around and walking around outside. But for some reason I still ran forward. ”Instead of running behind Gibson, Lynch ran between Gibson and Robinson and found Shanle unblocked on the line of scrimmage. If Shanle had successfully completed the tackle here, Lynch would only have gained 2 yards of space. Instead, Lynch broke Shanle's tackle while simultaneously shaking off Smith and Ellis's grips. When Lynch broke through the defensive line, Ayodele and Saints Safety Darren Sharper attempted to pull Lynch down at the same time, but were also unsuccessful. Cornerback Jabari Greer was able to grab Lynch from behind and tried to reach around him, but could not hang on to him. Lynch then ran towards the right touchline, where he was followed by cornerback Tracy Porter , but he was able to fend off with a stiff arm . Brown rushed on Lynch's heels but fell short. Finally, Harper, who had previously been blocked by Polumbus, tried a final tackle just before the end zone, but was also unsuccessful. Already partying, Lynch jumped backwards into the end zone , stretching the ball up with his right hand, grabbing his crotch with his left hand for the touchdown.

consequences

With a remaining time of 112 seconds, Saints quarterback Drew Brees threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Henderson, but could not complete the two-point conversion successfully, making it 41:36 for Seattle. With the capture of an onside kick by Carlson, Seattle secured victory as they could now run out of time.

Brees scored 404 yards and two touchdowns in the game. He threw 60 passes, 39 of which were caught, which was a postseason record. Jones became the first player to score a post-season touchdown against a team that sacked him during the season. Lynch ran 131 yards and a touchdown for Seattle in the game, while never running more than 100 yards in any regular season game. With the win, the Seahawks increased their overall record to 8 wins from 9 losses, making them the first team in NFL history to win a play-off game with a negative overall record. The Beast Quake is seen as a career change for Marshawn Lynch, who has run more than 1,000 yards each season since then. It was later found that the activity and noise of cheering fans at Qwest Field over Lynch's touchdown was so great that the nearby  Pacific Northwest Seismic Network recorded a small quake. The following week, the Seahawks lost their game in the NFC Divisional Playoffs against the Chicago Bears 24:35, in which Lynch only ran 2 yards in 4 runs.

During a 2014 away game against the Arizona Cardinals , Lynch ran a similar run that shook off several defenders. This 79-yard touchdown run, the longest in Lynch's career, was dubbed the Beast Quake 2.0 by the press , although no earthquake was recorded.

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  1. ↑ a b c d PLAY BY PLAY. Retrieved October 23, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b c Mike Sando: Breaking down Marshawn Lynch's big run. In: ESPN.com. January 9, 2011, accessed October 24, 2015 .
  3. ↑ a b c Brock Huard: Chalk Talk - Marshawn Lynch's TD run. (Video) January 13, 2011, accessed October 24, 2015 .
  4. ↑ NFL Films Presents: Beast mode. (Video) NFL Films, accessed on October 24, 2014 (English): “So I see the guard coming around, and in my head, I'm thinking, backside a gap. But for some reason, it carried me to the front side. "
  5. ↑ Tim Booth: Seattle stuns New Orleans 41-36 in NFL playoffs. January 8, 2011, accessed October 23, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Christina Reed: Seahawks' Seismic 12th Man. In: discovery.com. January 14, 2011, accessed October 22, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Seahawks vs. Bears. In: espn.go.com. ESPN, accessed October 22, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Nick Easton: Seahawks' Marshawn Lynch channels' Beast Quake 'run with 79-yard touchdown against Cardinals. In: seattlepi.com. Seattle Post-Intelligencer , December 21, 2014, accessed October 26, 2015 .