Signature skill
Marshawn Lynch
Balance through contact
Absorb first contact without narrowing the base, use the free arm to separate and immediately re-accelerate before the next tackler arrives.
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Marshawn Lynch · Signature skill
Balance through contact
Learn the repeatable technique inside Beast Quake, then open the player and full game behind it.
How it works
1 · The setup
Press the intended gap long enough to compress pursuit, keeping the runner's pads square and feet underneath him.
2 · The execution
Absorb first contact without narrowing the base, use the free arm to separate and immediately re-accelerate before the next tackler arrives.
3 · The counter
Defenders must gang-tackle and surrender pursuit angles, creating cutback lanes and play-action opportunities elsewhere.
Wild Card
2010NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
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JAN 8, 2011
New Orleans Saints vs Seattle Seahawks
Wild Card · Jan 8, 2011
See it in a historic game
Beast Quake
NFC Wild Card · fourth-quarter upset · 2010
Lynch's run sealed a massive upset and became the definitive visual expression of his violent, balance-through-contact style.
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