Advertisement

Which is Marshawn Lynch's best run: Beastquake or Desert Storm?

Frank Schwab
·NFL writer

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson said in a postgame interview with NBC that he thought Marshawn Lynch's 79-yard run was even better than Lynch's famous "Beastquake" run.

Whoa, whoa, that's some serious stuff. Lynch's "Beastquake" run, in which he destroyed every New Orleans Saints defender in his path in a playoff game at the end of the 2010 season, has been called the best NFL run ever. And it might be. So Lynch's 79-yard jaunt against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday night (has "Desert Storm" been taken as a nickname? I've got nothing good; you all can come up with a good nickname for this play) is supposedly better than that?

[Join FanDuel.com's $2.5M Week 17 fantasy league: $25 to enter; top 21,840 teams paid]

Go ahead and be the judge. Sunday night's run is at the top of the post. Here's the Beastquake:

Nothing against the run against the Cardinals, but I'm voting for Beastquake. But maybe some of Lynch's teammates can convince you otherwise, via the Seattle Times:

Defensive end Michael Bennett:“It was the best run I’ve ever seen. I felt like he was running for freedom or something.

Cornerback Byron Maxwell: “One word: greatness."

Receiver Doug Baldwin: "(I)n that moment I couldn’t help but think, ‘Twenty years from now, we’re going to be looking back at that run thinking how amazing that was.’"

Lynch: "Thanks for asking."

You know it's something special when you can leave fellow NFL players awestruck. So which was Beast Mode's best run?

- - - - - - -

Frank Schwab is the editor of Shutdown Corner on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at shutdowncorner@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!