Some other players on the run:
Cornerback Byron Maxwell: “One word: greatness. That’s the best way I can describe it. … I’m still in awe. I can’t wait to look at it again. Seriously, though.”
Receiver Doug Baldwin: “Most times I stay in the moment, and I try not to get caught up in the past or future or what might happen down the line. But in 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.’ ”
Cable: “J.R. (Sweezy) pinned the linebacker, and he (Lynch) cut back against all the flow. We had Ricardo Lockette on the backside and picked the safety off, so it was just if he could stay in bounds, and he did. What a cool run. I haven’t seen one like that, either.”
Quarterbacks coach Carl Smith: “I started with my binoculars on, which I don’t normally do, but I had my binoculars on and I said right away, ‘He’s got something.’ Then he cut it back, and then he didn’t really have contact until about 20 yards down the field. He made a great cutback and then he was just spectacular going through the DBs.”
Guard James Carpenter: “I just saw Marshawn breaking like 11 tackles.”
Offensive tackle Justin Britt: “I was just blocking, and I hear the crowd start roaring and I look up and Marshawn is breaking like 20 tackles. I just tried to hustle down there, and it was kind of like the Saints game, the one that I watched growing up. I’ve always wanted to be a part of a run like that.”
Offensive tackle Alvin Bailey: “It was…interesting. (Laughs). We all know that he likes that play, and we tried to punch a little hole in there and somehow he found a way to make the rest of that happen.”
Safety Earl Thomas: “I saw a guy that was fearless, and I saw the people on the field were scared of him. They didn’t want to tackle him. He’s so different, bro.”
Smith: “I saw him jump and do his trademark fly-into-the-zone (celebration). Yeah, I’m going with calling it that.”
Thomas: “He is who he is. He’s going to hold his (groin). That’s what he do.”
Maxwell: “That was the best part.”
Linebacker K.J. Wright: “Everybody just got up and rushed to him. That was real special.”
Defensive back DeShawn Shead: “The whole sideline lit up. It was just all energy. Special teams fed off that energy. It just lit everybody up.”
Thomas: “That’s respect, man, and really understanding who you’ve got on your team. He’s special.”
