What was the defining moment from Sunday’s Bills/Bengals contest? Look no further than the 56-yard, game-clinching scamper by Bills rookie runner Marshawn Lynch. The NFL’s best rookie not named Peterson, Lynch enjoyed a breakout performance yesterday, rushing for 153 yards and a score. Oh – he also threw Buffalo’s game-winning touchdown pass to Robert Royal. Buffalo may have found the answer to their QB dilemma.
Though the record-breaking Adrian Peterson has overshadowed him, the impact that Lynch has had as a rookie should not be overlooked. Marshawn is currently the fourth-leading rusher in the NFL, amassing 690 yards over his first eight professional games. Yes, that’s more yardage than LaDainian Tomlinson has this season. To boot, he’s scored all 5 of Buffalo’s rushing touchdowns, and accounts for one of the Bills’ four aerial scores as well. Peterson has been great, but Lynch may actually be more valuable to his team.
Defining moment: this week, it belongs to the rookie. Years from now, we may look back at that 56-yard jaunt as the first of many defining moments for Marshawn Lynch.
- Brian blogs about the Buffalo Bills at BuffaloRumblings.com
November 5th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
well said brian, when ML broke free from the backfield and started to burst out the sideline I first thought, “wow… look at that speed!!”… he runs a 4.4-40, but we normally don’t get to see it because he’s usually carrying people on his back…
When he finally cut back into the endzone, i nearly cried… like all bills fans, i felt before that run, like some sort of cruel act of god would befall us yet again…. but that run clinched it for me… and I yelled and yelled… and spilled my soda…. and i couldn’t be happier.
if that isn’t a defining moment in a game, i don’t know what is.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
you bills fan will enjoy marshawn for years. he’s like bo jackson from tecmo bowl– the defense can call the play but marshawn will blow it up by himself.