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Sam’s Film Room: How the Seahawks were successful running the football again

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Tom Cable varied his running scheme in the Seattle Seahawks wild card win over the Detroit Lions on Saturday. As Lars Russell pointed out earlier this week, the Seahawks threw in some “power” running plays along with their traditional zone blocking scheme.

What is a “power” running play?

A power run is a running play with two lead blockers; the fullback and the backside offensive guard.