Tennessee Titans' best moments: Remembering Eddie George's longest run
It's Jan. 16, 2000 in Indianapolis.
You're in the RCA Dome. You are a poor, poor linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts. You look up. Tennessee Titans offensive lineman Benji Olson's running straight at you. Uh oh.
But wait. It's not just Olson. Olson and Jon Runyan are running straight at you. Gulp.
Nope. Save your gulp. It's even worse than that. Olson and Runyan and Lorenzo Neal are running straight at you. This isn't a drill. This is Pamplona, and you're wearing a red jumpsuit and waving a red flag after someone dumped red paint all over you.
Put simply, the Titans are going to run the football. The Colts know it. That's why they've got eight defenders in the tackle box at the snap.
Here is No. 9 on The Tennessean's list of the Tennessee Titans' best moments.
Running back Eddie George takes a counter-step right before breaking back left. By the time George takes the handoff from quarterback Steve McNair, left tackle Brad Hopkins and left guard Bruce Matthews have already driven defensive linemen three yards off the line of scrimmage and tight end Jackie Harris has sealed off the edge.
Olson, the right guard, had pull-kick responsibilities and absolutely toppled defensive end Bertrand Berry at the point of attack. Neal, the fullback, took his lead-blocking job as seriously as ever and barreled toward defensive lineman Chad Bratzke to help Harris. And Runyan, the right tackle, pulled and wrapped through the formation as George's final lead blocker. But… there wasn't anyone left to block. All foes had been vanquished. Even receiver Kevin Dyson came 15 yards upfield to block a safety and spring the hole.
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George did the rest of the work. It doesn't take 20-20 vision to see the hole the Titans blockers created, but George weaved through it expertly. No one touched George for 68 yards as the workhorse scampered for his longest ever run in a Titans uniform to give his team a lead it wouldn't look back from in a crucial playoff tilt on the way to a Super Bowl appearance.
Nick Suss is the Titans beat writer for The Tennessean. Contact Nick at nsuss@gannett.com. Follow Nick on X, the platform formerly called Twitter, @nicksuss.
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