Can't-Miss Plays: Run for it

Whether you are a linebacker, offensive lineman or running back, there is one constant amongst all positions in the game of football: running. Here are 10 of the best examples from 2007.

Barber breaks through

   What's better than getting a first down on a fourth-and-short? Taking the play all the way for a score as Dallas' Marion Barber did in Week 1. 

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To be Frank

   In Week 2, 
  Frank Gore sheds tacklers, then makes a wicked cutback to complete a 43-yard touchdown run vs. the 
  Rams. 

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Ronnie runs over Ward

   In Week 4, 
  Raiders defender B.J. Ward learned a tough lesson the hard way: Stay out of 
  Ronnie Brown's way. 

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Great recovery

Tony Romo calls the "Snap the ball over my head, then I'll pick it up and run for a first down" play win Week 4 against the Rams.

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Yo, Adrian!

   This 67-yard touchdown by 
  Vikings RB Adrian Peterson's was just one of three the rookie scored in a 224-yard performance vs. the 
  Bears in Week 6. 

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Safety save

   Just when the 
  Patriots thought they had Marion Barber wrapped up for an embarrassing safety, the RB saved the play with a crafty run. 

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Too tough to tackle

Bills RB Marshawn Lynch sheds three tacklers on a game-clinching 56-yard touchdown run against the Bengals in Week 9.

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Wait a minute, Chester

   In the box score, it simply goes as an 8-yard touchdown run for Minnesota's Chester Taylor, but there's video evidence that it was much more than that. 

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Good to have you back

   After missing two games, 
  Adrian Peterson had a glorious return, scoring two TDs in a week 13 
  Vikings' rout of the 
  Lions, including this 13-yard jaunt. 

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Hammering home the win

   With the game on the line vs. the 
  Jets, 
  Browns RB Jamal Lewis plowed through the 
  Jets defense for a bruising 31-yard touchdown run. 

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