"Nothing was pretty about the work Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch did on Sunday. He didn't break into the open field with dazzling jukes and spins. He didn't glide through holes, smooth as butter.

Lynch pounded. And he punched. And he punished. Over and over again, like an irresistible force, he moved the pile, even with three or four of the nastiest Baltimore Ravens yanking at the ball like, well, ravens fighting over a piece of meat.

Lynch took a hit to get a yard. He delivered a hit to get another couple of yards. He was in full "Beast Mode."

And on the final drive, after Baltimore had cut the Hawks' lead to 22-17 with 5:52 left, Marshawn Lynch, at the end of a long, tiring day, touched the football seven straight times and carried the Seahawks to their third win in nine games.

"Just ride Marshawn," quarterback Tarvaris Jackson said.

Lynch's lucky seven touches started on a first down at the Hawks' 49. Lynch ran off right guard for 4 yards, then left tackle for 1. On third-and-five, he caught a short pass from Jackson and shoulder-faked past Ray Lewis and Jarret Johnson for 8 yards."