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Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando

Ten things I noticed upon watching Frank Gore's 80-yard touchdown run to open the second half against Seattle in Week 2:

• Seattle had nine defenders crowding the line of scrimmage: Kelly Jennings, Lawrence Jackson, Craig Terrill, Colin Cole, Patrick Kerney, Aaron Curry, Deon Grant, Will Herring and David Hawthorne.
• Receiver Josh Morgan motioned to his right from the left slot, moving across the formation before reversing course and setting up behind left tackle Joe Staley. Morgan's movement drew Curry toward the formation. At the snap, Morgan sealed Curry and then held him. Curry wasn't going to catch Gore anyway.
• Staley's block on Hawthorne made a loud pop audible on the broadcast.
• Kerney ran himself right out of the play. He was 2 yards deep in the backfield and past Gore by the time he realized what was happening.
• Fullback Moran Norris led to the offensive right side, blasting Grant near the line of scrimmage. The defense flowed that way and the 49ers' linemen pushed them that way, but Gore cut left immediately after taking the handoff.
• With nose tackle Colin Cole already moving to his left, away from Gore, left guard David Baas appeared happy to shove him further out of the play.
• Linebacker Will Herring rushed toward right guard Chilo Rachal. Center Eric Heitmann plowed Herring out of the way.
• Safety Jordan Babineaux took an impossible angle and Gore was into the secondary too fast for Babineaux to recover. Being the last line of defense against Gore isn't a good position for anyone.
• With receiver Isaac Bruce sealing cornerback Ken Lucas on the outside, Gore was in the clear quickly.
• Vernon Davis, a 250-pound tight end, kept pace with Jennings, a 180-pound cornerback, in a footrace toward the goal line. Davis indeed has sensational speed.

There didn't appear to be anything fancy about the play. The 49ers ran from an offset-I formation out of their base offense. Once Gore builds up momentum through the secondary, good luck to the safety trying to stop him one-on-one.