MWCB - Nike x Marshall Faulk

MWCB - Nike x Marshall Faulk

This commercial features Hall Of Famer running back Marshall Faulk early in his career with the Indianapolis Colts. Faulk was one of the greatest running backs of his time and ranks #10 on the career rushing yards list with 12,279 yards. As demonstrated in this commercial, he was hard to stop.
From muscle cars to fighter jets, no defense could stop Marshall in his Nike Air Barrage turf trainers. The Air Barrage was a popular turf trainer from 1995-96 worn by any number of NFL players on AstroTurf game days as well as any number of kids wearing them casually on school days. It was a big and tough looking shoe with a large midfoot strap and midsole "pods" or "teeth". The Barrage was no stranger to Nike's shameless branding of the mid-90's with a giant "AIR" across the midsole and at least five swooshes on each shoe.

It's so cool how Nike always showed split-second snippets of the shoes they were advertising in these commercials. There weren’t too many football commercials being this awesome. Most of the TV stars were basketball players, but turf shoes and trainers were huge in the ’90s too, especially the Air Barrage Marshall Faulk is wearing in this clip. 

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