Yeah brehs, yet another Marshawn Lynch thread, but this is the best one. In depth article on Marshawn.
Answers all your questions, even the haters can read it and appreciate.
http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/story/...-lynchs-quiet-power-behind-seahawks-super-run
"He's the complete opposite of what people think," Seahawks outside linebacker Cliff Avril insisted. "He's a team person. He's not one of those guys who makes it about himself."
To this, Lynch reluctantly pleads guilty.
"Yeah, that's all it is," he said. "I've never seen anybody win the game in the media. But at the same time, I understand what it could do for you, if you wanted to be someone who talks a lot. But that's not me.
"And I'm not as comfortable, especially at the position I play, making it about me. As a running back, it takes five offensive linemen, a tight end, a fullback and possibly two wide receivers, in order to make my job successful. But when I do interviews, most of the time it'll come back to me. There are only so many times I can say, 'I owe it to my offensive linemen,' or, 'The credit should go to my teammates,' before it becomes run down.
"This goes back even to Pop Warner. You'd have a good game and they'd want you to give a couple of quotes for the newspaper, and I would let my other teammates be the ones to talk. That's how it was in high school, too. At Cal, I'd have my cousin, Robert Jordan, and Justin Forsett do it.
"Everything about him is tough, from the way he runs to the way he is, but he's a positive force, and he's very team-oriented," said Earl Thomas, the Seahawks' All-Pro free safety. "The way he fights for extra yards inspires all of us. He's the concrete of our offense. When I see him do those things, I think, 'Man, turn it up.' I like that. I like players who can really change the tenor of the game."
Added Robinson: "Guys feed off what he does. I don't know if there's another back that can cut laterally with more power on one leg like he can. I mean, Adrian (Peterson) might be faster straight ahead, but off one leg ... I don't know. And nobody wants to tackle that guy in January or February."
Lynch is proud of his physical running style, saying, "It's something that every running back takes pride in, no matter how you do it. It just so happens I have the ability to do it more than one way, whether it's making a guy miss, stiff-arming a guy or even running over a guy. Everybody loves 'extras.' I try to bring that to every game."
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Answers all your questions, even the haters can read it and appreciate.
http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/story/...-lynchs-quiet-power-behind-seahawks-super-run
"He's the complete opposite of what people think," Seahawks outside linebacker Cliff Avril insisted. "He's a team person. He's not one of those guys who makes it about himself."
To this, Lynch reluctantly pleads guilty.
"Yeah, that's all it is," he said. "I've never seen anybody win the game in the media. But at the same time, I understand what it could do for you, if you wanted to be someone who talks a lot. But that's not me.
"And I'm not as comfortable, especially at the position I play, making it about me. As a running back, it takes five offensive linemen, a tight end, a fullback and possibly two wide receivers, in order to make my job successful. But when I do interviews, most of the time it'll come back to me. There are only so many times I can say, 'I owe it to my offensive linemen,' or, 'The credit should go to my teammates,' before it becomes run down.
"This goes back even to Pop Warner. You'd have a good game and they'd want you to give a couple of quotes for the newspaper, and I would let my other teammates be the ones to talk. That's how it was in high school, too. At Cal, I'd have my cousin, Robert Jordan, and Justin Forsett do it.
"Everything about him is tough, from the way he runs to the way he is, but he's a positive force, and he's very team-oriented," said Earl Thomas, the Seahawks' All-Pro free safety. "The way he fights for extra yards inspires all of us. He's the concrete of our offense. When I see him do those things, I think, 'Man, turn it up.' I like that. I like players who can really change the tenor of the game."
Added Robinson: "Guys feed off what he does. I don't know if there's another back that can cut laterally with more power on one leg like he can. I mean, Adrian (Peterson) might be faster straight ahead, but off one leg ... I don't know. And nobody wants to tackle that guy in January or February."
Lynch is proud of his physical running style, saying, "It's something that every running back takes pride in, no matter how you do it. It just so happens I have the ability to do it more than one way, whether it's making a guy miss, stiff-arming a guy or even running over a guy. Everybody loves 'extras.' I try to bring that to every game."
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