ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Sure, Marshawn Lynch used the stretch period of Tuesday’s OTA practice to actually, you know, stretch. But he also used it to bound around, from line to line, to engage with his new teammates, his ever-present smile beaming seemingly brighter than ever.
It was easier to see the grin on Lynch, who came out of a one-year retirement to be acquired by the Oakland Raiders in a trade with the Seattle Seahawks, because, well, he was not wearing a helmet. Lynch was an observer, chopping it up with the likes of Sebastian Janikowski, Donald Penn and Bruce Irvin during stretching and anyone else nearby during drills.