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Raiders holding Marshawn Lynch out of OTA workouts

Beast Mode is back in the NFL, but he's not hitting the practice field just yet.

Marshawn Lynch is spending organized team activities (OTA) chatting up teammates and getting to know the Oakland Raiders' offense, as the team keeps the 31-year-old running back on the sidelines during workouts, for now.

"Yeah, he's doing great, he's doing great," Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio said, via ESPN.com. "He'll continue to do the things that we're asking him to do. He's really soaking up the system.