If there has been one unifying theme characterizing Lynch’s NFL career, it’s that he does things his way. There was nobody in the league that ran like him, nobody in the league that acted like him and certainly nobody in the league that crafted a public image like him.
Two thoughts on the timing of Marshawn Lynch’s retirement announcement.
The first: It wasn’t classy.
When the biggest sporting event in the country is in the final quarter of a one-score game, tweeting to the world that you’re hanging ‘em up isn’t charming or eccentric — it’s self-serving.