ALAMEDA, Calif. -- As Marshawn Lynch departed the Oakland Raiders' locker room for the final time this season, he was draped in Beast Mode gear with massive headphones covering his ears and what appeared to be a celebratory Swisher Sweet-type stogie dangling, unlit, from his mouth.
And why not?
Lynch carried with him the accomplishment of becoming the 31st member of the NFL’s 10,000-yard rushing club, having gone over that milestone number in the Raiders’ season-finale loss at the Los Angeles Chargers.
“It’s a business,” Lynch told me after I asked him about Jack Del Rio being fired as Raiders coach minutes earlier.