ALAMEDA, Calif. -- He has yet to say anything publically about joining the Oakland Raiders, but Marshawn Lynch on a viral team video clutching his new Raiders helmet and beaming like Ralphie with his Red Ryder BB Gun in "A Christmas Story" spoke volumes.
Lynch, pried out of retirement and acquired by the Raiders last week from the Seattle Seahawks, has been participating in workouts at the team's facility.
And the sight, courtesy of the Raiders, of Derek Carr, whose breakthrough season came to an inglorious end on Christmas Eve, handing off to Lynch on Tuesday was a clarion call for fans.