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Marshawn Lynch credits NY Jets’ Aaron Rodgers for Cal chance

Every NFL fan knows Marshawn Lynch as “Beast Mode”. But what they don’t know is that we may not have seen Lynch in the NFL without the help of New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Speaking on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast, Lynch credited Rodgers for the reason he was given an opportunity at the University of California, where both players attended college.

“Aaron Rodgers, he is the reason why I got my opportunity at Cal,” started Lynch. “I remember we had our spring game, and I mean you know the ones going against the ones, they’re like, ‘Hey put 2-4 in there.