Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll's decision to throw on the goal line late in Super Bowl XLIX is still on the minds of many in and surrounding the game. That includes running back Marshawn Lynch, who was bypassed in favor of the ultimately ill-advised throw.
In an interview with a Turkish sports network this weekend, Lynch wondered aloud whether or not the decision was made to keep the sometimes controversial halfback out of the Super Bowl MVP spotlight.
“To be honest with you, I would be a liar if I didn’t tell you that I was expecting the ball,” Lynch said, via NBC's Pro Football Talk. “I think it was more of a — how do I say this? When you look at me, and you let me run that ball in, I’m the face of the nation. You know, the MVP of the Super Bowl, that’s pretty much the face of the nation at that point in time. I don’t know what went into that call. Maybe it was a good thing that I didn’t get the ball. I mean, you know, it cost us the Super Bowl.”
Lynch's statements seem to point to him buying into the conspiracy theory being floated around that the franchise wanted Russell Wilson and not Lynch to take home MVP honors, thus becoming the temporary "face of the nation."
Misguided as that probably is, there seems to be some residual frustration on Lynch's part which will likely need to be addresses if his partnership with the Seahawks is to go forward.
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