This is why I still wear my Lynch jersey but not Wilson or ETIII jerseys (and ET was the first jersey I ever purchased as I loved his quite instinctive style early on, wasn't really into the jersey thing and not really into it anymore.) Black, white, gangster, straight-laced persona. None of that really matters, a genuinely good person is a genuinely good person.
I don't know if I agree with Lynch that Russ can still get it done. It feels like even his prep is more about his image than being a great player at this point.