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Thissc85sis":1w5ycp5h said:Marshawn is a great running back, and I love the tough on-field attitude he brings to the team. But if he really believes Pete--the guy who has defended him all year to the press and who has allowed him to be himself--would call a play with the sole intent of denying him a chance at MVP, he's off his rocker.
Hawkfan77":1asdkpuo said:I'm so sick of hearing the "Hawks didn't want Lynch to get the MVP" narrative. It's just so ridiculous and fictitious I don't get why it's talked about.
Do players believe it though? I know it was talked about, but do players actually believe that's the case? Lynch makes a comment that we possibly over analyze (basically because Obomanu said something to the effect that some players thought it was possible). Do they still actually (or did they ever) believe that PC didn't want Lynch to get that TD?Missing_Clink":fganhed5 said:Hawkfan77":fganhed5 said:I'm so sick of hearing the "Hawks didn't want Lynch to get the MVP" narrative. It's just so ridiculous and fictitious I don't get why it's talked about.
Because clearly some players on the team, including Marshawn himself apparently, believe it? Of course its is ridiculous and false, but if the freaking players believe it is true that is a major problem.
LOL, yeah, love him as a player, BUT..... not exactly an Einstein moment.sc85sis":3t1gdyo0 said:Marshawn is a great running back, and I love the tough on-field attitude he brings to the team. But if he really believes Pete--the guy who has defended him all year to the press and who has allowed him to be himself--would call a play with the sole intent of denying him a chance at MVP, he's off his rocker.
Rocket":j7zgmnkw said:I don't believe that he believes the TEAM didn't want him to win the MVP... but it's possible and possibly reasonable that he could feel this way about the NFL brass.
It would have shoved a corncob sized burr straight up Rog's heinie... up to his tonsils maybe..
Indeed. I suppose that players all live in their own echo chambers to one extent or another, but everything Marshawn says gets tossed right into another, larger, echo chamber that produces a truly epic level of nonsense. This obsession with trying to get into his head is just silly. Local sports radio is now completely not worth listening to unless they discuss the Mariners. Even questions on the draft quickly devolve to whether or not the team should move on from #24 based on their latest overreaction to something they think he said.ivotuk":1ukouizf said:The only reason this is even a topic is because of everyone being upset over the way we lost the Superbowl. It was BRUTAL! And people are looking for an answer to the question, "Why would you call that play?"
Even Marshawn said he had faith in his teamates to pull off that play because they had done a hundred times before. But it was an emotionally devastating end to a great season, and like with death, people keep asking why, or what if.
I don't blame people for talking about it, it's part of the grieving process. But to read anything serious in to it is over the top imaho.