Welcome back, Marshawn: A montage to get ready for his Seahawks return
Dec 24, 2019, 1:04 PM
Marshawn Lynch is set to play for the Seahawks for the first time since 2015. (AP)
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Marshawn Lynch has reunited with the Seattle Seahawks.
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The 33-year-old running back is coming out of retirement for the second time to suit up for a Seahawks team that absolutely needs someone like him in a backfield that has been decimated by injuries over the past three games.
First was Rashaad Penny, whose breakout second season as a pro was interrupted by an ACL tear in a Week 14 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
Then in Week 16 was a devastating one-two punch: C.J. Prosise broke his arm, and shortly after starting running back Chris Carson suffered a fracture in his hip.
Just like that, Seattle’s top three tailbacks were all out for the season.
Enter Beast Mode.
Lynch picked up the phone, hopped on a plane, went through a physical, and for the first time since 2015 he is set to play a game in Seahawks uniform.
To get everybody ready for a monumental return Sunday at CenturyLink Field against the San Francisco 49ers – in a game that will decide the NFC West championship, no less – 710 ESPN Seattle’s Jessamyn McIntyre put together an audio montage featuring clips of Lynch’s greatest moments, comments from his teammates and coaches over the years, and a few goosebumps-inducing quotes from the past two days as it became clear Lynch was coming back to Seattle.
Listen to the montage in the player embedded in this post, or click here to find it in podcast form.
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