Marshawn Lynch announces retirement in his own style

Marshawn Lynch announces his retirement, and the NFL is less interesting because of it.

Marshawn Lynch took to twitter in the middle of the Super Bowl yesterday to announce his retirement. Like everything Lynch does, this announcement was done with a style that was all his own.

It is fitting that there were no words used. Lynch was always “about that action” and didn’t ever want to talk to the media. For those of us that had the pleasure of watching and covering him on a weekly basis, that was perfectly alright with us.

Lynch is a guy who was greatly misunderstood outside of Seattle. His “I’m just here so I don’t get fined” new conference last year was widely condemned by national media members who simply refused to take the time to understand Lynch.

That wasn’t a problem with his teammates though. No matter what the narrative was in the media, they always had his back, and they always knew he’d give them everything he had on the field.

Lynch walks away from football with over $50 million in the bank, a thriving foundation that serves underprivileged youth in Oakland (where Lynch are up), and a thriving Beast Mode clothing line.

Of course, we all knew this was coming. Adam Schefter got the story yesterday that Lynch had been telling his friends around the league that it was time for him to hang up his cleats.

That didn’t make it any less sad to see the announcement. Lynch was an amazing player. He was one of my favorite players to watch of all time.

The NFL will be less interesting without him in it.