ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Editor’s note: Todd Dybas was a Seattle Seahawks beat writer during their run to winning the Super Bowl in 2014.
Marshawn Lynch had a chance midway through the 2013 season to squash the issue. He had made his stance clear. Lynch was not going to talk to the media, no matter the following the Seahawks were cooking up with robust personalities and domineering play. This irked the league and several reporters, most of which were not around often. Here, with a small pack of lingering local reporters and closing time near in the lockerroom, Lynch could have a brief, congenial chat that would get him off the hook.