Since the moment it happened, the Seattle Seahawks have been clowned going their decision to throw the ball on the goal line rather than give the ball to Marshawn Lynch at the goal line in their Super Bowl XLIX loss to the New England Patriots. The Seahawks lost the game after Russell Wilson’s pass was intercepted by Malcolm Butler,
Like most of us, Lynch, himself, is still shocked by the moment, telling Shannon Sharpe on his Club Shay Shay podcast that he laughed in Pete Carroll’s face after the play.
Here’s the clip:
“As I’m going back to the sideline,” Lynch said, “I go by Russ, and I just hear him go, ‘Oh man, I’ll get ’em next time.’ And as I hear the sh*t, I usually don’t take my helmet off, but I take my helmet off and I go right to Pete Carroll’s face and I hit his ass with the biggest (laugh). And at that point, I go to the locker room. I’m out. I don’t see the last few plays. I’m in the motherf—ing locker room. I think I ran into Lenny Kravitz. I called my mama and called the family. ‘Hey, come on, we back to the spot.”
Beast Mode still doesn’t know why the Seahawks opted not to give him the ball despite the success he’s mad in short-yardage situations throughout his career. Lynch added that the loss is still “painful.”
