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Marshawn Will Snack On Your Kids

By Brinson | November 12, 2007

You may have realized by the heavy smattering of Marshawn Lynch around these parts that we have a substantial mancrush on the guy. And with Adrian Peterson now possibly missing time (at least one week, possibly more), it seems like Lynch could make a move for Rookie of the Year. Of course, he’ll have to break out “Beast Mode” more often than he has been.

He scored the Bills’ only touchdown. He ran for a two-point conversion on a play on which he had no business gaining an inch. And he made the key plays on the Bills’ drive to the winning field goal.

“He’s a hard runner and he’s a relentless runner,” Bills tackle Langston Walker said. “I don’t know how he does it. It’s just youthful exuberance.”

Or it’s “Beast Mode,” which is how Lynch describes his game-day mindset.

“It’s simply the attitude you can’t get tackled by one defender,” Lynch says.

F-yeah. That shit makes us want to shred through this cubicle wall and tackle our co-worker. See, the thing is not that Marshawn is putting up these decent albeit very impressive numbers as a rookie. The thing is that he doesn’t have Matt Birk and Steve Hutchinson road-graving for him. J.P. Losman is as equally ineffective as Tavaris Jackson and while Lee Evans is a stud wide receiver (in the second half of the season), he doesn’t nearly make up for the fact that Minnesota’s offensive line is insanely talented at clearing holes. Are we saying that Marshawn is more talented than Purple Jesus? Of course not. But his team is above .500 and Beast Mode bounces back from helmets to the leg. High ankle sprain our ass. Bring it.

Photo Courtesy of The Buffalo News