Marshawn Lynch has always been unhinged both on and off the football field. He earned the nickname “Beast Mode” for his powerful, aggressive running style during his playing days. That same edge has also been part of his off-field personality.
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Most notably, Lynch’s personality tends to show whenever he is caught cursing on live TV. It has happened plenty of times before, as he has always had a rocky relationship with the media. That is why it was not too surprising to see him go viral once again for letting profanity slip during Peyton and Eli Manning’s live football broadcast of Seahawks vs. 49ers.
Lynch was having a clean segment with the brothers before going off on a tangent about their college prodigy nephew, Arch Manning.
“Y’all got like a nephew who’s active, too?” Lynch asked on The ManningCast. “Yeah, playing at Texas,” Eli responded.
It was a harmless question, and the Mannings answered without hesitation. What followed, though, caught them off guard.
“Man, I don’t know, pops, or whoever your grandpa was, or whoever started y’all lineage was over there working them hips, got y’all right, you know what I mean?” Lynch said. “But, man, he’s over there busting some grey, hey, you feel me? He don’t miss.”
The comments drew a wry smile from the brothers. You could tell Peyton wasn’t expecting them at all, as he leaned back in his chair with his hands on his head. Eli, meanwhile, simply sat through the awkward laughter.
Naturally, as professional broadcasters, Peyton and Eli quickly steered the conversation back to the game. They talked over Lynch while pointing out an excellent route run by Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Clearly, they wanted to move past the comments quickly, as this is an ESPN production at the end of the day.
All in all, it was a funny clip that’ll go down as another one of Lynch’s legendary media moments. He has a collection of them. There’s the well-known “I’m just here so I won’t get fined,” as well as his signature remark to end interviews, “Thanks, facts.” Whenever Lynch is in front of a camera or has a microphone on him, get ready for a wild ride.
