The Beast Running Back (RB). From mixed martial arts to football, from an obscure rookie to a superstar sweeping the league, from an outsider who knew nothing to a terrifying beast... He left numerous legends on this field and became a myth that changed the sport, yet at the beginning of the story, the creator of all these legends claimed innocently, Football, what’s that? I’m truly not a football prodigy, really.
As a running back, Marshawn Lynch's on-field honors were not as plentiful as one might imagine:
In 2013 and 2014, he was the NFL rushing yardage leader for two consecutive years, a five-time Pro Bowl selectee, once on the All-America First Team, and once on the second team—that was all.
Because of this, according to the system's assessment, Lynch and McCoy were both rated 'A', not in the same league as Peterson.
However, in terms of popularity, fame, hype, and breaking into the mainstream, Lynch was undeniably one of the most prominent NFL players of the past decade, even more widely known than most quarterbacks, to the extent that it would not be an exaggeration to call him the "king of buzz". The reason lies in his style of play:
Beast Mode.