There’s an old saying in sports: “Win today and we will walk together forever.” Now a decade removed from their Super Bowl XLVIII triumph, it’s hard to say if the iconic quote applies to the Seattle Seahawks. At least, when it comes to the relationship between Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch.
The former quarterback/running back duo now share a strained relationship, with zero communication taking place between the two, who together hoisted the Lombardi Trophy on Feb. 2, 2014. Speaking recently on Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” podcast, Lynch was asked to explain his relationship with both Wilson and Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll.
Lynch revealed he “didn’t f*** with them.”
“I wouldn’t be the right person to speak on they relationship because I didn’t f*** with them,” Lynch said, via the New York Post. “I didn’t f*** with Pete, and Russ was like just a quarterback for me.”
Marshawn Lynch respects Russell Wilson, doesn’t speak with him
Lynch, who last played with Wilson in Seattle in 2019, revealed he doesn’t even have the 34-year-old’s number should he want to reach out to him. He later recalled a time he once received a call from a blocked number only to find out it was, in fact, Wilson reaching out to him. Lynch added he has great respect for Wilson “as a player and a teammate.”
“I respect Russell as a player and a teammate,” Lynch said. “Anything I say because of the situation throwing a pick on the goal line, not giving me the ball. Him leaving from Seattle… Anything I can say is going to come off as malice or as if I’m a hater. I’ll take Russ and I’ll put him right there at quarterback and I’ll rock with him because I’ve done that.
“As far as anything else… Can’t pick up the phone and call old boy or nothing… I don’t got his number.”
Lynch also took issue with Wilson receiving preferential treatment from Carroll. According to Lynch, players were instructed not to go to Wilson directly to share their issues with him, but rather come to Carroll. Lynch, as well as the “Legion of Boom,” didn’t feel Wilson was being held accountable.
“You’re kind of putting him on a pedestal or outside the box. And it’s like he doesn’t have to be held accountable to the same s*** that we do,” Lynch said. “What the f*** is that?”
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