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USA Today
3 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Marshawn Lynch stiff arms Seahawks RB as credentialed photographer
The Seattle Seahawks and Las Vegas Raiders squared off to open their preseason schedules Thursday night at Lumen Field in Seattle. It was something of a revenge game for former Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith, now with the Raiders, but astute viewers would've seen another legend on the sidelines: Marshawn Lynch. The two-time All-Pro running back was on the sidelines as a credentialed photographer for the game between two of his former teams. He appeared on the broadcast late in the first quarter during Seahawks running back George Holani's touchdown run. Lynch – known for his iconic "Beastquake" run – used his forearm to protect his camera from Holani. Holani takes it HOME!📺: @King5Seattle or @NFLNetwork .@MoneyLynch unnecessary roughness ? Exclusive: Jacksonville Jaguars star Travis Hunter unfazed by playing offense and defense Shedeur Sanders starting vs. Panthers: What to expect from Browns rookie QB Lynch was working next to longtime Seahawks photographer Rod Mar during Holani's touchdown run. Lynch and Mar were seen talking during the game with the former running back showing Mar some of his work. 📸Former Seahawks/Raiders RB Marshawn Lynch with Seahawks photographer Rod Mar at the Raiders versus Seahawks preseason game. Marshawn behind the camera 📸 @MoneyLynchLVvsSEA on @NFLNetworkWatch live out-of-market preseason games on @NFLPlus The iconic Seahawks running back may be the next Seattle-area sports legend to take up photography. He'd be following in the footsteps of former Seattle Mariners legends Ken Griffey Jr. and Randy Johnson. Griffey was a credentialed photographer at the 2025 Masters and captured one of the more notable photographs from Rory McIlroy's victory. Photo, courtesy of Ken Griffey, Jr. Griffey told USA TODAY Sports in 2024 that he picked up photography watching his kids play sports "because nobody bothers the photographer, really." Johnson studied photography before his Hall of Fame baseball career. He's now a regularly credentialed photographer for MLB games and the Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, has a photo gallery of Johnson's work. Lynch could be the next man up. The Seahawks are at Lumen Field again for their next preseason game Aug. 15 against the Kansas City Chiefs. We'll see if Lynch takes up his Nikon once again for that one.
NBC Sports
01-04-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Rich McKay: There was a long, good discussion about Lions' playoff seeding proposal
It was a moderate surprise on Tuesday when word came down that the league had tabled — instead of rejected — Detroit's proposal to change the postseason seeding format. The exact wording of the Lions' proposal was, 'to amend the current playoff seeding format to allow Wild Card teams to be seeded higher than Division Champions if the Wild Card team has a better regular season record.' Chairman of the Competition Committee Rich McKay acknowledged on Tuesday that tabling the measure indicates there is 'some' support for making a change. But McKay also noted he's been through this kind of discussion multiple times before and there wasn't much different in 2025. 'And it always gets back to, the traditionalist says, 'I want to win the division. I want the division to mean something,'' McKay said on Tuesday. 'Well 'something' could be that you qualify for the playoffs. That's something. But people say, 'No, I want to host a playoff game.' Then the other idea is, are you diminishing division championships — which we do not want — because I think it's served us very well to use divisions. 'Then the discussion was, OK, what if you said, win the division get a home game … unless your record is .500 or below? Then you don't. There was some talk about that. So, I think people want to keep looking at it. It doesn't mean it will come back up and get passed in May. It very well may be a different discussion if the season is extended. But it was a long discussion, it was a good discussion.' Of the coaches who went on the record this week about the proposal, Mike Tomlin, Sean Payton, and Sean McVay were among those who did not want to see the seeding format change — with all three citing winning the division as meaningful. Washington's Dan Quinn, who was Seattle's assistant head coach and defensive line coach in 2010, also on Tuesday that he's not in favor of that change after being involved with Marshawn Lynch's 'Beastquake' run that helped the 7-9 Seahawks beat the 11-5 Saints. 'I would be really bummed,' Quinn said.
