Marshawn Lynch did what Marshawn Lynch always does: he took a football question and dragged it somewhere nobody saw coming.
On his Get Got Pod, the former running back weighed in on the run of ugly quarterback injuries and brought Jayden Daniels into the conversation after the Commanders quarterback suffered a brutal elbow injury in Sunday’s Week 2 loss to Dallas. Lynch’s answer was not subtle. He said Daniels needs to train his off-hand more deliberately, then delivered the point in the kind of graphic, off-the-cuff language that has long defined his public persona.
“That little N need to start going to jack off,” the former running back said on his Get Got Pod. “You gotta be ambidextrous when it come to beating that motherf***er.
“He need to go beat that,” he added. “He need to get his shit right.
You feel me? And I f**k with that little N too.
Hey, man. You feel me?
Look, I’mma tell you. Had that… Look, N I ain’t had these forearms.
You feel me though? Why you think a N stiff arm was so cold?
N I was ambidextrous with this s**t.
Strip away the profanity and the joke, and Lynch’s underlying message was pretty straightforward: developing strength and coordination on both sides of the body could help quarterbacks better protect themselves from the one-sided joint injuries that can hit them, including the one Daniels just suffered. Lynch tied that back to his own career, saying his own forearm strength and unusual balance on both sides helped fuel the stiff arm that became part of his identity.
It was vintage Lynch - part football lesson, part stand-up routine, all delivered without a filter. He also touched on Caleb Williams’ injury, bringing up the Bears quarterback’s reaction to a hamstring issue earlier this season and saying that kind of visible response would have earned plenty of jokes in any locker room he was part of.
The reaction online followed the same script. Fans ran with the joke about Daniels’ mother, Regina Jackson, with one writing, “Mama Daniels not having that,” and another adding, “C’mon now Marshawn. You know that young man has to ask permission from his mama to do anything like that,” A third chimed in, “Ambidextrous is insane lmaooooo,”
If Daniels ever does take Lynch’s advice, it’s probably not the kind of thing he’ll be advertising.
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