Jan 28, 2015

  • Jeff LegwoldESPN Senior Author

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    • Covered Broncos for nine years for Denver Mail service and Rocky Mountain News
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PHOENIX -- Aforementioned song, different verse for Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch.

Lynch, facing a potential fine for violating the NFL'due south media policy besides as its apparel policy, turned in a repeat performance at the Seattle Seahawks' league-mandated media availability Wednesday.

At Tuesday'southward Super Bowl XLIX media day, Lynch answered every question posed with some slight variation of "I'm but here so I won't fined," for but under v minutes. He could be seen setting a timer every bit he saturday down to begin Wednesday's session. He once more stayed for nearly five minutes, just he altered the approach slightly, answering virtually all of the questions with, "You know why I'm here," uttering some variation of that phrase xiv times.

Lynch did offer i different response -- to a question about what music he would listen to in his pregame work Dominicus -- when he said, "It's a new song." He waved to i media member from Seattle, and he timed the session on his smartphone.

When the timer striking 5 minutes, he said, "Thanks, I appreciate it," and stepped abroad from the table.

Lynch had been threatened with a $500,000 by the NFL if he skipped media day and has accumulated $120,000 in fines since the offset of the regular flavour for violations of the league's media policy besides as on-field behave.

NFL contracts simply require players to brand themselves bachelor to the media, an obligation Lynch obviously satisfied with his single answer. It is also unclear if the league could still impose a media fine since the league'due south official policy contains no language nearly a player having to exist bachelor for but five minutes.

Under the league's media policy, Lynch would also confront fines if he does not attend Thursday's league-mandated session at the resort hotel the Seahawks are using for their team headquarters this week.

Lynch could besides face a fine for wearing nonleague sanctioned dress to an official league outcome. He has worn a hat and sunglasses from his clothing line -- Beast Fashion -- to both Tuesday's media solar day and Wednesday's session. Still, the hat is made by New Era, which is an NFL sponsor.

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Wednesday he has no problems with Lynch's carry and praised him for being an excellent teammate.

"I think that you're seeing a sit-in of a guy being himself and non being what everybody wants him to be," Carroll said. "That's why yous continue to hear our players support him. He'south trying to do the best job he can being him.

"Maybe y'all don't feel that's what he should do, simply that's what'due south going on. And in that sense he's being truthful to himself. Nosotros empathise that. I understand people would similar to see him practice different things and handle things in unlike ways. He's not comfortable with that, so that'due south what he's telling you. He's doing information technology exactly the way he knows how to practice it best.

"So that conversation about supporting the player that he is, nosotros talk most it all the time. What information technology's all almost is being a team member and he's an incredible squad fellow member. This environment just isn't one where yous go to run across him in the style y'all want to run across him. You're seeing him how he is, and in that regard, information technology is what it is."

Team officials, league officials and officials from the NFL Players Association as well as Lynch's representatives were in discussions this calendar week almost Lynch'due south responsibilities. A year agone, at Super Bowl media day, Lynch showed upwards with a hood pulled upwardly on his head, sunglasses on and said, "I'm just 'bout that action, boss."

Lynch was fined $l,000 in November for violating the league's media policy, and at that fourth dimension he was informed by the league an additional $50,000 fine imposed concluding season would be collected, besides. Lynch was fined $xx,000 past the NFL last calendar week for an obscene gesture following a touchdown in the Seahawks' NFC Championship Game win over the Green Bay Packers.

Lynch had been fined $eleven,050 in Dec for a like crotch grab gesture in a game against the Arizona Cardinals.

Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson came to his teammate'due south defence Midweek.

"I just recall that sometimes we focus on things that don't affair and don't make whatsoever deviation," Wilson said. "Marshawn is a great football histrion and a guy that puts his work in every solar day and is defended to the game of football and defended to his teammates. In that location are times I don't think he should be fined, specially to extent that people effort to fine him. That's just my honest opinion.

"The guy loves the game. Sometimes people try to take away from people the fashion they are. I don't call back he should exist fined, personally."

ESPN Seahawks reporter Terry Blount contributed to this report.