Marshawn Lynch Foolish to Call out NFL for Fining Seahawks' Teammate

Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch clearly has a contentious relationship with the NFL. He's known for letting his play on the field do all the talking, but ironically, a tweet he sent out shows how out of touch the quiet star is. 

For the second time in less than a month, Lynch was fined for making an obscene gesture after scoring a touchdown. ESPN's Adam Schefter reported this fine was for $20,000 after he found the end zone in the fourth quarter of the NFC Championship Game. 

However, it was the fine levied against Lynch's teammate, Chris Matthews, that set the running back off. Per Tom Pelissero of USA Today, Matthews was fined $11,025 for making the same gesture that Lynch did after scoring:

Lynch took to Twitter to voice his displeasure at the fine, though he had a seemingly different interpretation of the situation:

Pelissero posted a photo on Instagram of Matthews' gesture that led to his fine:

It's no secret that Lynch has a love-hate relationship with the NFL. He's defied the league's policy on talking to the media many times.

Lynch's desire not to talk has gotten to a point where the Seahawks are trying to negotiate a deal with the league about what to do with the star running back during the Super Bowl media days next week, per the Schefter report. 

He told reporters prior to the Super Bowl against Denver last year, via Michael Silver of NFL.com, that it's simply a choice he made not to say anything to the media:

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If you're forced to do something, it's not as good as if you choose to do it. So no, I won't have a lot of interesting things to say. When you're forced to do something and you know it, it kind of just takes away from the whole experience of what it could be if (it were) natural. So, I'll probably give forced answers.

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Yet, for whatever reason, Lynch has decided to open up about this particular fine when he didn't know the particulars behind it. It's possible he didn't know Matthews made this gesture, but this is where the power of social media comes into play. 

If Lynch had investigated the fine, he would have seen that the league wasn't just picking on Matthews because he was close to the situation that got the running back fined. Instead, he looks foolish by making a proclamation about the situation. 

Certainly, given the way he seems to think, Lynch isn't going to care about the tweet or what the NFL has to say. Nor should he.

Yet for someone whose team is having to negotiate a situation with the league about how little he has to say during media sessions for Super Bowl XLIX, it would seem prudent for Lynch to not publicly say anything about anything. 

Then again, Lynch seems to thrive on the confrontation. Sometimes a person just needs to feel like the world is against them to do great things. It's worked for him up to this point in his career, so what's a little more antagonism if it leads to a second consecutive championship?