01 Dec Marshawn Lynch Finally Reveals His Rule-Breaking NFL Pre-Game Ritual

Marshawn Lynch is kicking back, relaxing, and counting all of his chickens from his NFL career.

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Even off of the field, he is still one of the hardest working people you’ll find. From his youth camps to his skittles endorsements, Marshawn is always busy and always has something new he’s working on. During a recent interview with Peyton Manning, Beastmode opened up about his pre-game rituals–and it’s just as real and as funny as you can get. According to reports from TMZ, it may have been more of a superstition than a ritual.

“My superstition was that I needed to have maybe a shot … a shot and half … before every game,” Lynch said on ESPN’s “Peyton’s Places.”

Peyton asked Marshawn to clarify — saying, “[A shot] of … ???”
“Hennessy,” Lynch replied … “Whatchu mean ‘of?’”

Manning asked where Lynch where he would get the booze — maybe from a bar in the stadium during his run with the Seahawks?
“Nah, the bar’s in my backpack,” Lynch said.

The NFL has long banned alcohol from locker rooms — so, if Marshawn is telling the truth (and there’s no reason to suggest he’s lying), it seems the boozy ritual would violate the NFL’s policy.
But, as Marshawn also pointed out during the show, he got fined so much during his playing days, the NFL would send him a weekly invoice!

Something tell’s us Marshawn is going to have a Henny sponsorship sometime in the very near future.

Marshawn’s pregame superstition involved a shot of what?! 😂

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