90s band Smashmouth: Keep Lynch out of HOF

The case for Marshawn Lynch as a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame will be an interesting one. He’s just 36th all-time in rushing yards (barely above Matt Forte) and 24th all-time in rushing touchdowns.

But in the playoffs Lynch is eighth all-time in rushing yards (937) and seventh all-time in rushing touchdowns (nine). The only person above him in either playoff category not in Canton is Terrell Davis. He was the centerpiece on offense for a borderline dynastic Seahawks team.

Some people would tell you he should be in and other people, like the guys in the band Smash Mouth, will tell you no bleeping way.

@NFL @ProFootballHOF Hell F-in Nooooooo!!!!!

— Smash Mouth (@smashmouth) May 6, 2016

Weird Smash Mouth — goofy ’90s alt-soft-ska band made famous by songs Walkin’ on the Sun and All-Star — would be so impassioned about whether Lynch is a Hall of Famer.

But they are! And it turns out they got a lot of responses from Seahawks fans, which for a band comprised of 49ers fans could be a bit stomach-churning.

Smash Mouth took it in stride, though, and …

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