Marshawn Lynch: 'We play football, it's a team sport'

After a heartbreaking loss at the Super Bowl, 12s around the nation continue to ask, "Why didn't we play Marshawn Lynch?"

Lynch got it to the Patriots 1 – but the call to throw the ball on the goal line cost the Seahawks the Super Bowl. Malcolm Butler's interception of a Russell Wilson pass with 20 seconds left Sunday sealed New England's fourth Super Bowl title — a heart­stopping 28­-24 victory over the Hawks.

Jim Trotter of ESPN tweeted he talked to Lynch after the game. When Lynch was asked by an NFL reporter if he was surprised he didn't get the ball on the 1 in the final play call, he wasn't angry. 

"No. Because we play football. It's a team sport."

See Lynch's 3-yard touchdown run in the first half of the game frame by frame here.

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