"There’s another interesting facet to Rawls’ rise in Seattle. That’s his relationship with Lynch. He said when he first heard the nickname “Beast Mode” in college, he thought it was a joke. “There’s only one Marshawn, and I’m not him,” Rawls said. But when Rawls got to Seattle, he was impressed—no, amazed—with the amount of help he got from the guy who was number one on the depth chart.
“It’s incredible how much Marshawn has helped me,” he said.
“There’s a lot of things. But if I could think of one thing, it’s to be decisive. Make your move, and attack the hole. But all the other things. Later movement’s so important. Work on that. Low pad level, always low pad level. Watch the way you cut—cut to make guys miss. He wants me to be a complete back. There’s something every day he’s helping me with.”
Lynch is a human being with many angles. But you talk to teammates, and so many of them say what Rawls has said—he’ll coach you up, even if it means you may end up taking playing time from him. But as long as one of them stays healthy, it looks like Seattle won’t be able to blame a bad running game if the season goes south."~ Peter King article on Rawls.
“It’s incredible how much Marshawn has helped me,” he said.
“There’s a lot of things. But if I could think of one thing, it’s to be decisive. Make your move, and attack the hole. But all the other things. Later movement’s so important. Work on that. Low pad level, always low pad level. Watch the way you cut—cut to make guys miss. He wants me to be a complete back. There’s something every day he’s helping me with.”
Lynch is a human being with many angles. But you talk to teammates, and so many of them say what Rawls has said—he’ll coach you up, even if it means you may end up taking playing time from him. But as long as one of them stays healthy, it looks like Seattle won’t be able to blame a bad running game if the season goes south."~ Peter King article on Rawls.
