Seahawks’ Lynch won’t be fined by NFL

RENTON — Marshawn Lynch was just there so he wouldn’t get fined, and indeed the Seattle Seahawks running back escaped any punishment from the NFL for spending most of Super Bowl week giving non-answers during his media sessions.

Lynch showed up to each of his three required sessions, staying five minutes before departing.

A league spokesman confirmed Wednesday that Lynch did comply with his media obligations with those three sessions. Additionally, there had been speculation that Lynch could be fined for promoting his “Beast Mode” brand with the hats he wore each day rather than wearing team-issued gear. But since those hats are made by NFL licensee New Era, Lynch is in the clear there as well. As of Wednesday afternoon, seven of the nine hat designs at beastmodeonline.com, which retail between $32 and $40 apiece, were sold out.

Chancellor has torn MCL

Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said Monday that safety Kam Chancellor gave a “superhuman” effort to play in the Super Bowl after injuring his knee in practice two days before the game.

And it turns out Chancellor did indeed play through a pretty significant injury, having suffered a torn MCL and bone bruise in Friday’s practice, according to the team’s website.

Chancellor was not made available to the media on Tuesday, but did tell Seahawks.com, “They told me I wasn’t going to be able to play. They told me, ‘Torn MCL and bone bruise.’ I was mad, I was frustrated. But at the end of the day, I was able to play.”

Seahawks sign 11 to future contracts

The Seahawks announced the signing of 11 players to future contracts Wednesday, all of whom were currently on or had spent time on Seattle’s practice squad this season: TE RaShaun Allen, S Dion Bailey, RB Demitrius Bronson, G Nate Isles, WR Douglas McNeil, G Drew Nowak, T Justin Renfrow, DE Ryan Robinson, DT Jimmy Staten, DE Julius Warmsley, LB Mike Zimmer.

Future contracts signings are routinely among the first offseason moves made by teams once they can expand their rosters beyond the in-season limit of 53. Essentially this year’s list is everyone who was on Seattle’s practice squad or practice squad/injured reserve list at the end of the season, minus linebacker Allen Bradford, who wasn’t signed. Instead Seattle signed Zimmer, who had been on the practice squad earlier in the year.

Herald Writer John Boyle: jboyle@heraldnet.com

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