The most-engaging tweet from Super Bowl 50 didn't come from the NFL, the champion Denver Broncos, the runner-up Carolina Panthers, or the bevy of musicians who entertained the world at halftime, but from Marshawn Lynch, whose peace-sign hand gesture emoji and photo of neon-green football cleats draped over a wire took the social media world by storm.
The Seahawks running back's post came during the fourth quarter of Sunday's NFL title game and has generated nearly 190,000 retweets and more than 165,000 likes as of this writing. More importantly, it indicates that after nine seasons in the League, the 29-year-old Lynch will call it a career.
Seahawks owner Paul Allen, several of Lynch's teammates both past and present, players he's faced over the years, and one notable candy company reacted by thanking Seattle's No. 24 for his memorable time on the turf.
Here's a sample of how the social media world took to Sunday's news:
https://twitter.com/JustinBritt68/status/696530496637968384
https://twitter.com/JOEL9ONE/status/696528171622129664
https://twitter.com/NickSundberg/status/696533569141755904
https://twitter.com/MommaLynch24/status/696552195550896128
