No felony charges for Marshawn Lynch

Marshawn Lynch escaped felony charges stemming from his early February arrest in California for a concealed firearm. Lynch does face three misdemeanor charges, however.

Marshawn Lynch“I’m not pleased that Marshawn was charged… but if he was going to be charged I’m pleased it’s a misdemeanor… I haven’t seen a police report or charging documents, but I’m certainly pleased Marshawn wasn’t charged with a felony.”

The National Football League says it’s still waiting for all the facts of the case, and that they will be evaluated “under the NFL’s policies.”

Lynch could face League discipline for the incident. It’s not clear at this point if the NFL will consider him a repeat offender, given the hit and run incident we was involved in last spring in Buffalo.

Regardless of whether or not he escaped felony charges, there’s a good chance Lynch will be suspended by Roger Goodell considering this is his second brush in with the law. I doubt it would be anything major (i.e. four games), but there’s a real possibility that Lynch could be suspended for one or two games given Goodell’s track record for handling players who got into trouble off the field.

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