The elephant has left the room: Marshawn explains it all, or does he?

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KGO) -- Marshawn Lynch is an enigmatic man with many thoughts and feelings some of us may never understand -- at least we have Larry Beil to try and get to the bottom of this epic response to a question about his recent National Anthem protest.

Marshawn Lynch talks about his famous National Anthem protest with a metaphor we're still trying to understand.

What is Marshawn talking about? Watch the video in the player above to watch the scientific analysis of the words of our favorite Raiders running back.

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