RENTON – Marshawn Lynch talked.

That can definitely be said. Now, he didn’t want to talk much about the lost wallet he returned to a fan in Marysville on Tuesday, declaring quite definitively that it shouldn’t be a story that he returned someone’s property.

And Lynch didn’t explain his decision to stay on the sidelines during halftime Sunday, though he did have lots of observations and more than a few questions on the day the NFL announced that he had been fined $100,000 for failing to make himself available for interviews in accordance with the league’s media policy.

On Wednesday, Lynch spoke with reporters for nearly 10 minutes, though he didn’t answer all questions, instead choosing to ask some of his own starting when the subject turned to his decision to remain on the sideline at halftime in Kansas City while receiving treatment.

“I’m interested in y’all take on it,” Lynch said as a group of media members gathered around his locker. “What was y’all take on it?”

Well, it’s what you think that people are interested in, Lynch was told.

“I know you want to hear what I want to say, but I want to hear what you want to say,” he said. “What do you feel about it? About me being on the sideline, not going back in the locker room. What did you feel about it?”

At that point, tight end Cooper Helfet – who sits in the next locker over and is Lynch’s roommate – chimed in: “I thought it was a good idea.”

Lynch: “Coop thought it was a good idea.”

Helfet: “I thought it was a good idea. He needed to get some treatment on his back. Got it done.”

At this point, Lynch’s answers switched from inquiry mode to observations.

Question: Marshawn, did you think it was fair you were fined $50,000?

Lynch: “My cleats, look they got Nike right here on the side of it.”

Question: Marshawn, didn’t it mean anything to you to set the franchise rushing record a couple of weeks ago?

“Man, hey look, when they did my cleats, they put this little squiggly line thing on there,” Lynch said, pointing to his shoes. “I think it’s like an ‘M’ and an ‘L.’ Like for Marshawn Lynch. It’s pretty nice. Pretty nice.”

And maybe it won’t be so costly next week.