Fantasy owners are picking up retired RB Lynch

Marshawn Lynch made one innocent visit to the Seahawks locker room and thousands of fantasy football players lost their minds.

With Seattle's run game struggling and Lynch showing up at team facilities, some fantasy players have taken the plunge and added the retired running back to their rosters just in case he decides to make a return.

Per ESPN, Lynch is owned in 0.6% of leagues and has been added in 0.1% of leagues this week alone.

While a 0.1% increase may not sound significant, consider this: About 75 million people play fantasy football every season, and more than 50% of online fantasy players use ESPN, according to an American Express survey.

That means thousands have added Lynch to their fantasy rosters this week in addition to the thousands who already had him. As long as the Seahawks offense continues to struggle, that number may continue to rise.