Lynch had indicated as much Sunday night by tweeting a picture with a pair of cleats hanging from a power or telephone line, along with an emoji depicting a peace sign.
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SEATTLE (AP) Marshawn Lynch was at the center of attention in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl on Sunday night.
After his cryptic message, Lynch’s Seattle teammates took to Twitter.
Lynch is under contract through 2017 and has a cap hit of $11.5 million and $12.5 million in those two years respectively.
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Lynch earned a Super Bowl ring with the Seahawks, scoring one touchdown to help his team defeat the Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport told 950 KJR-AM Lynch “hasn’t spent a dime of his actual playing money”.
But the outpouring of reaction Monday to his retirement announcement, though, made it clear Lynch never really will be replaced. So many memorable runs and quakes! Lynch’s numbers are very comparable with Hall of Fame running back Earl Campbell, as they both scored 74 touchdowns, averaged 4.3 yards per carry, and are both very close in career yardage. Lynch played the equivalent of five full seasons with the franchise.
While those could be reasons for his possible retirement plans, even the Seahawks organization said that they are aware of the possible retirement plans of Lynch. There were no “Beast Mode” runs in his final season that will forever be in his highlight loop or the image of Lynch leaping into the end zone backward as he did to cap a few great runs in his career. Up until this season, Lynch was one of the more durable running backs in the league, missing just one game in the previous four seasons combined.
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Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson tweeted, “Honor playing with one of the best running backs of all time!” Rawls became the first undrafted rookie in league history to rush for at least 160 yards in two games in his rookie season, establishing himself as replacement for Lynch the Seahawks previously lacked. With an injury-ravaged season, Lynch was limited to 111 carries and 417 yards in the regular season.
