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Seahawks RB Marshawn Lynch is considering retirement

By Ryan Ratty

Feb 1, 2015; Glendale, AZ, USA; Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch (24) warms up before Super Bowl XLIX against the New England Patriots at University of Phoenix Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 1, 2015; Glendale, AZ, USA; Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch (24) warms up before Super Bowl XLIX against the New England Patriots at University of Phoenix Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /
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Strangely enough, Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch is very much considering retirement.

It hasn’t been a good two weeks for the Seattle Seahawks. As everyone reading this already knows, in need of just one yard to score the go-ahead touchdown with just 20 seconds left in the Super Bowl, Seattle decided to pass the ball to a career special teams player rather than just hand it off to perhaps the best running back in football, Marshawn Lynch. The Seahawks would lose the game and they could very well lose one of their best players in Lynch, as the man they call “Beast Mode” is apparently strongly considering retirement.

Even though Lynch will be just 29 years-old when the 2015 NFL season starts, it should be said that because of Lynch’s playing style, he has taken a toll on his body over the years. Since coming to Seattle in 2010, Lynch has carried the football 1,346 times for 5,930 yards and 54 touchdowns. With the league’s quickest quarterback in Russell Wilson, the Seahawks have the league’s best rushing attack as they have the perfect combination of athleticism in Wilson and power in Lynch.

According to ex-Seahawk Michael Robinson in an interview with USA Today Sports, who still keeps close contact with Lynch, the California product is considering retirement.

“I think he’s considering just how much he can put into it,” Lynch said. “It’s a grind, I don’t think people really understand that… think Marshawn is just getting into a point in his life where maybe he wants to enjoy other things in life, maybe other things are becoming important to him.”

While the news will scare Seahawks fans as they could very well not have Lynch on their roster next year, Robinson would go on to say that he believes that the eighth-year man out of California would return in 2015. Regardless, it’s still a news story that will get a ton of attention as the offseason progresses into free agency and the draft season.

If Lynch does retire, the Seahawks do have competent players to replace him. Sure they’re not studs, but Robert Turbin and Christine Michael have showed at times that they can be relied upon if given the starting role. Despite that, for the Seahawks to return to the Super Bowl next year, they will need all the talent they can get. If Lynch returns, their chances of winning their second Super Bowl in three years improves drastically.

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