Pete Carroll thinks Marshawn Lynch needs to honor his contract

The age of the rookie holdout is a thing of the past with the rookie wage scale in place, but the veteran holdout is still very much alive, especially with Marshawn Lynch holding out of the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks training camp.

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Lynch has two years left on the four-year deal worth $30 million he signed to be the team’s featured back. In his time in Seattle, Lynch leads the NFL in carries, is second in rushing yards, rushing touchdowns and yards after contact, so some new money for Lynch would not be an outrageous demand for the former Cal running back.

Seattle head coach Pete Carroll thinks Lynch needs to honor his contract, however, and echoed the comments made earlier by Seahawks general manager Jon Schneider has no interest in giving him a new deal despite outplaying his contract.

"“It’s a contract for a reason. We made a decision and it was signed, by us and by them,” Carroll tells USA Today. “We expect them to honor their contract just as we will. We’re going to honor it and we expect them to do the same.”"

Naturally, Carroll would make a comment like this but fails to mention the contracts the team has not honored, such as the releasing of Red Bryant or Chris Clemons who were released when their money was too much to pay considering their production.

ESPN’s John Clayton said on “NFL Live” that Lynch’s holdout will probably be five or six days at the most and he likely will not get any new money.

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