Report: Marshawn Lynch, Raiders not close to deal
By Jack Crosby
After it seemed all but a given that Marshawn Lynch was headed to the Raiders, it might not be that much of a lock at the moment after all.
It’s been widely assumed recently that retired running back Marshawn Lynch would be making his way out of retirement, not to re-join the Seattle Seahawks, but to play for the Oakland Raiders instead. Friday it seemed as if that all was coming to fruition, as reports began to surface that a deal was in place, and all that needed to be done was for the Seahawks to complete their end of the deal with the trade.
Well, there’s a chance that all may not have been completely true.
A short time after the rumors started making the rounds that Lynch was headed to Oakland this season, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk sent everything into a bit of a tailspin when he said he was told a deal isn’t even close to being in place yet between the two sides.
Per source, Raiders and @MoneyLynch are "not even close to a deal yet."
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) April 14, 2017
To further debunk the Lynch-to-Raiders talk on Friday, the Skittles man himself took to Twitter to offer up his side, clearly telling everyone that nothing is a done deal yet … in a way that only he could.
This is Marshawn, so WARNING: Some NSFW language below.
If u kno me you kno my business is my business and if u don't kno me that's a fun fact for ya... when shit get REAL I'll let you kno!!!!
— Marshawn Lynch (@MoneyLynch) April 14, 2017
A few hours ago people were waiting with their credit cards to purchase that Lynch silver and black jersey, but at least for right now, they shouldn’t plan on making a purchase all that soon.
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Will Marshawn ultimately land in Oakland? All signs up to now have pointed to probably, but it doesn’t seem like official word will be coming in the extremely near future.