Are the Seattle Seahawks ready for the return of ‘Beast Mode?’
Retired running back Marshawn Lynch is considering a return to the Seattle Seahawks this season, just in time for the playoffs
Pete Carroll’s tenure as Seattle Seahawks head coach is defined by one play, his failure to hand the ball off to Marshawn Lynch with the Super Bowl on the line. But now, five years later, he could be counting on Lynch to come in and save another Seahawks season.
Lynch is traveling to Seattle on Monday to meet with the Seahawks and discuss a possible return to the team, sources told NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The 33-year-old running back hasn’t played in an NFL game since Week 6 of 2018 with the Oakland Raiders.
Marshawn Lynch and the #Seahawks are open to a reunion, and Lynch has told people he plans to travel to Seattle today to discuss it, sources tell me, @MikeGarafolo and @TomPelissero. #BeastMode could be back in Seattle.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 23, 2019
Sunday’s loss at home to the Cardinals did more than dent the Seahawks’ chances of securing home-field advantage in the NFC playoffs. It left them scrambling to find someone to carry the ball. Leading rusher Chris Carson suffered a hip injury that will end his season. Backup C.J. Prosise was also lost for the season with a broken arm, leaving Rashaad Penny and rookie sixth-round draft pick Travis Homer as the only healthy running backs on the Seahawks roster.
Could Lynch come in and fill the void? He’s retired and unretired before, sitting out the 2016 season before returning to play two seasons for his hometown Raiders. He left Seattle after the 2015 season as the fourth leading rusher in franchise history and behind only Shaun Alexander in career touchdowns.
#marshawnlynch We Need You!!!! #Seahawks 2019 pic.twitter.com/OxybuXw9V1
— Baruch Kaufman (@baruchkaufman) December 23, 2019
I doubt he'd provide a lot of help on the field. But if the #Seahawks think that bringing in Marshawn Lynch would provide ANY morale boost, they should bust out the skittles.
— Paul Gallant (@GallantSays) December 23, 2019
“Beast Mode” was responsible for some of the most memorable moments in Seahawks lore: his “Beast Quake” rumble into the end zone against the Saints in the 2010 NFC Wild Card Game; the Seahawks Super Bowl victory over the Broncos following the 2013 season, the only championship in team history. But when Seattle was one-yard away from winning back-to-back Super Bowl titles, Lynch wasn’t given the ball and instead Russell Wilson’s pass was picked off at the goal line by the Patriots Malcolm Butler.
It’s a play that’s haunted the Seahawks and their “12th Man” fans ever since, but who said there’s never any second chances. Lynch’s comeback would be at the right moment, just in time for another Seattle playoff run.
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