If the Seahawks are going to trade temporarily retired running back Marshawn Lynch to the Raiders, he’s first going to have to negotiate a new contract with Oakland. That process is underway, according to ESPN’s Ed Werder, who reports that Lynch and the Raiders are attempting to hammer out a “short-term, heavily incentivized” pact.
It would behoove Lynch, whose one-year hiatus from the NFL will soon end, to reach a new deal and avoid earning his release from the Seahawks. If Seattle cuts the 30-year-old, it would ask Lynch to pay back his $2.5MM signing bonus from last season, per Vic Tafur of the San Francisco Chronicle. Lynch, unsurprisingly, doesn’t want to do that. The Raiders, meanwhile, want no part of the $9MM Lynch would make on the contract he left behind when he stepped away from football last offseason.
Ultimately, it’s likely Lynch and the Raiders will work out a more palatable contract, thus leading to a trade. The Oakland native wants to play for the Raiders, and they’re in need of help at running back after losing Latavius Murray in free agency. With the Raiders’ time in Oakland winding down, the soon-to-be Las Vegas-based franchise could also use a public relations boost in the Bay Area, which Lynch would perhaps provide.
If Lynch and the Raiders do indeed find common ground, the general managers involved are unlikely to encounter much difficulty in trade talks. The Raiders’ Reggie McKenzie and the Seahawks’ John Schneider have a friendly relationship stemming from their time together in Green Bay’s front office, notes Tafur. Given his closeness with McKenzie, Schneider told 710 ESPN Radio last week that Lynch-related discussions between the teams should “go in a smooth manner.”
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The Raiders Daily already tweeted that deal is about to be finalized. No details yet just that it’s a lot of incentives. But Lynch to Raiders is 100% happening according to Stephen Michels who is my go to guy on all things Raiders. He’s better than everyone. I was follower number 8 and I remember when he broke Justin Tuck to Raiders and then Lamar Woodley Vic Tafur called it “fake reports” then an hr later it happened! You can’t just guess something like that, it would be impossible, plus the guy has nailed every other name. So I stick to him and I always check this site as well.
Awesome, now go get Sherman
We need all our draft picks t
his year
What’s his website or Twitter?
More like Marshawn Flynch! He shook, dude can’t even run an errand much less a football #TuckTailAndRunToVegas
I think we get lynch we will be contenders not saying that we aren’t but it will put the afc on notice that we aren’t F@cking around!!!
Moneylynch is his twitter