Marshawn Lynch holding out ...may retire if he doesnt get that raise

[Ohene]

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on...shawn-lynch-mulling-retirement-if-no-new-deal

Beast Mode might be going into retirement mode if he can't get a 'small token of appreciation' from the Seahawks. According to former teammate Jordan Babineaux, Marshawn Lynch wants a raise and if he doesn't get it, he might just call it a career.

"We actually went out last week when I was in Seattle and he and I had a conversation and had a drink," Babineaux said on the NFL Network this week. "The bottom line is, it is about the money. When a guy starts producing the way Marshawn has been producing, he wants to be paid."

Lynch doesn't have much leverage at this point and the Seahawks have made no indication that they're going give him more money. Beast Mode is signed through 2015 and is scheduled to make a total of $10.5 million in base salary over the next two seasons.

The Seahawks running back wasn't at Seattle's OTAs and no one anywhere seems to know if he'll be at the team's mandatory minicamp on June 17. According to Babineaux, retirement wouldn't be out of the question if Lynch doesn't get a raise.

"I don't want to rule out the fact that there could still be a possibility, because of Marshawn's personality, that retirement could just be something that he's okay settling for," Babineaux said, via the Seattle Times.

A source told NFL.com this week that Lynch is genuinely contemplating retirement, "I could see him walking away," the source said.

To add more intrigue, Richard Sherman said in February that Lynch had been telling teammates during the 2013 season that he would retire if the Seahawks won the Super Bowl. Sherman didn't believe him, but that doesn't mean it won't happen.

Lynch is even keeping his mom out of the loop on this one.

 

[Ghostface Trillah]

#bouthatmoneyboss

 

[Ohene]

top 3 back in the league pay that nikka like you owe him

 

[FAH1223]

Please retire before opening night Marshawn

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Come to the Niners my nikka.

But nah, I hope he doesn't retire, even tho he's in our division, he's been great to watch since going to Seattle plus that's my town nikka no one is paying rb's, so this could easily be a fruitless standoff.

 

[red222]

Please retire before opening night Marshawn

 

[Tony D'Amato]

They should trade him for Trent Richardson.

 

[MaLi]

 

[Reggie]

Cant be mad at Marshawn for trying to get a new contract. He's 28 now and this is the best time to strike. I'm sure in the end the Seahawks will do something to make him happy so this doesn't linger into the season.

 

[jaguar paw]

Why in the fukk would you pay a running back large money in 2014?



He needs to get over himself.

 

[AITheAnswerAI]

No way he's retiring. But they should give him a new contract anyways, because it'll only be for 2-3 years anyways considering he's a running back. Also, he's highly effective.

 

[Brosef]

Yeah he's been a beast but he's also already making more guaranteed money per year than AP, Shady, Foster, and every RB not named Trent Richardson.

So the raise is unlikely and he'd be a damn idiot to retire

 

[madness]

seahawks lookin at this nikka like

christine michael will take his place, they'll draft a running back in the 4th round next year and all will be forgotten of mr. beast mode

 

[jadillac]

$10 mil for an aging RB in 2014 is pretty damn good.

He wont get that anywhere else. And you know they're not gonna cut him this year.

 

[*Hulks Up*]

Seahawks should have gave Beast Mode his 'small token' before they started handing out those contracts this off season, now it's going to cost them.