Good post!DJrmb":1bdmigq1 said:Love Lynch but if he wants to come back now and go play for his home team it has to be fair for Seattle too. We bent over backwards to accommodate all of his quirks and demands and ripped up his deal to give him more money when he asked for it (which in my opinion directly lead to Kam holding out). We should at least get a 5th or 6th from Oakland for his rights and if they want to be stingy and wait for us to release Lynch I trade him to Cleveland for a 7th...
It's not like Lynch won't adjust his contract if Oakland trades for him... Pony up.
They probably would be in Vegas for a couple of years. If it did happen I don't see Lynch lasting 2 years.dutchcoug":hbcrcvj3 said:Uncle Si":hbcrcvj3 said:Hawkfan77":hbcrcvj3 said:It's not like this is coming from ian rappaport. If Adam Schefter says it, I believe it's real. And why wouldn't it it be real?
Exactly.
they just lost Murray to the Vikings, seemingly have little interest in AP and Lynch's ties to the Oakland area are substantial.
This is not a made up story. It may never happen, but it makes sense for Oakland to look at it. Is Lynch any worse than Charles at this point?
Do things change if they're the Las Vegas Raiders?
randomation":k1n0fwya said:If we are eating the bonus we either need to get a pick back or a decent Oline type person.
DJrmb":xnb13ils said:Love Lynch but if he wants to come back now and go play for his home team it has to be fair for Seattle too. We bent over backwards to accommodate all of his quirks and demands and ripped up his deal to give him more money when he asked for it (which in my opinion directly lead to Kam holding out). We should at least get a 5th or 6th from Oakland for his rights and if they want to be stingy and wait for us to release Lynch I trade him to Cleveland for a 7th...
It's not like Lynch won't adjust his contract if Oakland trades for him... Pony up.
ringless":2faqk1vi said:randomation":2faqk1vi said:If we are eating the bonus we either need to get a pick back or a decent Oline type person.
He's not a UFA. He's under contact with Seattle. Lunch can force his release, and Seattle could get nothing. He could say pay me 9 million that you don't have. Or release me. You can't say Lynch owes anyone anything because it's well known. "Lynch marches to his own beat"
bigskydoc":mnpqj9dk said:We can easily free up the money to re-activate him, even though we probably wouldn't have to. As I said in another thread, re-activate him and give him the option of repaying a pro-rated portion of the signing bonus if he wants to go to Oakland. Otherwise, we will shop him around.
I'm guessing we would get either a 5th, or a conditional 5th.
Popeyejones":1flwi80v said:bigskydoc":1flwi80v said:We can easily free up the money to re-activate him, even though we probably wouldn't have to. As I said in another thread, re-activate him and give him the option of repaying a pro-rated portion of the signing bonus if he wants to go to Oakland. Otherwise, we will shop him around.
I'm guessing we would get either a 5th, or a conditional 5th.
And as I just said in another thread ( :lol:) shop him around to who?!?
Which team is it that's going to give up trade assets for the right to pay Marshawn Lynch 9 million dollars this year?
I'd say Lynch has the Hawks by the short and curlies, but he doesn't at all, because he doesn't have anything that they want. Once he applies for reinstatement the Seahawks have to acknowledge the obvious: they don't want him on their team for the money they agreed to pay him.
DJrmb":17zqbutt said:If there is a market for Adrian Peterson and Jamal Charles then there certainly is for Marshawn Lynch.
DJrmb":17zqbutt said:Plus whoever trades for him isn't locked into paying him jack sh*t.
Popeyejones":1fti2w9w said:DJrmb":1fti2w9w said:Plus whoever trades for him isn't locked into paying him jack sh*t.
Yes they absolutely are. His base salary for next year is 9 million. If they trade for him they either have to pay him his contract value or he has to agree to restructure.
And why would he agree to restructure at a place he doesn't want to go to when he can just sit around and wait for the Seahawks to cut him and go wherever he wants?
http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/4186/marshawn-lynch3/6/2015: Signed a three-year, $31 million contract. The deal contains $12 million guaranteed -- a $7.5 million signing bonus and Lynch's first-year base salary. 2017: $7 million (+ $3 million roster bonus due in March), 2018: Free Agent
The Seahawks have retained Lynch’s contract rights while he’s been on their reserve/retired list through 2017 under the contract extension he signed before the 2015 season. That deal included a $7.5 signing bonus. Lynch would be, according to letter of the league’s collective bargaining agreement, subject to paying back the 2016 proration on that signing bonus, a sum of $2.5 million for the season he was “retired.”
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Thank God you have been wrong on many things more then right in my view. So call me skeptical about your opinion and Popeye's on this subject.bigskydoc":2hou0uxw said:Sleeping on this, Popeye is right on the money, and I was wrong. Lynch can pretty much dictate what he wants at this point.
The idea of shopping him around only works with a normal player who wants to play football and keep earning. If Lynch was still wanting to play, we could easily shop him around. In fact I bet the Niners would be near the top of the list of suitors.
That's not Lynch. He doesn't want to just play football, nor does he need to earn money. He wants to play football for Oakland (if rumors are correct), and that is the only team he would sign a contract with.
No team is going to trade for him, knowing he won't sign a contract with them, even if they have the cap space and the desire to pay him 9 million or more. Sure we can reinstate him and trade him to another team, but every team knows he isn't going to sign a contract with anyone but Oakland, so they aren't going to trade with us.
Oakland knows this, so they have no incentive to trade with us.
Lynch holds all the cards. If he truly wants to play for Oakland, all he has to do is apply for reinstatement, and be patient.
Maybe Oakland throws us a bone, but I doubt it.