Marshawn Lynch visited the Oakland Raiders on Wednesday, with the permission of the Seattle Seahawks. While he was there, he reportedly told the Raiders he does, in fact, intend to un-retire and play again, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Media.
Retired RB Marshawn Lynch did, in fact, tell #Raiders he intends to un-retire and play again, I'm told. It's a long process, tho #BeastMode.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 5, 2017
Coinciding with this report, Seahawks general manager John Schneider made some comments Wednesday that indicates things could move quickly on this front.
John Schneider says on @710Seattle move of Lynch to Raiders would go "in a smooth manner'' cuz of relationship with Reggie McKenzie.
— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta) April 5, 2017
Schneider reiterates Lynch would only want to return to play for Raiders. Says both Lynch and Raiders "trying to figure things out.''
— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta) April 5, 2017
Lynch has been rumored to be interested in returning and playing for the Raiders for weeks now. It appears at this time that it’s not a matter of “if” it’s going to happen but when.
Either Oakland will make a trade for Lynch and absorb his $9 million salary for 2017 or the Seahawks will release him.