NFL News: Pete Carroll Believes Marshawn Lynch Will Not Retire And Play For Seattle Seahawks

Marshawn Lynch has been reported to have been considering retirement from the National Football League, or NFL, but Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll believes that his star quarterback will return to play for the squad in the upcoming 2015 NFL Season.

“We’d love to have him back. We’ve never wavered from that. We’ve been in long negotiations. We thought we are going very close at this time. Hopefully, we can have him back and get him ready to play football,” Carroll said in an interview with ESPN.com but the coach also said that the team is preparing for a future for the team without Lynch.

Carroll’s statements echoes Seattle general manager John Schneider’s words in an interview last Friday when he said that they have a back-up plan in store if Lynch calls it quits in the NFL.

Last Feb. 14, Michael Robinson, former teammate of Lynch with the Seahawks and a close friend, stated that Lynch is considering retirement from the league and added that if Lynch returns it won’t be about the money.

Lynch, who made the Pro Bowl teams in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, is considered the best running back in the league and is known by his nickname, “Beast Mode” because of his dominant performance both in the regular season and the postseason. The Seahawks had another great NFL season making the Super Bowl after last year’s championship run. They lost to the New England Patriots, 28-24 in the Super Bowl XLIX.

In the same interview Carroll updated the status of other key Seahawks players who are returning next season. He said that Richard Sherman for an elbow injury and Kam Chancellor for a knee injury won’t be needing surgery in the offseason although Earl Thomas will be going under the knife for an injured shoulder.

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