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Marshawn Lynch deal to Oakland is done, pending physical
Posted by Darin Gantt on April 26, 2017
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The Raiders had a deadline, and Marshawn Lynch has apparently met it.
According to the NFL Network, the deal between the veteran running back, the Raiders and the Seahawks
will be finished by the end of the day.
Lynch has agreed to a new one-year deal with Oakland, and the teams have already agreed on the details of a trade, which will involve a swap of late-round draft picks in 2018.
The deal will pay Lynch a base of $3 million, with the chance to make $2 million more if he gains 1,000 yards, with a maxed-out value of $8.5 million.
That sends Lynch out of retirement and back to his hometown team, in time to do some PR work and perhaps run the ball from time to time for a team that needed a back after
Latavius Murray left in free agency. General Manager Reggie McKenzie said he needed to know what Lynch was going to do before the draft, so he could make other plans this week if he wasn’t coming home.
Lynch will still need to pass a physical, and he’s heading to the Bay Area to do that after returning from a trip to Haiti.
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Seahawks and Raiders flip 2016 fifth- and sixth-rounders for Lynch
Posted by Darin Gantt on April 26, 2017
Because of the relationship between the General Managers involved in the soon-to-be-finished Marshawn Lynch deal and the urgencies each side felt, the compensation didn’t figure to be complicated or excessive.
And it’s not.
According to Jay Glazer of Fox Sports, the Seahawks will get Oakland’s 2018 fifth-round pick and the Raiders
will acquire Seattle’s 2018 sixth-rounder and Lynch, once he’s completed his physical and the trade becomes real.
Seahawks G.M. John Schneider and Raiders boss Reggie McKenzie used to work together in Green Bay, and the familiarity made the trade part of the transaction easy.
Plus, with Schneider getting Lynch off the books and McKenzie getting the kind of human shield in Oakland that may help fans forget for a moment the team’s leaving soon, everybody wins whether Lynch is a productive runner again or not.