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The Seattle Seahawks should probably tell Marshawn Lynch that tweeting out a retirement announcement doesn't actually make you retired in the NFL.
Although the Seahawks running back officially announced his retirement back on Feb. 7, Lynch is still technically on Seattle's roster because he hasn't filed his retirement papers yet.
Thanks to the salary cap, the act of officially filing your papers is kind of a big deal in the NFL, and it's a move that Lynch still hasn't done.
The problem for the Seahawks is that since Lynch hasn't filed the papers, his contract still counts against the team's salary cap. As of right now, Lynch is on the books for an $11.5 million cap hit in 2016.
That number will drop to $5 million once Lynch's retirement becomes official.
So when will it become official? No one seems to know.
Seahawks general manager John Schneider was asked at the NFL owners meeting this week if there was any particular reason Lynch hasn't filed his retirement papers yet.
"Not really," Schneider said, via the Seattle Times. "We just haven't received his papers yet. He's been out of the country riding camels and stuff."
That explanation kind of makes sense because Lynch has been out of the country for almost three weeks -- and yes, he's been riding camels in Egypt.
On the other hand though, Lynch didn't leave for the trip until Feb. 26, which means he had 19 days to file his papers before he left.
If Lynch is having second thoughts about retirement and decides to not file his papers, the Seahawks could just cut him.
By releasing Lynch, the team would either take a $5 million cap hit in 2016 or a $2.5 million hit in both 2016 and 2017. (If Lynch were to be cut with a post-June 1 designation, the salary cap hit would be spread over the remaining two seasons of his contract.)
Cutting Lynch would also instantly free up some cap room since the team wouldn't have to wait for him to file his retirement papers.
"We haven't decided that yet," Schneider said of cutting Lynch. "It would create some cap room. I'm not sure we're at the point where we specifically need that. We just haven't decided whether or not we're going to wait until then to do it. But it would create some cap room."
As of right now, Lynch is retired, but not officially, which means he's still on the Seahawks roster
The Seattle Seahawks should probably tell Marshawn Lynch that tweeting out a retirement announcement doesn't actually make you retired in the NFL.
Although the Seahawks running back officially announced his retirement back on Feb. 7, Lynch is still technically on Seattle's roster because he hasn't filed his retirement papers yet.
Thanks to the salary cap, the act of officially filing your papers is kind of a big deal in the NFL, and it's a move that Lynch still hasn't done.
The problem for the Seahawks is that since Lynch hasn't filed the papers, his contract still counts against the team's salary cap. As of right now, Lynch is on the books for an $11.5 million cap hit in 2016.
That number will drop to $5 million once Lynch's retirement becomes official.
So when will it become official? No one seems to know.
Seahawks general manager John Schneider was asked at the NFL owners meeting this week if there was any particular reason Lynch hasn't filed his retirement papers yet.
"Not really," Schneider said, via the Seattle Times. "We just haven't received his papers yet. He's been out of the country riding camels and stuff."
That explanation kind of makes sense because Lynch has been out of the country for almost three weeks -- and yes, he's been riding camels in Egypt.
On the other hand though, Lynch didn't leave for the trip until Feb. 26, which means he had 19 days to file his papers before he left.
If Lynch is having second thoughts about retirement and decides to not file his papers, the Seahawks could just cut him.
By releasing Lynch, the team would either take a $5 million cap hit in 2016 or a $2.5 million hit in both 2016 and 2017. (If Lynch were to be cut with a post-June 1 designation, the salary cap hit would be spread over the remaining two seasons of his contract.)
Cutting Lynch would also instantly free up some cap room since the team wouldn't have to wait for him to file his retirement papers.
"We haven't decided that yet," Schneider said of cutting Lynch. "It would create some cap room. I'm not sure we're at the point where we specifically need that. We just haven't decided whether or not we're going to wait until then to do it. But it would create some cap room."
As of right now, Lynch is retired, but not officially, which means he's still on the Seahawks roster
