It's official: Seahawks place Marshawn Lynch on retired list
Marshawn Lynch
SEATTLE -- The Seahawks have officially placed running back Marshawn Lynch on the reserved/retired list, according to Seahawks.com.
Beast Mode first indicated his retirement back in February in a tweet, showing green cleats hanging from a cable.
In six seasons with the Seahawks, Lynch rushed for 6,347 yards and 57 touchdowns.
"Lynch didn’t just bring the ability to run for big yardage and touchdowns to Seattle, he helped set a physical tone for a team that would make the playoffs for five straight seasons from 2012 to 2016, winning one Super Bowl and appearing in another." - John Boyle, Seahawks.com
He came to Seattle in a 2010 trade after the Hawks sent fourth and fifth round picks to Buffalo. That turned out to be a pretty awesome deal for Seattle.
“He's not carrying the football, he's carrying his team,” offensive line coach/assistant head coach Tom Cable said last year, according to Seahawks.com. “That's who he is. That's what he does.”
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said of Lynch in 2012: "I don't know if anything is more symbolic than what we've done with Marshawn and him playing the way he's played and him being the guy he is. I think he really is the key element to putting this thing together from the attitude perspective at least."