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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ame-creating-blueprint-for-postseason-success
Lynch is now only the seventh player in league history to score at least 10 rushing touchdowns and run for over 1,000 yards in four consecutive seasons, according to ESPN Stats & Information.
Let that history sink in for a moment. Then picture a near future in which Lynch is no longer employed by the Seahawks. That remains likely given his age (he turns 29 this offseason), the physical abuse he’s endured with a violent running style (2,374 career touches including playoffs) and the burden of his $8.5 million cap hit in 2015, per Spotrac.
But the Seahawks will worry about embracing that cold football-business reality in the offseason and possibly after a title defense. For wide receiver Doug Baldwin—who caught three passes for 53 yards Sunday—a life without Lynch isn't something he can mentally compute quite yet.
“I don’t want to,” Baldwin told The News Tribune’s Gregg Bell after the game when asked if he can envision the Seahawks offense without Lynch. “I’m not even going to answer that.”
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ame-creating-blueprint-for-postseason-success
Lynch is now only the seventh player in league history to score at least 10 rushing touchdowns and run for over 1,000 yards in four consecutive seasons, according to ESPN Stats & Information.
Let that history sink in for a moment. Then picture a near future in which Lynch is no longer employed by the Seahawks. That remains likely given his age (he turns 29 this offseason), the physical abuse he’s endured with a violent running style (2,374 career touches including playoffs) and the burden of his $8.5 million cap hit in 2015, per Spotrac.
But the Seahawks will worry about embracing that cold football-business reality in the offseason and possibly after a title defense. For wide receiver Doug Baldwin—who caught three passes for 53 yards Sunday—a life without Lynch isn't something he can mentally compute quite yet.
“I don’t want to,” Baldwin told The News Tribune’s Gregg Bell after the game when asked if he can envision the Seahawks offense without Lynch. “I’m not even going to answer that.”
