Seahawks GM John Schneider Comments on Marshawn Lynch’s Retirement Decision

Retired NFL running back Marshawn Lynch may only be 30 years old, but Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider doesn’t think his team’s former playmaker will be back on the field in 2016.

Schneider appeared on PFT Live on NBC Sports Radio on Wednesday, via Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, and implied Lynch will stick with his retirement: “It seems like it. I haven’t seen a lot of guys that are riding camels and stuff. NFL players around the desert, I haven’t seen a lot of that. But he’s been thinking about this for a while, obviously, so I think he’s very much at peace with it.”

Schneider was referring to when Lynch was in Cairo, Egypt, in February for the American Football Without Barriers camp and was seen riding a camel.

Lynch’s retirement came as something of a surprise, as he took to Twitter during Super Bowl 50 to let the football world know he was hanging up the cleats:

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— Shawn Lynch (@MoneyLynch) February 8, 2016

Schneider offered a guess as to why the running back walked away when he did, via Florio:

Marshawn’s one of those guys. He’s his own man, and I think it was just one of those deals where he was, and this is my opinion—this doesn’t come from him. This is just a guy, his running style is just so reckless and he gives it all every time he carries it. So I think at some point that takes a little bit of a toll and he had the injury this year and really, truly it’s …

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