Report: Seahawks offering Marshawn Lynch a monster contract

Beast Mode is going Money Mode. A report indicates that the Seattle Seahawks are readying a contract that could keep Marshawn Lynch in neon green for the rest of his career.

NFL.com's Ian Rapoport is reporting that the Seahawks are readying a long-term deal that could pay Lynch as much as $10 million in 2015 alone. That would double his current scheduled salary for 2015, the final year of a four-year, $31 million deal.

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Lynch has been a key cog in the Seahawks' run to two consecutive Super Bowls, although concerns about age, chemistry and salary led many to speculate that the Seahawks would be severing ties with Lynch at the end of this year. The Seahawks have apparently decided that keeping Lynch in-house was a better option than the alternative.

Of course, predicting Lynch's next move is no easier than tackling him. As recently as two months ago, reports were surfacing that Lynch could retire at the end of this season, and he held out of training camp for more contract leverage to start the season. For now, there's one more game to play before anyone needs to make a decision.

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