{"id":59504,"date":"2019-04-24T08:57:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T12:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=59504"},"modified":"2021-05-23T16:45:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T20:45:31","slug":"marshawn-lynch-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/04\/24\/marshawn-lynch-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshawn Lynch Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/LyncMa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marshawn Lynch<\/a><\/strong> is officially done in the NFL for the second time. The enigmatic back has decided to retire at 32 years old. There were rumors that he may come back for another year if the Raiders were able to work out a deal to stay in Oakland this year. However,\u00a0he and the Silver and Black decided it was best to move on.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After two seasons playing for his hometown Oakland Raiders, Marshawn Lynch is not planning to play football again, league sources tell ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with the three-day draft kicking off Thursday night in Nashville, the Raiders have one more potential need to address: running back.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1121007903102722048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Marshawn Lynch to Retire Again<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Lynch came out of a brief retirement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/2017\/04\/26\/marshawn-lynch-signs-raiders\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">play for his hometown<\/a> in 2017. With the Silver and Black coming off of a 12-4 season, some thought the powerful back known as Beast Mode could be the final piece the offense needed to push them over the top. That plan looked to be coming together quickly, with the Raiders getting off to a 2-0 start, and Lynch dancing on the sideline.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mood. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q0t5BBp22X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Q0t5BBp22X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oakland Raiders (@Raiders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Raiders\/status\/909549993274601472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Things fell apart quickly after that when the Raiders fell apart on Sunday Night Football against the Washington Redskins. The week after, Oakland again fell to the Denver Broncos, with quarterback <strong>Derek Carr<\/strong> suffering a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/story\/0ap3000000855372\/article\/derek-carr-has-transverse-process-fracture-in-back\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">transverse process fracture<\/a> in his back. The team was just never able to get on the same page and finished the year a disappointing 6-10.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Davis was finally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/2018\/1\/5\/16837200\/raiders-hire-jon-gruden-jack-del-rio-replacement\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">able to lure<\/a> former Raiders head coach and longtime Monday Night Football commentator <strong>Jon Gruden<\/strong> back to the team. In what was quickly revealed to be a rebuilding year for the team, Lynch was one of the few bright spots early on. He was the main reason for the team\u2019s first win of the year against the Cleveland Browns, racking up 130 yards on 20 carries. However, he was lost for rest of the season in week six against his former team, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/seahawks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seattle Seahawks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Oakland, Lynch spent most of his career with the Seahawks. He was drafted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buffalo Bills<\/a> but traded to Seattle in 2010. Beast Mode then made a name for himself for his battering style of run that looked to initiate contact with defenders rather than avoid it. He spent six seasons with the Seahawks before calling it quits after an injury-plagued 2015 season. Now Lynch will officially end his career for the second time, this time likely for good.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"zg-87e1cRttIiv7jcKfVmQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1047813430\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'zg-87e1cRttIiv7jcKfVmQ',sig:'mMP7lPjnurGzle0HwoLaArTxDpmJrx_9h9heMfhhZz0=',w:'594px',h:'401px',items:'1047813430',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshawn Lynch has announced he will not be playing football again, after coming out of retirement before and playing two seasons with the Oakland Raiders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2250,"featured_media":60632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,17],"tags":[177,440,157,179],"class_list":["post-59504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-raiders","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-marshawn-lynch","tag-oakland-raiders","tag-seattle-seahawks"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}