They didn’t let him carry the ball for the final yard to win the Super Bowl, but the Seattle Seahawks let it be known that they want him to carry the ball for them for the next three seasons.
On Saturday, Seattle offered Lynch a new extension that would pay him $11-12 million next season, then $9 million in year two of a three-year contract. No details of the final year were made available.
Lynch is coming off a 1,306 yard, 13-touchdown season where he added 367 yards and four touchdowns on the ground. If Lynch does decide to come back and play in 2015 it will be his ninth season. Lynch, 29, was drafted in the first round by the Buffalo Bills in 2007 and spent four years there being underutilized before leaving for the Seahawks and becoming a super star.
Lynch currently still has one year left on a four-year deal that’s scheduled to pay him $5 million next season. The biggest obstacle in re-signing won’t be the money as this deal would make him the second-highest paid running back in the league after Adrian Peterson, but Lynch’s desire to continue his career. Lynch is reportedly mulling retirement. It’s a feeling that Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll believes will pass.
“We’ve never thought of the future without him,” Carroll said Friday at the NFL Combine. “Hopefully, it will all work out.”
Cowboys make offer to Dez Bryant
No terms have been disclosed, or leaked as it were, but reportedly the Dallas Cowboys have sent a long-term contract offer to wide receiver Dez Bryant’s agent at Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports.
If a deal can be struck with Bryant before March 9 the Cowboys can avoid using the franchise tag on and possibly save it for DeMarcu Murray in an effort to keep both its star free agents.
Bryant is coming off an 88-catch, 1,320-yard, 16 touchdown season.
Cowboys linebacker Rolando McClain faces fine
Rolando McClain is set to cash in during NFL Free Agency and he’s going to need the money. McClain is facing a four-game fine for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.
McLain won’t be suspended for violating the policy, but is still planning on appealing the fine according to sources. Another violation from McClain would result in a four-game suspension.
McClain was acquired in a trade with the Baltimore Ravens last offseason after the 25-year-old linebacker decided to come out of his short retirement. Because of McClain’s performance last season the Cowboys will give up their sixth-round pick to the Ravens in the upcoming draft and receive Baltimore’s seventh-rounder.
McClain starred for the Cowboys in the place of injured middle linebacker Sean Lee, recording 81 tackles, one sack, one forced fumble and three passes defended.
Tom Coughlin and Giants working on extension
Tom Coughlin isn’t ready to hang up his whistle yet and evidently the New York Giants are in no hurry to see him go. The 68-year-old Coughlin and the Giants have reportedly entered talks on a contract extension.
Coughlin has guided the Giants to two Super Bowl championships, both over the New England Patriots. In 2007, Coughlin entered the season on the hot seat, but his New York team led by Eli Manning and Michael Strahan knocked out the undefeated Patriots 17-14.
The Giants have finished with back-to-back losing seasons and missed the playoffs the last three seasons. Coughlin is 96-80 since taking over the Giants in 2004.
Titans’ Mettenberger not afraid of Winston or Mariota
With rumors spreading that the Tennessee Titans will take a quarterback with the No. 2 pick int he 2015 NFL draft regardless of who falls to them, current Titans QB Zach Mettenberger let it be known that he feels he can beat both men out in a head-to-head competition.
“They are obviously very talented guys,” Mettenberger said. “If they were here I think they would say the same thing, if we had to compete out there, I think I’d beat them out.”
Mettenberger appeared in seven games for the Titans last season, completing 59.8 percent of his passes for 1,412 yards, eight touchdowns and seven interceptions.
