Here’s some takeaways from the #Seahawks’ locker room as they packed up for the end of the season Monday:
– Linebacker Bruce Irvin, who is a free agent, said he’s willing to take less money to re-sign with the Seahawks. It’s been largely expected that Irvin, who plays on the strong side and is also used as a rusher on passing downs, would not return next season because the Seahawks would not be able to offer him the same amount of money as he could get on the open market.
“Pete [Carroll] and John [Schneider] asked me that when I met with them today,” Irvin said when asked if he would take less money to stay in Seattle. “If it came to that, I would definitely come back. Three, four, five million, I would definitely come back because I’m established here. These are my brothers. I honestly can’t even imagine myself playing with anybody else, being in a different meeting room, listening to different pregame speeches, it’s just crazy to me. I would definitely come back. If they matched or if it was a little less, I would definitely come back to Seattle.”
– Other free agents to be, like tackle Russell Okung and receiver Jermaine Kearse, also expressed a desire to re-sign with the Seahawks, though they said they would let the process play out.
– No, running back Marshawn Lynch did not take the occasion of the end of the season to talk to the media, so we don’t know his thoughts about his situation with the team. Lynch is set to make $11.5 million next season, but the Seahawks can save $6.5 million agains the salary cap if they cut Lynch, who will be 30 years old and just suffered through an injury-plagued season. Could Lynch have played his final game with the Seahawks?
– Lynch’s heir apparent, Thomas Rawls, was rolling across the locker room on a scooter that kept his injured left ankle off the ground. Rawls, who’s dealing with a broken ankle and torn ligaments, assured everyone he would be 100 percent by the time training camp comes around.
Rawls, who hails from Flint, Michigan, also had things to say about the crisis his hometown with regards to lead poisoning in the water:
“I will go home because there’s a lot going on in Flint, Michigan, as far as the water and stuff like that,” Rawls said. “I ask the world to just pray for Flint, Michigan, where I’m from. I can’t wait to go back home and help out with that. I may even try to dig a well and connect it to another city or something. I want to be Superman to my city, I love my city, I don’t want to get emotional about it, but I will go home.”
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