Marshawn Lynch will be back with the Seahawks in Week 17 and he’ll be picking up a pretty paycheck in the process.
The 33-year-old is set to take home a cool $60,588 (for one game!). Per CBS, Lynch essentially agreed to a one-year deal that was pro-rated for the league minimum. CBS noted that for any player with more than 10 years of experience, the minimum is $1,030,000 for the entire season. Additionally, he can earn a bit of extra coin if the Hawks make a playoff run:
The following is an excerpt from CBS Sports:
For this year's playoffs, Lynch could end pocketing an extra $242,000 if the Seahawks end up winning the Super Bowl, but that could only happen if the Seahawks end up as the NFC's No. 3 seed. In this scenario, Lynch -- and all Seahawks players -- would collect $31,000 for the Seahawks game in the wild card round, $31,000 for the divisional round game and $56,000 for playing in the NFC title game. Lynch would also get a separate check for $124,000 if the Seahawks were to win the Super Bowl. If you add that to his $60,588 for Week 17, that means Lynch could make a total of $302,588 on the field for roughly one month of work.
If the Seahawks lost to the 49ers, but still ended up winning the Super Bowl, Lynch would collect $239,000, because wild card teams only get $28,000 (Division winners playing in the wild card round get $31,000).
If the Seahawks were to win this Sunday and earn a first-round bye, then the most Lynch could make for the playoffs is $211,000, because he wouldn't get paid out a share for the wild card round.
Let’s think about all the things you could buy with that kind of money, shall we? A beautiful car… a down payment for a house… tuition (in Canada at least)… and to give you a little perspective… 15,184 Big Macs from MacDonald’s!!!! From one football game!!!!
BeastMode was signed by Seattle on Monday after the team lost both Chris Carson and C.J. Prosise to injury in week 16 and he's wasted no time making his presence felt in Seattle again. Just look at his opening presser after officially returning… short and sweet!
Not a bad haul for an aging running back.
(H/T CBS Sports)
