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Marshawn Lynch Told His Seahawks Teammates That He Would Retire If They Won the Super Bowl

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Marshawn Lynch is seemingly in the prime of his NFL career right now, but will the 27-year-old really announce his retirement this summer? This afternoon, The MMQB dropped an article which had writer Robert Klemko tag along with Richard Sherman as his family, girlfriend and friends celebrated the Seattle Seahawks' Super Bowl XLVIII victory over the Denver Broncos.

There are plenty of gems to take away from the piece, including a part where Sherman claims that the Seahawks figured out a couple of the hand signals that Peyton Manning used for his audibles:

However, in the last paragraph of the piece, Klemko adds this little tidbit of information that immediately grabbed our attention:

What? We're in the same boat as Sherman on this one. But hey, you never know. Then, this was the very next couple of sentences.

It sounds like Lynch is coming back next year, folks! Or, at least we hope. To check out the entire piece, click here.

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[via The MMQB]

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