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RENTON, Wash. - For all the importance placed around finding the right quarterback, the trade that brought Marshawn Lynch to Seattle part way through the 2010 season could be considered the most important transaction Pete Carroll made in the makeover of the Seahawks.Lynch brought more than just skills as a running back. Lynch provided the Seahawks an attitude that spread through the locker room.I kind of love his act, Seattle general manager John Schneider said.All that Lynch has provided the Seahawks makes it seem unfathomable that next Sundays Super Bowl against New England could be his finale in Seattle.No more showers of Skittles. No more Beast Mode moments. No more cat-and-mouse game avoiding the media.Both the Seahawks and Lynch have decisions to make in the off-season. Whether its time for Lynch to move on or if hell play out the final year of his contract with Seattle.If Lynch returns under his current contract, it would cost Seattle $8.5 million against the salary cap, a number that would be unusual for a to-be 29-year-old running back.Seattle could attempt to restructure or extend Lynchs contract to take less of a hit against its salary cap. They could decide its time for backups Robert Turbin and Christine Michael to get their opportunities as Seattles featured running backs.Or Lynch could follow through on rumours that have followed him for nearly a year and decide to walk away from football.Only one of those options is particularly pleasing to Seahawks fans and thats seeing Lynch continue. Theyve come to revel in the toughness and fight and refuse-to-be-tackled style with which Lynch runs. Beast Mode is an attitude Seattle has never had on the football field.Hes a dog. His whole demeanour, Seattle safety Earl Thomas said. Hes a man (among) boys out there.A case could be made that 2014 was Lynchs best season of his career and it started under an umbrella of speculation about his role.Seattle coaches hinted in the off-season that backs such as Turbin and Michael could have more of a role in the offence and training camp began with Lynch holding out for the first week.But once Lynch got on the field, his importance became clear. He rushed for more yards two seasons ago, but this season was a display of how Lynch has become more than just a ball carrier.Its been an extraordinary season that hes put out here because hes been so consistent for so long and hes been so physically right for so long, Carroll said.Lynchs 17 touchdowns in the regular season, including four TD catches, were a career high. He caught 37 passes for a career-best 367 yards, becoming a more reliable receiving option out of the backfield. Hes consistently been a capable blocker in pass protection.The thing that he brings to our offence is his versatility, quarterback Russell Wilson said. People underestimate I think his ability to catch the football, his ability to block, his ability to run after contact. Just what he does in the backfield I mean I dont think theres another football player like him in terms of the running back position.But thats only part of Lynchs story. Where his value is understated, and possibly most appreciated, is the ability to make something out of nothing.To break tackles before he gets to the line of scrimmage and create a 3-yard gain out of what should be a 3-yard loss. Its a skill others can try and emulate and never truly duplicate.Of the 1,306 yards rushing this season for Lynch, 771 came after first contact according to STATS. That was the second-highest total in the league, but Lynch averaged 2.8 yards after contact per attempt — the best in the league for any running back.In each of his four full seasons with Seattle, more than 600 yards rushing each season has come after Lynch was first hit. And 2014 was his highest total.In the NFC title game last Sunday, Lynchs 157 yards rushing became a footnote to all the other craziness that occurred in Seattles comeback. How good was Lynchs performance against the Packers? He was one of five running backs in the past five seasons to rush for more than 150 yards in a playoff game.If Lynch is back in 2015, hell be facing the history that often catches up with running backs as they inch closer to age 30. Only 18 different running backs in NFL history have rushed for more than 1,300 yards in a season after turning 29.But Lynch seems to be a different type of running back.Hes hands down the best back in the game, New England defensive tackle Vince Wilfork said, because he can hurt you any time he has the ball in his hands.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL NFL Jerseys China . If one fighter gases, he usually gets beat up pretty bad from that point on. Fake Nike NFL Jerseys .C. -- Theyll remember the OT from the first Syracuse-Duke game -- and the Ts that decided Round 2. https://www.chinajerseysnfl.us/.C. - The housecleaning continues for the B. Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Free Shipping . Webb birdied the 18th hole to take the outright lead, then watched as Choi, who shot a course-record 62 on Saturday to take a share of the third-round lead, pushed a 10-foot putt wide of the hole at 18 to miss the chance for a playoff. Nike NFL Jerseys Outlet . The mood in Seattle was electrified as the parade featuring the NFL champions began near the Space Needle and made its way to CenturyLink Field, the home of the team. At a ceremony inside the stadium, the team thanked its loyal followers -- the 12th Man -- capping a day of boisterous celebration that drew an estimated 700,000 revelers to Seattle.Buffalo, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Rookie Calvin Pickard made 28 saves to backstop the Colorado Avalanche to a 5-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night. Erik Johnson and Cody McLeod scored in the first period for the Avalanche, who have earned at least a point in four straight games (2-0-2). In the third period, Alex Tanguay scored twice and set up John Mitchell for a power-play goal. Jhonas Enroth stopped 18-of-22 shots for Buffalo, which has been outscored 10-2 while dropping its last two on the heels of a four-game winning streak. Johnson joined the rush, gathered a feed from Nathan MacKinnon and fired the puck past Enroths right pad 2:23 into the game. McLeod tapped in Ryan OReillys pass through the legs of Enroth for a short- handed goal at the 7:07 mark of the first. Tanguay took a feed from Jarome Iginla and beat Enroth high on the glove side with a wrist shot at 1:51. He then dished to Mitchell, who buried a shot from the slot at 5:09. Mitchell was baack in the lineup after missing seven games with a leg injury.dddddddddddd Johan Larsson spoiled Pickards shutout bid with his first NHL goal at 13:27. Larsson was recalled from Rochester of the American Hockey League to replace Matt Moulson, who was a late scratch because of an illness. Called (Larsson) up at 10 to five. So he had to rush here. Under those circumstances, he played well, plus he scored his first (NHL) goal, said Sabres coach Ted Nolan. Tanguay scored into an empty net with 26 seconds remaining. Game Notes The Avalanche have won eight straight meetings with the Sabres ... Iginla collected three assists ... Buffalo forward Tyler Ennis played in his 300th career game ... Avalanche forward Patrick Bordeleau made his season debut after recovering from a back injury ... Colorado forward Maxime Talbot picked up his 100th career assist ... The Avalanche wrap up their three-game road trip Sunday in Detroit. ' ' '