Lynch reported to Seattle despite the fact that he
won't be getting a new contract from the team. However, the Seahawks will
"add some financial concessions to the contract,"according to ESPN.com.
Those concessions include a higher base salary for
Lynch this year, according to ProFootballTalk.com.
Under his prior deal, Beast Mode was scheduled to
make a $5 million base salary in 2014 and then would have been able to tack on
another $1 million in the form of a $500,000 roster bonus and a $500,000 bonus
for hitting the 1,500-yard mark.
However, under the new deal, Lynch will just get $6
million guaranteed. The Seahawks are also taking $500,000 of his 2015 bonus and
giving it to him in 2014. Lynch can make up to $7.5 million in 2015, but he'll
count $9 million against the salary uncap, so it's no sure thing that Seattle
would hold on to him next season.
As part of the new deal, Lynch also won't have to pay any fines for missing camp. Beast Mode missed a total of eight days of training camp and would have potentially been subject to over $500,000 in fines.
The team was allowed to fine Lynch $30,000 a day for
the first six days, after that, Lynch was subject to fines of $60,000 a day.
The team would also be allowed to fine Lynch 15 percent of his prorated signing
bonus after six days of missing camp. The sixth day of Lynch's holdout came on
Tuesday, which could have possibly meant another $225,000 in fines.
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