Riding off into the sunset after winning a Super Bowl that was deemed laughable to even fantasize about at the time would be an awesome way to end an NFL career, but it doesn’t look like DeMarcus Lawrence is ready to hang up the cleats just yet.
While Lawrence himself hasn’t spoken about his playing future, Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald addressed this item at the NFL’s annual league meetings in Phoenix earlier this week. Short of anything Lawrence can say to the affirmative, this is about as encouraging
as it gets.
“To my knowledge, he’s coming back,” Macdonald said Monday. “He always has the right to change his mind, but as of right now, he’s coming back.”
Macdonald’s quote comes on the heels of Lawrence’s friend and former Cowboys teammate Johnathan Hankins assured Seahawks fans that ‘Tank’ has more left in the tank to offer.
The 33-year-old Lawrence has two years remaining on his Seahawks contract. After an injury-shortened final year with the Dallas Cowboys, Lawrence was revitalized in Seattle and was a key factor in the team’s league-best defense. He recorded six sacks in the regular season and two more in the postseason, along with two fumble return touchdowns against the Arizona Cardinals. Lawrence’s stellar play earned him Pro Bowl honors for the fifth time in his career, but above all else he was able to get that first Super Bowl win and celebrate the birth of his child the next day.
On the subject of potentially bringing in another edge rusher in the wake of Boye Mafe’s free agent move to the Cincinnati Bengals, Macdonald said that, “If there was a right opportunity, we probably would have done it.” He did add that, should a draft or post-draft opportunity not come to fruition, “we’ll roll with the guys we have.”
For now, one of those guys is DeMarcus Lawrence.
