Earlier this morning on Sports Radio KJR, John Schneider revealed to Mitch Levy a little more insight into the behind-the-scenes workings of the Marshawn Lynch retirement. Per Schneider, the Seahawks do not want to let Lynch's dead money affect the team's cap health in 2017. So, when Seahawks file retirement papers for Lynch (or place him on the Reserve-Retired list) before June 1st, the move will open up $6.5M in cap space. Currently, Lynch is still on the books.
All of Lynch's remaining signing bonus ($5M) will accelerate into 2016 and the Seahawks will be hit with a $5M dead money charge.