Archives for April 14, 2010

‘Nix has talked to Lynch in recent weeks. He characterized the conversation as follows: "He’s under contract," Nix said. "We expect him to be here. We want him to be here. Obviously it’s his decision. This is voluntary. That was the extent of it."’

‘”Let me just make this (clear) where it won’t be a shock on draft day,” said Nix. “You read about all the things we need. We’ve got to have a left tackle, we’ve got to have a quarterback, we’ve got to have this. The way we see our players is probably a little different than you guys see them.”‘

‘”Our intention is for Marshawn to be here,” Nix said during the team’s annual pre-NFL Draft luncheon. “He’s under contract. We think he’s a good back. We need two backs, and our intention is for him to be here. All this trade talk, it’s not coming from us.”‘