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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Get breaking news and SI\u2019s biggest stories instantly. Download the new Sports Illustrated app (iOS&amp;nbsp;or Android) and personalize your experience by following your favorite teams and SI writers.&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Former Green Bay Packers tight end Jermichael Finley says that Marshawn Lynch wanted to become a Packer when he was a member of the Buffalo Bills, he told&amp;nbsp;the Two Deep NFL Podcast.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finley told a short story about Lynch coming up to him and quarterback Aaron Rodgers during halftime of a game between Green Bay and Buffalo.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CWe were running off the field, and this is when he was playing for the Bills\u2014it was half-time actually,\u201D Finley said. \u201CMe and Rodgers were running to the locker room and Lynch came over, hit us on the shoulder and said \u2018Tell [Green Bay general manager] Ted Thompson to come get me.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CThat\u2019s the thing that you deal with in the NFL. Those guys who are playing with the Buffalo Bills or even the Cleveland Browns and they want to get to a team, where they can for sure win a ring. I don\u2019t doubt those guys at all. That\u2019s why you play the game, to win a championship.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;KING: RG3 a good risk to take for Browns&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lynch later won a championship with the Seahawks to cap off the 2013 season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;During last month\u2019s Super Bowl, Lynch announced his retirement after nine NFL seasons with a tweet that showed a pair of cleats hung up on a wire. He finished his career with 9,112 yards and 74 touchdowns.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Christopher Chavez&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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