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.”
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.