Ex-Packer Finley says Marshawn Lynch wanted to play for Green Bay

Before landing with the Seattle Seahawks, Marshawn Lynch apparently had his sights set on Green Bay.

Former Packers tight end Jermichael Finley revealed Lynch's once-preferred destination Monday on the "Two Deep NFL Podcast," recounting the time Lynch approached him and quarterback Aaron Rodgers during Green Bay's Week 2 game against the Buffalo Bills in 2010.

"We were running off the field - and this is when he was playing for the Bills - it was halftime actually," Finley said, according to John Breech of CBS Sports. "Me and Rodgers were running to the locker room and Lynch hit us on the shoulder and said 'Tell (general manager) Ted Thompson to come get me.'"

Lynch was traded to the Seahawks a few weeks later in exchange for a pair of draft picks.

"That's 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," Finley said. "I don't doubt those guys at all. That's what you play the game for, to win a championship."