The twists and turns of the contract renewal drama finally came to an end. Lu Ke finally renewed his contract with the San Francisco 49ers, stayed with this team, and truly became the cornerstone quarterback of the new San Francisco dynasty.
If in the past two years, Lu Ke, who has shouldered the heavy responsibility of the rookie contract, has never been able to get rid of the doubts of being an "undrafted rookie"; then from now on, Lu Ke has completed the role change and has become the leader of this fleet. , keep moving forward with head held high amidst the stormy waves, and create your own era step by step!
Next, the San Francisco 49ers can finally put their feet on the ground with Lu Ke as the absolute core, and around Lu Ke's technical and tactical abilities, from the draft to the free market, start to build this dynasty team throughout the year!
This is an important step for the San Francisco 49ers.
This is also an important turning point for the league.
League president Roger Goodell immediately expressed his stance by tweeting, "Congratulations to the league's highest annual salary for setting a new record again. Congratulations to the San Francisco 49ers. Congratulations to Lu Ke."
Naturally, you can’t tell much if you simply read it literally, and he maintains a neutral attitude. However, the intriguing detail is that Goodell has never paid attention to the issue of player contract renewal-after all, there are many players in the entire league. How could he pay attention to more than 2,000 professional players? Goodell also did not pay public attention to the contracts of Drew Brees and Peyton Manning last year.
Now, Goodell solemnly expressed congratulations, which seems meaningful.
However, this is not surprising. The league has been promoting Lu Ke in an attempt to open up the Asian market. This is no secret. It has also received unanimous support from the 32 teams in the league. There were unpleasant conflicts between Lu Ke and the fans at the Eagles' home court, but overall, everyone was still in the same boat.
Lu Ke's ability to break the historical record with his qualifications as a third-year student is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface.
It is foreseeable that in the next few seasons, Lu Ke's performance will surely become the focus of more people's attention - after making history, we must now see whether Lu Ke can match this honor.
Lu Ke's contract renewal was finally completed. The entire city of San Francisco was celebrating wildly. The big stone that was weighing heavily on his heart could finally be let go. Many merchants launched discounts appropriately to support the team's success. Lu Ke was left cheering, including "Qiao's Bar".
The "buy one, get one free" activity allows those "drinkers" to declare blatantly: It's not because I like drinking, but because of the activity launched by Anthony Tinoso. If you don't enjoy it, it's not a waste. Some thoughts? So, I decided to express my inner joy and happiness by drinking the bar down completely.
Whether it is crooked or just, one thing is certain, the celebration parties after the Super Bowl took the opportunity to usher in a second wave of craze.
But for other players and teams, preparations for the offseason are still continuing, and there is not much time left before the rookie training camp; not to mention, other contracts that need to be renewed or transferred are still waiting. What about the follow-up processing?
Not long after Lu Ke's record-breaking contract was signed, the Dallas Cowboys officially announced that they had completed a contract extension with Tony Romo, exchanging the undrafted rookie in 2003 for six years and US$108 million. He stayed in the team and continued to serve as the captain of the American team, which included a guaranteed bonus of 55 million.
In an instant, all kinds of discussions began to boil over again.
Judging purely from the contract figures, Romo's amount has exceeded Lu Ke's, but this is a six-year contract, and the average annual salary is maintained at the level of 18 million, which is lower than Lu Ke and Drew Boo The salary figures of Reese, Peyton Manning and others have changed, but overall they are still the top group of quarterbacks in the league.
Since taking over the starting position in 2006, Romo has entered the Pro Bowl three times. Unfortunately, he has never entered the first or second team of the United States. He has not made it to the Super Bowl yet, but he is still one of the best four players in the league. Shooting Guard - Last year's quarterback's total annual rating reached 102.5, setting a career high; this year's passing yards reached 4,903 yards, almost achieving his first 5,000-yard season.
It can be seen from Romo's contract that the league is hungry for outstanding quarterbacks.
Romo's contract extension has triggered a lot of discussion in the league. The title of captain of Team America is definitely not that simple. It is subject to the most severe trials and tests at all times. Any slight disturbance may create countless pressures. , turned into suffering; now Romo can complete the contract extension with a high salary figure in the top five in the league, which also makes people feel the support from the team.
Industry insiders all said that Jerry Jones was still reluctant to give up Romo.
But after careful study, the individual in the industry has a slightly different taste.
Some time ago, the Dallas Cowboys made frequent moves and even began to reorganize the contracts of the players on the team to ensure that they could clear enough salary cap space and wait for the empty seats. All aspects were prepared to welcome Lu Ke's arrival. Their actions also triggered a chain effect and became one of the opportunities for the San Francisco 49ers to cut through the mess quickly.
Now, Lu Ke has just stayed in San Francisco, and Dallas immediately renewed Romo's contract. This... If you think about it according to normal thinking, Jerry Jones failed in chasing Lu Ke, and then concentrated on renewing Romo's contract. This It's understandable, and it's all too common among professional teams.
The problem is that Romo's renewed annual salary is 18 million. Although it does not set a league record, it is still among the top five figures in the league, tied with Tom Brady and second only to Lu Ke and Drew Bu. Reese and Peyton Manning, in other words, this is the league's top contract!
More importantly, Dallas' previous move to sort out the contract cleared about $20 million in salary cap space, which is also considered to be a sign of Dallas' sincerity in signing Lu Ke; and now, Romo's annual salary is exactly at this level. The numbers seem to fill in the gaps seamlessly.
It's all such a coincidence, isn't it?
With an annual salary of 18 million, this is definitely not a contract that can be completed in a hurry. Signing a contract is not a piece of cake - Lu Ke did not sit down at the seat prepared for Lu Ke, and then directly put Romo in. This is not how things work; especially when the contract salaries of the two quarterbacks are at the same level. level, this also means that changing the quarterback itself is a risky move.
Last year, the Denver Broncos replaced Tim Tebow with Peyton Manning, which was a huge starting quarterback switch; but if Eli Manning was used to replace Ben Roethlisberger, then What's the point? The same seems to be true for Lu Ke and Romo now.
Does this mean that Jerry began to consider Romo's contract extension early?
So, why did Jerry still make rumors about competing for Lu Ke? There are countless possibilities, but there are two scenarios with the highest odds.
The first one is that Jerry weighed Romo's contract extension, but thought that the expected number was slightly higher than expected and the price-performance ratio was not enough. So Jerry temporarily shelved Romo's contract and began to consider Lu Ke.
Second, Jerry has already decided to renew Romo's contract, and the rumors about Lu Ke are just smoke and mirrors. In this way, it adds fuel to the fire for Lu Ke's contract renewal and indirectly promotes history.
If it is the former, it is perfectly normal. Most teams in the league have calculated this way. After formulating a plan, they will inevitably need to implement an alternative plan. Lu Ke is Dallas' original plan, and Romo is the backup. plan, which also explains the timing and amount of Romo's contract extension.
But if it's the latter, it's worth pondering.
It is a pity that Jerry Jones is absolutely impossible to take the initiative to speak, so all speculations can only stay at the stage of speculation and have no chance to be confirmed.
"Can you tell me the content of the text message again?" Laihe's voice revealed surprise. Even though he had experienced many battles, he could not hide his surprise and surprise at this time.
"Congratulations. Although we won't have the chance to fight side by side this year, we can still be friends." Lu Ke repeated it again. This was a congratulatory text message from Jerry Jones after his contract extension was completed. Although Lu Ke was not satisfied with the contract extension. There was a lot of planning in the process, but he was still able to put together some pieces of things. He needed to ask Lech for further confirmation, "Is my idea correct?"
Lech breathed out softly, "Yes, your guess is correct." Thinking about it again, he couldn't help but chuckled, "Jerry Jones is indeed wily and scheming. He is definitely a master of gambling." No matter what, we don’t want this favor, so we can only acquiesce.”
Everything is a game. The game set by Jerry.
It's been that way since "Saturday Night Live."
If Lech guessed correctly, Dallas was negotiating a contract with Romo at that time, and the contract extension was a sure thing; but Jerry was planning for the future, so he found Lu Ke in advance, and then spread the word, pushing San Francisco to do The decision was made, which indirectly led to the creation of a history-breaking contract.
It is possible that Romo also knew about it.
Everything is creating a historical layout for Lu Ke, but it is just for a favor. Jerry was ahead of Leh in this game of chess.
"But why?" Lu Ke was able to piece together the puzzle, but he couldn't see the whole picture. In the final analysis, he was not the leader of the team, nor was he a shrewd businessman. His way of thinking was still slightly different. This was why he made a special trip to deal with this matter. Tell Leh why, he needed some spark of inspiration.
Lech nodded again to express his appreciation. He really admired Jerry's layout. "It's very simple. Tony is thirty-three years old this year." d
