This offseason, the most shocking important contracts in the entire league are the top contracts of many quarterbacks such as Tony Romo, Lu Ke and Aaron Rodgers, but these quarterbacks have all chosen to stay with themselves. team, and there are indeed a lot of transfer moves in the free market.
First, 2009 Offensive Rookie of the Year Percy Harvin (Pery-Harv) left the Minnesota Vikings for the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for a first-round pick and a seventh-round pick. In the first round of the draft, this top receiver was considered to have the talent to become a legend. Unfortunately, his performance on the field was affected by multiple injuries. Now joining the Seahawks, this also means that Russell Wilson has received important help.
Secondly, the New York Jets' legendary cornerback "Island King" Darrelle Revis went to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in exchange for a first-round pick and a fourth-round pick. Troubled by knee injuries, he has never been able to perform at his peak level, and missed the New York Jets' matchup with the San Francisco 49ers. Now he goes to the Buccaneers, which has a defensive tradition, but he doesn't know whether he can regain his peak form.
Once again, it’s Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Anquan Boldin.
Boldin is a veteran. He was selected by the Arizona Cardinals with the 54th pick in the second round in 2003. He was not the most promising wide receiver at that time, but he burst out with unimaginable energy in his rookie season and successfully defeated Quarterback Carson Palmer, the top pick in the draft that year, and wide receiver Andre Johnson (andre-jhnsn), the top pick in the draft, won the Offensive Rookie of the Year that year——
Carson Palmer and Andre Johnson are now among the league's top players and have been selected to the Pro Bowl multiple times.
Unfortunately, in his second and third years, Boldin suffered from injuries intermittently, and his playing time was severely compressed. However, as long as he could appear on the court, his performance was top-notch. In 2003, 2000 and 2008, Being selected to the Pro Bowl three times is the best proof.
In 2000, Boldin transferred to the Baltimore Ravens. In the Ravens' formation, his performance was still at the forefront, but he still lost the sharp edge of his rookie season. He was never able to reach the peak again, nor was he able to return to the Pro Bowl again. He seemed to be gradually turning into a blue-collar player.
The same was true in the 202 season. Throughout the regular season, Boldin only scored four touchdowns; but after entering the playoffs, his performance fully recovered, scoring four touchdowns in four games and becoming the Ravens' first choice. One of the biggest contributors to reaching the Super Bowl, people suddenly saw his peak level again.
As a three-time Pro Bowl player, Boldin is that type of player: they have the ability and were once brilliant. Their current state and strength seem to be no longer top-notch, but no one knows when they will suddenly break out-maybe forever. If this silence continues, a certain moment may become the key to turning things around. Experience and vision are their greatest assets.
Boldin's biggest regret in his career was missing the Super Bowl twice. In 2008 with the Arizona Cardinals, he lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers led by Ben Roethlisberger; in 202 with the Baltimore Ravens, he lost to the Baltimore Ravens. Ke leads the San Francisco 49ers. Moreover, both times we were close at hand but passed by each other.
This offseason, the Baltimore Ravens are also facing the impact of the hard salary cap. Compared with the San Francisco 49ers, the situation they have to face is more complicated. Simply put, they need to renew their contracts with more players. The first one to bear the brunt is Their quarterback Joe Flacco.
In addition to Lu Ke, Romo and Rogers, Joe Flacco and Matt Ryan, who entered the league in 2008, are also facing renewal this year.
Neither the Baltimore Ravens nor the Atlanta Falcons have any reason to change their quarterbacks. Although they cannot compete with Lu Ke and Rodgers. Those two quarterbacks are both hot figures now, but they are similar to the Dallas Cowboys, low-key but Focused on keeping his quarterback.
Dallas began to adjust the team's contract in order to renew Romo; Baltimore and Atlanta did the same.
In the Baltimore team, John Hubble finally targeted Boldin. He hoped that Boldin could restructure his contract, reduce his annual salary and cooperate with the team; but Boldin refused to compromise, and as a result, John Hubble changed hands and sold him. Boldin was placed in the free market, just as Jim Harbaugh was facing a tight situation at wide receivers, so Boldin was transferred from one Harbaugh to another.
The San Francisco 49ers took over Boldin's contract worth $7 million per year, and the price is only a seventh-round draft pick next year.
As for Baltimore, with Lu Ke and Rogers at the forefront, the contract renewals of Flacco and Matt seem to be much less low-key, and they are not even as popular as Romo's discussion, but these two quarterbacks still both won. Flacco signed his new contract in mid-June and Matt signed his new contract in mid-July.
Joe Flacco, six years, $120.6 million, guaranteed deposit of $52 million, average annual salary of $20,000,000.
Matt Ryan, five years, $103.75 million, guaranteed deposit of $59 million, average annual salary of $20.75 million.
The two quarterbacks became the fourth and fifth players to earn more than $20 million a year, leaving behind Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Tony Romo. ; However, the average salary level and guaranteed deposit still failed to surpass Lu Ke, and still fell behind Lu Ke and Rogers.
On the one hand, the hard salary cap is rising every year. As the NFL becomes more and more profitable, the salary cap ceiling increases faster; on the other hand, the players' net worth is gradually increasing. Lu Ke's rise is an important watershed. As all other quarterbacks begin to make breakthroughs, of course, when Manning, Brady, and Brees renew their contracts in the future, they will naturally have more room for improvement.
Even if there is no regular season VP, even if there is no Super Bowl, excellent quarterbacks are still very rare, so the popularity of quarterbacks such as Romo, Flacco and Matt remains high. Even rookie quarterback Andrew - Luck and Robert Griffin III are no exception.
The conversation returned to Boulding.
Now, Boldin has transformed from a member of the Ravens to a member of the 49ers. Not long ago, the two sides were life-and-death competitors on the Super Bowl stage. In the blink of an eye, they are about to become partners fighting side by side. The encounters in the professional arena are indeed wonderful.
Today is the day when Boldin officially appears in front of the fans. Boldin still hopes that he can have a wonderful start in the new team, so he put on a serious posture and prepared carefully, but ……boxer? Is this setting really good? Are you sure you won't be too aggressive?
Especially since they were fighting on the most important arena not long ago.
The players' eyes fell on Boldin one after another. For a moment, their expressions were a little strange. Boldin's pace also slowed down slightly, and his eyes continued to wander between the players.
For every player who has just transferred, they need a breakthrough.
Generally speaking, the breakthrough point is the introduction by one's own head coach - wide receiver coach, tight end coach, running back coach. This is the head coach of each position, integrating the players into the group at their own position, and then integrating them separately. Offensive or defensive, enter the team one step at a time.
But now, they are still standing outside the training base. The head coach has not come over, and the atmosphere has paused for a moment.
Akins chuckled and stepped forward, "An Kuang, I'm David Akins, kicker. Welcome to the 49ers."
As a kicker who has been in the league for many years and has been homeless many times, he is already familiar with self-introduction and quick integration. He knew that Lu Ke was not good at breaking the deadlock, so he took the initiative to stand up. Now that he has decided to continue fighting for another year, Akens doesn't mind becoming Lu Ke's helper and looks forward to a good locker room environment.
Boldin paused for a moment and took half a step back, showing a panicked expression, "Eh? What is going on? Didn't you say that this is a family day? Didn't you say that every player Do they all choose their own relaxed clothes to attend? Why am I the only one who dresses up? That’s not what I heard.”
What’s going on with this comic-like sense of déjà vu? It’s not the same style as a boxer!
Lu Ke was stunned for a moment, and then said loudly, "Yes, that's right, you chose the boxer style, and I chose the casual style of daily training. Don't worry about it."
This is obviously lying with open eyes.
The smile on Boldin's lips could not help but slowly and slowly rise, and then he gently nodded, "I know, so, is this a training day for new players? This seems a bit childish, this is what you guys A show of force?"
Lu Ke then raised his voice and said, "No, this is just a training day for you alone."
Although they don't know who told Boldin this, they don't mind continuing. After all, they were facing enemies on both sides not long ago, right?
Boldin nodded in realization and looked back and forth. Sure enough, even the rookie players didn't have fancy clothes, which made him look like a super fool. This was the real training day.
"Very good." Boulding nodded repeatedly and said meaningfully, "Very good! Very good!"
"Is this Superman style? I think your cape looks good."
"No, no, no, this is obviously the Power Rangers!"
"Why are you like this? Maybe this is An Kuang's self-style? Why do you always associate yourself with superheroes?"
"Perhaps An Kuang is a professional rugby player during the day and a superhero at night?"
"That's Batman!"
Boldin couldn't help but burst into laughter due to the constant teasing.
