Bobby Wagner #54 ntawm Seattle Seahawks kev xam phaj tom qab kev xyaum ntawm Training Camp thaum Lub Xya Hli 29, 2021 hauv Renton, Washington.
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NFL linebacker Bobby Wagner xav tau lwm qhov kev sib tw thaum nws npaj rau lub neej tom qab ncaws pob. Yog li nws tau sawv cev rau nws tus kheej ntawm 2022 kev ua lag luam pub dawb tom qab nws raug tso tawm hauv kev txuag nqi los ntawm Seattle Seahawks.
Hnub Monday, Wagner, 31, tau pom zoo rau tsib xyoos nrog Los Angeles Rams uas tuaj yeem ncav cuag $ 65 lab tus nqi. Daim ntawv cog lus suav nrog pab pawg- thiab cov kev txhawb siab rau cov neeg ua si uas Wagner tau hais tias yog "ua tiav." Nws hu nws tias "kev yeej rau kuv thiab yeej rau lawv."
Hauv kev xam phaj nrog CNBC rau hnub Monday tsaus ntuj, Wagner tau tham txog nws daim ntawv cog lus tshiab thiab piav qhia tias vim li cas nws rov sib tham dua yam tsis siv tus neeg sawv cev. Nws tsis yog thawj zaug Wagner raug xaiv los ua tus sawv cev, tab sis nws tau lees tias lub sijhawm no nyuaj dua.
"Tab sis," nws hais tias, "Kuv ib txwm nrhiav kev tawm tsam kuv tus kheej tsis yog hauv kev ncaws pob nkaus xwb tab sis sab nraum football."
Tso kev xav tseg
Cov lus teb Twitter ntawd tuaj hnub tom qab cov ntaub ntawv tshaj tawm tias Seahawks yuav tso tawm yim-lub sij hawm Pro Bowl linebacker. Lub cutthroat txav tau cawm pab pawg $ 16 lab. Lub club, uas sib tw hauv NFC West nrog rau Rams, tab tom tsim kho dua tshiab. Lawv kuj tau pauv lawv lub Super Bowl-yeej quarterback Russell Wilson mus rau Denver Broncos. Lub taub hau tus kws qhia Pete Carroll thiab tus thawj tswj hwm John Schneider coj lub txim rau qhov tsis muaj kev sib txuas lus nrog Wagner.
Hnub Monday tsaus ntuj, Wagner tau piav qhia nws qhov kev ntxhov siab nrog Seahawks li cas.
Wagner hais rau CNBC tias "Kuv tsis tau muaj lub siab xav tawm mus." "Kuv tau npaj ua si tag nrho kuv txoj haujlwm nyob ntawd. Yog li ntawd, thaum nws tshwm sim, koj ntxhov siab, thiab tom qab ntawd koj ntxiv qhov koj pom, koj txawm ntxhov siab dua. " Wagner hais ntxiv tias nws "yuav siv sijhawm ib feeb los tso cov kev xav tawm, thiab tom qab ntawd kaw hauv."
Nug thov kev tawm tswv yim txog qhov teeb meem, Seahawks tus cev lus tau xa email rau CNBC, "Tus neeg ua si zoo heev, thov kom nws zoo tshaj."
Lub Seahawks tau sau Wagner hauv qhov thib ob ntawm 2012 NFL cov qauv. Nws tau sawv cev rau nws tus kheej hauv kev sib cog lus txij li xyoo 2015 thaum nws tsaws $ 43 lab deal los ntawm Seahawks.
Lub sijhawm no txawv, txawm li cas los xij.
"Thawj zaug tau yooj yim me ntsis vim kuv paub pab pawg, GM thiab keeb kwm ntawm lub club," Wagner hais. "Lub koom haum pub dawb lub sijhawm no txawv me ntsis vim tias koj yuav tsum ncav cuag txhua tus GMs - nws yog lwm qhov kev sib tw uas kuv xav ua rau kuv tus kheej."
NFL Players Association khaws cov npe ntawm cov thawj tswj hwm cov ntaub ntawv tiv toj. Wagner tau txais daim ntawv teev npe thiab "pib xa tawm cov ntawv thiab email ceeb toom cov pab pawg uas kuv sawv cev rau kuv tus kheej, thiab qhov no yog qhov lawv tuaj yeem ncav cuag kuv yog tias lawv xav tau kuv cov kev pabcuam," nws hais.
Jeremy McNichols #28 ntawm Tennessee Titans tau tawm tsam los ntawm Bobby Wagner #54 ntawm Seattle Seahawks thaum lub quarter thib plaub ntawm Lumen Field thaum Lub Cuaj Hli 19, 2021 hauv Seattle, Washington.
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Sab hauv $ 65 lab deal
Wagner tau hais tias cov neeg laus laus tsis muaj txiaj ntsig zoo vim muaj hnub nyoog raws li pab pawg nyiam cov tub ntxhais hluas. Tab sis nws hais txog lwm tus Pro Bowl linebackers uas ua si "zoo tshaj hnub nyoog 31," suav nrog Baltimore Ravens icon Ray Lewis uas so haujlwm thaum muaj hnub nyoog 37. Lwm qhov zoo tshaj plaws hauv lub club dhau-31: yav dhau los Rams linebacker London Fletcher thiab New Orleans Saints Pro Bowler Sam Mills ua si txog 38, thiab Tampa Bay Buccaneers Hall of Famer Derrick Brooks ua si mus txog 35.
Wagner tau hais tias "Muaj lub tswv yim no uas koj tsis tuaj yeem ua si ntev npaum li koj xav tau," Wagner hais.
Pab pawg, suav nrog Ravens thiab Dallas Cowboys, ncav cuag. Thaum sib tham, pab pawg yuav tsum tau dhau "lub tswv yim tias yog tias lawv xa qee yam qis lossis xa qee yam uas yuav tsis txaus siab rau kuv, nws yuav ua rau tsis zoo," Wagner tau hais.
"Kuv xav tias zoo li kuv nyob hauv qhov xwm txheej zoo uas kuv paub yuav ua li cas tswj kuv tus cwj pwm thiab theem ntawm kuv txoj haujlwm kuv nyob hauv," nws hais ntxiv. "Kuv tsuas yog xav tau qhov zoo rau kuv."
Cov Rams tau muab qhov kev pom zoo ntawd.
Wagner daim ntawv cog lus tiag tiag yog tsib xyoos, $ 50 lab daim ntawv cog lus uas tuaj yeem ncav cuag $ 65 lab yog tias nws ua tiav kev txhawb siab. Lawv suav nrog Wagner ua si 90% ntawm kev tiv thaiv snaps; cov Rams ua qhov playoffs thiab ua tiav tsib qhov kev tiv thaiv saum toj kawg nkaus. Lwm qhov ntxiv suav nrog ze li $ 10 lab hauv cov nyiaj tshwj xeeb thiab lwm qhov kev xaiv Pro Bowl, raws li Spotrac, lub vev xaib uas taug qab cov ntawv cog lus kis las.
Nws tau hais tias "Lawv yog qhov kev txhawb siab ua tau zoo heev," nws hais. Wagner tau hais ntxiv tias nws yuav tsum tau kawm pab pawg cov nyiaj hli ntawm qhov chaw kom "paub tias pab pawg twg koj ua haujlwm nrog. Qee pab pawg tsis muaj qhov chaw nyob, thiab qee qhov tsis muaj qhov yooj yim los ua haujlwm nrog cov lej. Yog li thaum kawg, koj yuav tsum tsim koj lub lag luam. "
Tus yeej Super Bowl tus yeej Rams kuj tau ntsib lwm yam: Wagner, ib haiv neeg Los Angeles, tau mus ua si ze tsev. Thiab nws npaj yuav khaws chaw nyob hauv Seattle, ib yam nkaus.
Wagner kuj tau hais tias nws tau flirtation tiag tiag nrog Cowboys. “Qhov ntawd yog qhov tseeb. Peb muaj kev sib tham. Kuv hlub [Cowboys defensive coordinator] Dan Quinn thiab muaj kev hwm rau nws. Tab sis ntawm lawv cov kev xav tau thiab qhov lawv txaus siab siv, peb tsis tuaj yeem pom zoo. Tab sis muaj kev sib koom siab, ”nws hais.
"Nruab nrab ntawm Rams thiab Cowboys - cov no yog pab pawg uas tau nyob ib puag ncig ntev thiab muaj keeb kwm ntau," Wagner ntxiv. "Kev muaj peev xwm ua ib feem ntawm ib qho ntawm cov franchises no txhawb koj lub npe nrov. Thiab kuv tau tsaws rau ntawm ib qho. "
Bobby Wagner #54 ntawm Seattle Seahawks nthuav tawm ua ntej kev sib tw tawm tsam Green Bay Packers ntawm Lambeau Field thaum lub Cuaj Hlis 10, 2017 hauv Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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Wagner xav ua tus thawj tswj hwm pab pawg NFL
NFL ntxiv nws thawj pab pawg neeg Dub hauv Washington Commanders thawj coj Jason Wright hauv 2020. Lub Ravens ntiav tus thib ob Thaum Lub Ob Hlis 2022, nqa NFL thiab NBA pab pawg thawj coj Sashi Brown. Thiab thoob plaws hauv kev ntaus pob ncaws pob, NBA swb los ntawm ib qho league-siab xya Pab neeg dub CEOs hauv 2007 tsuas yog peb tam sim no. Thiab MLB poob nws thawj tus thawj coj dub tom qab Miami Marlins CEO Derek Jeter tawm haujlwm.
Wagner tau sau tseg tias feem ntau cov neeg ua si mus rau hauv kev qhia lossis tshaj tawm tom qab lawv txoj haujlwm. Tab sis nws aiming siab dua.
Wagner hais tias "Qhov ntawd yog lub thawv uas tib neeg muab koj tso rau hauv," Wagner hais. "Kuv tsis tau hais tias muaj dab tsi tsis ncaj ncees lawm, tab sis qhov ntawd yog lub thawv uas peb tau muab tso rau hauv. Lawv muab peb tso rau hauv lub thawv no uas peb tsis tuaj yeem ua tus thawj tswj hwm lossis CEO, thiab nws zoo li, 'Vim li cas kuv tsis tuaj yeem yog kuv. nkag siab txog kev lag luam?'
Nws piav ntxiv tias: “Dab tsi tshwm sim rau cov neeg ua si yog peb tau daig hauv peb cov npuas. Peb tau daig hauv peb lub ntiaj teb, thiab txawm tias koj ua si ntev npaum li cas - peb xyoos lossis 10 - peb tau nyam heev thiab xav tias lub ntiaj teb yog txoj hauv kev. Thiab tom qab ntawd thaum peb tawm mus rau hauv lub ntiaj teb tiag tiag, peb tsis tau ntsib dab tsi sab nraud ntawm kev ua ib feem ntawm pab pawg football. "
Ntxiv Wagner, "Yog tias kuv pib qhov twg kuv pib, nkag siab txog kev lag luam, thiab nkag siab tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim hauv chav xauv khoom, rau kuv, qhov ntawd ua rau kuv muaj txiaj ntsig ntau dua."
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/05/how-nfl-star-bobby-wagner-negotiated-his-65-million-deal-with-the-rams-.html