Pittsburgh Steelers dawb kev nyab xeeb Minkah Fitzpatrick (39) ua kev zoo siab nrog sab hauv linebacker Robert … [+]
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Lub Pittsburgh Steelers tau qhia tias lawv muaj nuj nqis npaum li cas Minkah Fitzpatrick los ntawm kev ua lag luam ib qho kev xaiv thawj zaug rau nws xyoo 2019.
Lawv rov qhia tias lawv muaj nuj nqis npaum li cas rau Fitzpatrick hnub Wednesday los ntawm kev kos npe rau nws rau plaub xyoos, $ 73.6 lab daim ntawv cog lus txuas ntxiv uas suav nrog $ 36 lab lav. Nws yog qhov kev cog lus loj tshaj plaws rau kev nyab xeeb hauv NFL keeb kwm.
Qhov $ 18.4-million nruab nrab tus nqi txhua xyoo ntawm daim ntawv cog lus tshaj qhov siab dhau los rau kev nyab xeeb ntawm $ 17.5 lab los ntawm Seattle Seahawks Jamal Adams.
Fitzpatrick tau cog lus rau lub caij yuav los tom ntej ntawm $ 10.6 lab raws li Steelers tau siv qhov kev xaiv thib tsib xyoo hauv nws daim ntawv cog lus tshiab. Qhov txuas ntxiv mus dhau lub caij 2026.
"Kuv zoo siab heev," Fitzpatrick tau hais hauv xov xwm tshaj tawm los ntawm Steelers. “Kuv tseem muaj kev poob siab tam sim no. Nws yog koob hmoov. Kuv zoo siab heev. Nws yog qhov pib xwb. Kuv txaus siab. Kuv ua tsaug. Tam sim no kuv tsuas yog xav kom hlais.
“Kuv nyiam nws ntawm no. Kuv tau ua si zoo rau peb lub caij dhau los, ntawm qib siab. Kuv nyiam qhov chaw, kev cob qhia, kev lig kev cai. Kev muaj peev xwm txuas ntxiv mus rau ob peb xyoos tom ntej no yog qhov koob hmoov tiag tiag. "
Miami Dolphins tau sau Fitzpatrick thawj zaug hauv 2018. Ib lub lis piam mus rau lub caij tom ntej, Steelers tau txais nws hauv kev lag luam uas suav nrog xa lawv thawj qhov kev xaiv hauv 2020 mus rau Miami.
Nws cim thawj zaug Steelers tau pauv tawm ntawm thawj puag ncig txij li xyoo 1967.
Fitzpatrick yog thawj pab pawg All-Pro hauv nws thawj ob lub caij nrog Steelers thiab xaiv rau Pro Bowl txhua xyoo. Nws muaj kev ua haujlwm siab 124 tackles hauv 2021 nrog xya qhov kev tiv thaiv, ob qhov kev cuam tshuam, ib qho yuam kev fumble thiab ib qho fumble rov qab.
Txawm li cas los xij, Fitzpatrick tsis zoo nyob rau hauv Pro Football Focus 'qib lub caij dhau los, qeb duas 73rd ntawm 92 qhov tsim nyog kev nyab xeeb hauv NFL.
Qhov ntawd tsis txwv cov Steelers, txawm li cas los xij, los ntawm kev cog lus rau Fitzpatrick rau lub sijhawm ntev. Ib feem ntawm Fitzpatrick qhov kev thov rov hais dua yog nws qhov ruaj khov thaum nws tau ua si ntau dua 90% ntawm kev tiv thaiv snaps thaum nws lub sijhawm hauv Pittsburgh thiab plam ib qho kev ua si xwb.
"Minkah yog ib qho ntawm cov kev nyab xeeb saum toj kawg nkaus hauv NFL thiab peb zoo siab tias nws yuav nyob hauv Pittsburgh mus txog tsawg kawg tsib xyoos tom ntej," Steelers tus thawj tswj hwm Omar Kahn tau hais. "Thaum peb pauv rau nws, peb paub tias nws yuav yog ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm peb kev tiv thaiv thiab peb tos ntsoov rau qhov txuas ntxiv thaum peb npaj rau lub caij tom ntej."
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnperrotto/2022/06/15/pittsburgh-steelers-make-minkah-fitzpatrick-highest-paid-safety-in-nfl-history/