The Green Bay Packers' tradition of drafting is indeed rooted in the blood of this team. Even if Lu Yiqi is now the champion coach, it will be difficult for him to shake the tradition of the entire team - he needs more time to slowly establish his own voice, and he cannot eat hot tofu in a hurry.

From a certain perspective, Lu Yiqi also recognized the tradition of Green Bay Packers. He promoted the draft and slowly cultivated it according to his own tactical system. Not only does the players have a stronger sense of belonging, but the head coach's tactical training is also more systematic. This is a good thing.

But Lu Yiqi's attitude is more open, because a rugby team has a total of 53 people, and it is difficult to complete the offseason preparations by relying solely on the draft. The free agent market must be used as a supplement. This also means that if you want to find excellent players, you must prepare in advance, otherwise it will be too late to calculate when the draft is over.

Now, Lu Yiqi is preparing for the future.

In fact, Lu Yiqi was ready for both.

Here, before setting out to inspect rookies, Lu Yiqi and Thompson had an informal conversation face to face and shared their ideas about the offseason team building work. Lu Yiqi's method is to tell Thompson the team's position to improve and his own tactical arrangements from a tactical level, but whether to choose a rookie or a free agent is left to Thompson to "think by himself"-

Of course, Lu Yiqi implanted the information he wanted like "Inception". For example, linebacker, this year's rookies do have many potential players, and it is a good idea to improve the team's lineup through the draft; for example, safety and rookies have a few good seedlings, but the draft picks are relatively ambiguous. The subtext is that players who can exchange for cheap and affordable players in the free agent market will be better choices.

Guide. Buried thread.

Lu Yiqi invisibly guided him, buried the clues one by one, and then further guided him through the report of the rookie, slowly changed Thompson's idea? But avoid letting Thompson notice it? Let the team manager still believe it was his own decision.

Then, Lu Yiqi listed a list of free agent introductions? Take the first or even the second step of contact through his own connections? Use sincerity and strategy to convince them to join the Green Bay Packers' defending season? Join to form a championship team.

The most important thing is that Lu Yiqi needs these players to understand? He really wants to introduce them? Even if the Green Bay Packers have not made any moves for a long time, they must wait until after the draft, and he hopes that they can stay patient and not rush to agree to other teams? Still give the Green Bay Packers a chance.

Persuasion. Impression.

Lu Yiqi knew that he could not change the tradition of Green Bay Packers overnight? Then he could only start with the target players and create an attractive enough "carrot", hoping to guide the "mules" to continue to move forward.

Among them, Philadelphia Eagles' safety guard Brian Dawkins is one of Lu Yiqi's targets.

At the 1996 draft, when the Philadelphia Hawks chose Brian Dawkins with the 61st pick in the second round? No one could have expected that this second round pick would become one of the strongest and most outstanding safety guards in history.

After spending the first three seasons of paying tuition fees in his career, Dawkins gradually showed his strength? Since 1999, he has been selected for the Pro Bowl seven times and was shortlisted for the All-American first team four times? Two seasons of interception kings and five seasons of losing the ball. What’s even more incredible is that in the first decade of the League’s All-American team in the 21st century, Dawkins has been shortlisted for the First Team in the 2000s and the League’s All-American team in the 2000s? Dawkins has been shortlisted for the First Team twice in a row.

There is no doubt? Dawkins is the greatest and top safety in the league since the 21st century. According to the historical trajectory, this top safety chose to retire after the end of the 2011 season and was admitted to the Hall of Fame without any suspense when he won the nomination for the first time in 2016.

With such a powerful security, how could the Philadelphia Eagles let him go easily?

But reality is always more complicated.

First of all, from the perspective of the Philadelphia Eagles, Dawkins is too old. He is thirty-five this year, and he is indeed a retirement age for safety.

Moreover, Dawkins' injury problems are very complicated. He suffered serious injuries in 2000, 2003 and 2007 respectively and was reimbursed for the season. This is only three seasons after Dawkins' rise.

Although Dawkins still performed well after returning from injury in the 2008 season and was successfully selected for the Pro Bowl again, the gradual decline in the field data has exposed the decline. If he was selected for the Pro Bowl but was not selected for the first team in the United States, it can be seen that the Pro Bowl is still the result of the "star halo" bonus, and his real ability has begun to weaken.

Secondly, from Dawkins' perspective, he believes that he is still good at fighting, he is still the top safety in the league, and he can still prove himself.

Faced with the team's situation, Dawkins hopes to get a top contract to prove his value, because no one in the team's lineup can replace him; at the same time, Dawkins also hopes that the team can strive for the Super Bowl championship, which is also a shortcoming of his career.

In a sense, Dawkins and Woodson have some similar mentalities.

On one hand, there is the team's negative side, and on the other hand, Dawkins' attack. The opinions between the two sides are getting bigger and bigger. Coupled with the constraints of the hard salary cap, the Philadelphia Hawks are no longer a must.

Judging from the historical trajectory of the previous life, in the 2009 season, Dawkins finally left the Philadelphia Eagles, entered the free market, and finally joined the Denver Broncos. Objectively speaking, the Denver Broncos are not a championship team, but Dawkins still left Denver for the sake of his salary, which is once again exactly the same as Woodson at the time.

Unfortunately, the Denver Broncos were unable to bring Dawkins a Super Bowl trophy. Dawkins, who had suffered injuries for two consecutive seasons in 2010 and 2011, was disheartened. At that time, Dawkins was already 38 years old. In the end, he was cut by the Denver Broncos uniform team and failed to find his next home. Dawkins was forced to announce his retirement.

However, Dawkins' three seasons with the Denver Broncos were still impressive. Even if he was suffering from injuries, his performance was still at the top level in the league. Among them, he was selected into the Pro Bowl twice in 2009 and 2011. Even in 2010, when the Pro Bowl was ignored, the field data was not bad.

Lu Yiqi aimed at Dawkins, not only because he had a close relationship with the Philadelphia Eagles, but also because Dawkins was indeed suitable for his defensive system—
Chapter completed!