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Andrew Luck has signed the richest contract in NFL history, a deal worth up to $140 million with the Indianapolis Colts that covers the next six seasons through 2021.Colts owner Jim Irsay revealed the contracts maximum value on Wednesday for Luck, the No. 1 pick in the 2012 draft who missed nine games last year because of injuries to his shoulder, ribs and kidney. Irsay said Luck would be guaranteed $47 million if the Colts were to cut him before the season.Obviously a ridiculous hypothetical, Irsay said.According to NFL.com, the life of Lucks contract includes $87 million guaranteed for injury. There are many different ways to determine a deals value, but Lucks has topped recent quarterback contracts for Baltimores Joe Flacco and Green Bays Aaron Rodgers. It also gives the 26-year-old Luck another chance to cash in with a big-money deal around age 32.Before last season, the Colts exercised the fifth-year option on Lucks contract to guarantee him more than $16.1 million for the 2016 season.I am thrilled and excited to continue with this great organization, Luck said in a statement released by the Colts. I am thankful to the Irsay family and Mr. Irsay for providing me with this great opportunity and the trust that theyve shown in me. I cant wait for this season to start.Irsay said the terms of the deal are friendly enough to the Colts so they could put a franchise tag on Luck for 2022 if they need to and not be strapped under the salary cap. The annual figures are such that the Colts should be able to continue to craft a quality roster around him.We definitely feel that were never in a position where were getting out of whack in any of the years, Irsay said.Luck has been one of the most productive quarterbacks the NFL has ever had over a players first four pro seasons. He tied Detroits Matthew Stafford as the fourth-fastest to 100 career touchdown passes, in his 55th game.Last year was a struggle, though. After leading the Colts to 11-5 records in each of his first three seasons, plus a 3-3 mark in the playoffs, Luck endured the worst season of his pro career and missed the final six games with a lacerated kidney and a partially torn abdominal muscle. He missed nine games in all, finished with the lowest completion percentage since his rookie season (55.3), and threw 15 touchdowns and 12 interceptions in going 2-5.The Colts werent concerned, though.We never even suggested it as leverage, Irsay said.Luck helped hand Super Bowl champion Denver its first loss in what became his last game Nov. 8. The 4,761 yards and 40 touchdowns he passed for in 2014 werent that far off. Neither were all those rookie records he set in 2012.Theres no question in our mind that hes going to return and do the things that hes done, Irsay said. That fires in his eye in a special way.---Online:AP NFL website: http://www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Nike Basketball Shoes Clearance .ca NBA Power Rankings, ahead of the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs. Nike Basketball Shoes For Sale .com) - The Calgary Flames aim to bounce back from their first regulation home loss of the campaign on Friday night when they host a Detroit Red Wings club that they swept in three meetings a season ago. http://www.nikebasketballshoesclearance.com/ . Jordan Lynch, the all-purpose Heisman Trophy finalist from Northern Illinois, failed to make it into that exclusive club. Nike Basketball Shoes Discount . Vancouver Whitecaps and Toronto FC failed to make the postseason while Montreal Impact fell at the first hurdle losing heavily to Houston Dynamo in the Eastern Conference Knockout Round. Nike Basketball Shoes Outlet . Malkin got tangled up with Detroits Luke Glendening early in the third period and his left skate took the brunt of collision with the boards behind Pittsburghs net. When more than 350 college basketball teams play several thousand games against one another, there will, inevitably, be surprises -- big ones -- throughout the season. This potential for shockers is hard-wired in the process itself. In fact, the biggest stop-the-world upset of all would be a season with no upsets.Heres the safest prediction to make about the 2016-117 college basketball season: A really big upset will occur early in the season, and youll hear it said that theres just so much parity in the game now.dddddddddddd Will that be a correct reading of this season? Possibly no, it wont be. ' ' '