As the captain of the attacking team and the leader of the dressing room, Lu Ke has built his prestige through two seasons of practical actions, and his appeal within the team has been unparalleled, and the players who initiated the Tuesday tactical meeting were very face-saving and positive, except for Patrick Willis.

Not because Willis is playing a big name, but because Willis' injury needs to be treated with caution.

After the match against the Carolina Panthers, Willis's right knee began to swell, and it was as red as a big steamed bun. Although Willis teased and complained nonchalantly, it was the recurrence of the habitual old injury, the water accumulation in the knee caused by inflammation; But the reality is far from so easy.

Because of the pain and swelling, Willis could barely bend his knees, and it became extremely difficult to even stand, and it was not a funny sight to look at a 240-pound strong man who was as helpless as a baby, but unbearable, and even through Willis's expression, the pain could be felt.

After double checks within the team and at the hospital, Willis did have a recurrence of the old injury, and the situation was not as serious as it seemed, but it was certain that it was not that simple at the same time.

Now Willis needs more relaxation and rest, as well as physical therapy. As for whether he can make it in time for this week's game, it will be interesting to see if Willis is able to be on Thursday's training pitch, but his fitness and game status will need to be reviewed.

Compared to Lu Ke, Willis's injury is more complicated. As a result, Willis can only regretfully miss today's tactical meeting of the "wounded".

Now this San Francisco 49 is indeed full of wounded soldiers. The second half of the season was indeed a thorny journey for the defending champions.

Willis was absent for any reason, Logan was uninvited, and there was a special case for today's mini-tactical meeting, which was Aldon Smith - this is the player Lu Ke specifically named who must attend.

After a nursing home treatment, Aldon officially returned to the team at the end of the off-season.

If they could, the coaching team led by Hubble wanted to teach Aldon a hard lesson and make him understand the consequences of violating the team's rules; It also sets an example for the rest of the team to learn from it, and it never happens during the regular season.

Such a simple truth, Hubble naturally understands.

However, the state of the defending champions this season is not optimistic, the starting lineup and the bench are facing serious injury problems, large and small injuries and ups and downs, so that the defensive coach Vic Fangio is a "tinker" every game, constantly tearing down the east wall to make up the west wall, Fangio has almost fallen into the dilemma of no one available, "If I can, I still hope that Aldon can return as soon as possible." ”

This is already a very euphemistic statement of Fangio.

After training and testing and intra-team confrontation, Aldon's form was initially recognized, and Hubble had no choice but to put Aldon back in the starting lineup.

Objectively speaking, Aldon's performance against the Carolina Panthers was indeed good, and his outstanding talent once again became one of the important contributors to the defensive group, which made people see the excellent demeanor of the league's second defensive player last season, but the more the ability on the field shines, the more suffocating the problems off the field, which makes people sigh, if there are not many negative factors off the field, will Aldon be able to go to the next level?

During garbage time in the fourth quarter, Alton accidentally hit his toe and was forced off the court. Although the situation was not serious, because the match was already in place, he did not appear again.

On Tuesday's training, Aldon also requested to be absent "due to injury". The team gave the go-ahead.

But Lu Ke knew that things were not so simple.

Aldon is still inert, and the period after he left the nursing home is the most dangerous phase of relapse, and at the same time the critical stage when he needs the support of friends and family the most. Without a little attention, Alton could fall back into the arms of alcohol and get into trouble again.

What's more, after returning from the nursing home, Aldon did not suffer any punishment, and returned to the game directly, finishing the game as a starter - this is also the wishful thinking of Aldon's agent before sending him to the nursing home, despite the repeated troubles, Aldon still relied on his own strength to avoid punishment, which also means that Aldon has no chance to learn a lesson, and the possibility of recurrence is greater.

Lu Ke hopes to help Aldon, for the team, but also for his friends. Therefore, today Lu Ke insisted that Aldon must attend today's tactical meeting.

However, when he walked into the room and glanced around, Lu Ke immediately noticed that the person who needed to appear the most was the only one who was absent, "What about Aldon?" Lu Ke asked in a loud voice.

Logan and Marcus paused in their pursuit, panting and looking around; The others also exchanged glances with each other, but no one could answer Lu Ke's question while looking at each other.

"Where's Aldon?" Lu Ke repeated his question again.

Lu Ke is still the same Lu Ke, with a sunny smile, he seems to be a college student who has just graduated, and he still has vigorous vitality in his youth; But his voice became tense and cold, and he couldn't feel the warmth of the smile on the corner of his mouth at all, and he could clearly feel the shivering coldness on his back, and goosebumps came out little by little.

The old guys in the San Francisco 49ers know it: Bloody Spotby is online. At this moment, Lu Ke didn't mean to joke at all, he was serious.

Jon Baldwin only joined the San Francisco 49ers wide receiver this year — he was snubbed by a locker room fight with the Kansas Chiefs before that, and his temper has always been a thorn, and he wouldn't have participated in this game if it weren't for the quarterback's relationship and hope to increase his playing time; And now, their quarterback has changed their face because of the absence of a defensive player, what is going on?

"Who the//knows? Who the//care! Jon replied crudely, impatiently.

In the silence, Jon's voice was particularly harsh.

But Jon thought he was still in a good temper, at least he didn't slam the door in anger and left, but sat patiently in place, "Now there are these people in the whole room, and you can see at a glance, from beginning to end, we don't see Aldon." But the question now is, he's a linebacker, not an attacking team, so why should you care if he's in attendance? Hell God, can't we start this damn tactical meeting right now? Now that everyone is here, do we want to sit here and continue to be in a daze for the sake of an Aldon? ”

In an instant, the silence in the room froze, and Jon could clearly feel the strange turbulence, but he couldn't understand why, and he turned his head to look at the others, and rightly scolded, "What's the matter, am I wrong?" ”

"Idiot." Justin Smith didn't pay attention to Jon at all, looked straight ahead, whispered a complaint, and then looked at Lu Ke, "No, we didn't see Aldon." Maybe, ahem, maybe late, you know, he always likes to make the last show drama. ”

There is still a difference between being late and being absent. Justin is still trying to defuse the atmosphere, hoping that the situation can be controlled, and also hoping that Aldon will not have any more problems.

Lu Ke took a deep breath, temporarily suppressed all those negative speculations, and nodded at Justin in agreement: Better late than never, so he found his mobile phone and dialed Aldon's phone.

Honk.

Honk.

Honk.

Honk.

The phone rang four times, and then it was switched to voicemail, "Yo man, I'm connected to the voicemail of international superstar Aldon Smith right now, I'm either in the grapple or on the way to the grapple, leave a message if there's anything, but I don't promise a reply." Peace! Brothers. ”

It's voicemail.

This......

Lu Ke laughed directly.

If it's other situations or other people's voicemail, then forget it, but Aldon's mobile phone voicemail, Lu Ke can't know better, because they also talked about a mess about Aldon before-

In order to avoid his girlfriend's frequent visits, Aldon would often hang up the phone and then switch to voicemail, and then excuse himself to be training and couldn't answer the phone, but every time he was caught by his girlfriend, it was as if his girlfriend had installed a monitor next to him, which made Aldon miserable.

Later, his girlfriend turned into an ex-girlfriend, and she told Aldon the trick. If it is to switch to voicemail after three rings, then it is the system settings, and the mobile phone in training or competition state is the same; But if not, there is a high probability that Aldon received a call but deliberately cut it off, which means that Aldon is avoiding her call, no matter what the reason, avoiding the call is a suspicious event.

It's not a 100% case, but it's a high-probability case. It is precisely because of this that Aldon has been repeatedly caught by his ex-girlfriend.

Just now, Aldon's phone rang four times before turning to voicemail.

Lu Ke couldn't help laughing, and laughed angrily, "So, am I becoming an ex-girlfriend now?" ”

Justin, Logan and others have heard Aldon's story and immediately understood this stalk, but this is not the best time to burst into laughter, they can only obediently bow their heads, hide the twitches at the corners of their mouths, and then secretly complain in their hearts:

Aldon, this guy, actually dared to release Lu Ke's pigeons, it's really ...... Extremely daring.

Lu Ke stood quietly in place, without moving, looking at his teammates in front of him, should he stay and continue to start the tactical meeting, or should he disrupt today's plan for the sake of an Aldon? This didn't seem to be a difficult choice, but Lu Ke made a mistake.