The regular season lasted three weeks. In the first week, the victory of the San Francisco 49ers can be said to be a surprise victory; In the second week, the victory of the San Francisco 49ers can be said to be Lady Luck; Then, in the third week, the victory of the San Francisco 49ers was to complete the tiger tooth extraction with a tough style in the strong confrontation.

Excuses and doubts are bound to remain, but the three-game winning streak has proven Lu Ke's ability. As a rookie quarterback, Lu Ke's market is naturally rising.

After the call with home and Candace ended, incoming calls and text messages kept coming in intermittently, and there were more than 20 calls and more than 50 text messages before and after - as the only player without an agent among the 32 starting quarterbacks of the 32 teams in the league, Lu Ke now truly experienced what it means to be "hot".

"I'm lucky that we're in Cincinnati right now." Lech said meaningfully.

While Cincinnati is a huge transportation hub, it's not the ideal city for sports agents; More than 80 percent of the top brokerages in the league have chosen Los Angeles and New York as their home bases.

Today's away game is in Cincinnati, so even if those agents are in a hurry and urgent, phone calls and emails are the best options for them. In contrast, Lech, who had already started to act after the end of the second week of the game, once again seized the lead.

Lu Ke immediately understood the deep meaning of his words, and chuckled, "How can you be sure that a face-to-face conversation can give you the upper hand?" ”

"Give me a reason 'I'm not the right agent.'" Lech didn't panic at all, and a rebuttal with an understatement made Lu Ke speechless.

However, Lu Ke is not an opponent that can be defeated easily, "So in other words, how can you be sure that I am the right choice?" ”

"You're not sure about yourself?"

"No, I'm full of certainty about myself; The problem now is that everyone in the entire coalition is not sure. ”

The back and forth of the answers, very fast, almost no time to think, just with instinctive/instinctive reactions to talk, suddenly, Lech paused, did not continue, a smile appeared in his eyes, shifted his gaze, and also retracted his edge, and continued, "I heard that when you were a sparring partner in your junior year, you were a madman. ”

Lech did not answer Lu Ke's question, but changed the subject; The choice of topics is also very interesting, sparring career.

For the league, for coaches, the sparring career is of no reference value, because there is no systematic tactical training, nor systematic physical training, and their role is more like a sandbag for activities. That period of life can be summed up in almost one sentence.

Lech mentioned Lu Ke's sparring career.

In fact, Lech not only launched an investigation, but also personally questioned Lu Ke's college teammates, Kevin Prese, John Ward, etc., those names who are far away from the sports arena, Lech personally visited.

For Lech, talent is important when he chooses a player, ability is important, but on top of that, willpower, temperament and personal style are also important - an athlete like Big Ben who constantly causes trouble off the field, Lech doesn't mind cleaning up the mess for him, but it's really bad for the extension of his career.

In a car accident in 2006, Big Ben was driving without a license and almost lay in the hospital, never waking up.

As he grew older, Lech's vision and requirements for selecting players gradually changed.

"It depends mainly on how you define a madman. If you put your heart and soul into training and do your best to fulfill your duties, then I admit it. Lu Ke looked calm, without the slightest hint of being shortened and uneasy, "But to be honest, when it comes to training, the real madman is JJ Watt, have you watched his training?" God, compared to Him, I am a little lamb. ”

"You're friends with JJ?" Lech was somewhat surprised.

While JJ Watt is this year's rookie, there's been a lot of talk about him – all of which were first-round picks. Watt is a player who is single-mindedly devoted to rugby, and can even be said to be a "ball idiot", outside of training, Watt has few friends and a very poor private life, except for training or training.

Lu Ke and Watt were actually friends, and Lech really had never heard of them.

"Just texting occasionally and discussing a training regimen or something. I guess we're not friends, we're supposed to be training partners. Lu Ke said jokingly, "As far as I want to say, he is a madman." ”

Lech chuckled, "In a way, you're no slouch. I mean, today's game. ”

"Today's game?" A question mark appeared in Lu Ke's mind, and he didn't know why.

His first reaction was that his passing options were too risky, but compared to the previous two weeks, in fact, in today's game, he has been relatively conservative in terms of passing options, mainly because the pressure brought by Keno Atkins is too great, and he must be careful with his choices, otherwise he may create an interception -

In the end, the number of intercepts for today is zero.

Lech didn't answer, didn't speak, but came to the bench in the garden behind the hotel, and said with a smile, "I'm old, and I'm a little out of breath after just walking a little, why don't we sit here for a while, and then go to the restaurant to eat, what do you think?" ”

"No problem." Lu Ke sat down next to Lech, he still couldn't figure out the rhythm of Lech's conversation, and he often cut directly to another topic without finishing a topic. If this is an interview and Lu Ke is a reporter, then he will take over the initiative; But it's not, so Lu Ke just went with the flow.

"You should stay calm." Beginning and end, Lech said, as if sensing Lu Ke's puzzled gaze, "I mean, on the court, after the second impact and knocking the ground, you should stay calm and honestly tell the team doctor about your physical condition, only in this way, they can give you the best treatment." It's not worth it to put your future on the line for a game. ”

Lech noticed.

As a bystander, and at the same time a bystander who focused all his attention on Lu Ke, his real purpose was not to watch the game, but to observe Lu Ke, so he noticed the team doctor's two appearances, noticed Lu Ke's arm problem, and also noticed the abnormality of the team doctor and Kip Kleist after Lu Ke left the game.

Lu Ke opened his mouth, and was about to defend and refute, but Lehe continued, "Just treat it as an old man, rely on the old and sell the old, and give you some advice, even if you don't like it, you can listen." The calm words had an undeniable momentum, which made Lu Ke silent.

"In the NFL, I've seen countless players and brought countless players. Everyone has their own reasons and their own persistence, it could be a dream, it could be a tournament prize. Do you know? Someone threatened the team doctor to hide his injury report for a prize of $500,000, and then signed an agreement with the team to waive accountability, saying that he knew the consequences of playing the game, but still agreed to play. But in fact, he didn't know. ”

Lehe turned his head and looked at Lu Ke deeply, "You don't know. "Categorical and unmistakable." You don't know the consequences of the game, you don't know the consequences of the injury, to be precise, no one knows, even the team doctor, even the experts, they can only give relatively professional advice, but they still can't control the disease. Because they are not God. ”

Lu Ke didn't speak, his calm gaze was a little dodging. In the midst of the game, the battle between angels and demons, he obeyed the demons' drives. Because, he can't afford to lose, and he can't afford to give up.

"There's nothing you can't afford to lose." Lech seemed to read Lu Ke's thoughts, "In 2009, the concussion news event that shook the entire league, and the aftermath is still affecting all aspects of the league, as a journalism student, have you heard of it?" No, let me put it another way, do you know what this news means? ”

In 2009, GQ magazine published a story called "Mind Game", written by two experts in neuroscience cases, who revealed the truth about the suicide of several retired football players, in fact, all of whom are suffering from the after-effects of brain injury.

After entering the 90s, the league paid enough attention to concussion, because in rugby, physical impact is inevitable, and the head will bear huge impact and concussion force, and concussion is one of the inevitable negative effects. In order to protect the players, the league has introduced a number of regulations to ensure everyone's safety.

According to medical tests, none of the football players showed signs of concussion, so the league refused to take responsibility, believing that they were just suffering from their own problems, such as alcoholism, bankruptcy, and so on.

But after an in-depth investigation, these two experts brought the issue of professional rugby's CTE to the public for the first time, and the truth shocked everyone.

The CTE is actually a sports injury to the brain. In rugby, every player has to endure thousands of direct brain impacts, which can cause dizziness, tremors, and even worse. However, none of these symptoms are compatible with concussion, and simple medical tests cannot detect them, so in-depth examinations must be carried out at a more expensive cost.

In other words, outside of concussion, all professional players can face the effects of brain trauma. In fact, the league has long been aware of this truth, but they fear that when it is revealed, the impact will be out of control: parents refuse to send their children to the field, young people give up rugby out of fear, and loyal fans will demand more from the team......

This is a fatal blow to the alliance and may even shake the foundations of the entire movement. As a result, the coalition officials suppressed the reports and rejected the scientific validity of the reports. Until the announcement of "GQ", the alliance still denied it, and even led to a lawsuit.

This news event became the most sensational news of 2009, and the American First movement faced serious challenges. That's what Lech said.

PS, the above events were later adapted into a movie, "Concussion Effect (aka: Concussion)", starring Will Smith.