"San Francisco 49ers vs Arizona Cardinals" is a battle of life and death.

The game quickly fell into a stalemate after the opening period, and the two teams combined for seven waves of attacks, but only one first attack was won by the San Francisco 49ers, and all other attacks were strikeouts, and the yellow flag and mistakes were full of drowsy progress.

Despite the lack of crowds, the attacking teams on both sides were not to be taken lightly, as both sides struggled to find their rhythm and try to get back on track – and the Arizona Cardinals finally relied on extra help from their home fans to get ahead of the stumbling hard-fought matchup.

To be precise, this was an offensive that began with the special service group.

Prior to this, Lu Ke led the offensive team to stand on the court, encountered the second tackle of the game, and finally suffered a strikeout on the nine-yard line of his own half in this way, at this time there were four minutes and seven seconds left in the first quarter of the game, in other words, only two-thirds of the first quarter of the game, the pocket protection of the offensive front line has been a problem for the second time, which is undoubtedly a focus of the front duel between the two sides in this game.

This season, the Seattle Seahawks' defensive front line is only in the middle of the league, not because of its lack of strength, but because the team's defensive tactics are more focused on pressure rather than raiding and passing, which makes their related data such as grappling, impact and grappling not very eye-catching, which limits the league ranking, and the pressure felt by the quarterback in the real game process is a crisis that the data cannot reflect.

In contrast, the Arizona Cardinals' defensive front line is more aggressive, and the relevant statistics are very impressive, in addition to frontline pressure and ground defense, the use of surprise and rush tactics is very frequent, and often in the heat of confrontation with sudden rhythmic changes to change the situation on the court.

In the game against the Indianapolis Colts, this defensive front line killed Andrew Luck six times, which stunned the "Chosen Son" Lack; In addition, against Cam Newton and Russell Wilson, two running quarterbacks, they also contributed four and three tackles respectively, showing their strong performance in the raiding and rushing section.

In terms of purely statistical, the overall performance of the defensive front ranks fourth in the league, behind only the Carolina Panthers, Kansas Chiefs and Indianapolis Colts; The defensive front line is second only to the St. Louis Rams, Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints in total tackles, and is also temporarily fourth in the league.

The Arizona Cardinals defense teamed up to create their second sack of the first quarter, which not only gave the San Francisco 49ers another strikeout, but also left the San Francisco 49ers facing a terrible punt position: the nine-yard line of the San Francisco half.

The San Francisco 49ers' noun kicker is a veteran Andy Lee of a three-time Pro Bowl and a three-time All-American first team, and is undoubtedly one of the top nounkers in the league, but this time the special service team encountered a fierce impact from the opponent's special service group, and the forward protection in front of Andy Lee was instantly rushed away, which also forced Andy Lee to rush out of the pressure and the football was rubbed by the body of the Arizona Cardinals in the ascending stage, and the entire flight trajectory changed dramatically.

The nount position was already facing countless difficulties, and Andy Lee still relentlessly completed his noun kick in an imminent crisis situation, which is already very, very rare; But then the abandonment of kicks encountered an accident, and after the flight trajectory was destroyed, there was a huge deviation in the final landing position-

The football landed near the 48-yard line of the San Francisco half.

Because of the unexpected deviation, the Arizona Cardinals' punt kick attacker failed to catch the football and had to let the football roll freely on the ground; But luck wasn't on the side of the San Francisco 49ers, who chose the home team, and the football began to bounce back until it landed near the 43-yard line in the San Francisco half.

As a result, the Arizona Cardinals won their best starting position of the season - neither side had been able to push past the half, and now the starting position was directly past the half, which was undoubtedly a golden opportunity for the home team, and Palmer did not miss it.

Although the San Francisco 49ers defense immediately increased its intensity and tempo, bursting out with amazing energy, and successively forced the Arizona Cardinals offensive team into a predicament: one yard in four gears, nine yards in three gears, and five yards in three gears at a time, each time it was a precarious situation of dancing wildly on the edge of the cliff, but it still could not stop the home team's offensive team from continuing to advance in the cheers of the fans, and it entered the red zone step by step.

At the end zone front, the visiting defense once again forced the home offense into a three-yard three-yard – also a three-pitch touchdown – but Palmer still found wide receiver Michael Floyd in the nick of time with the pocket protection completely torn apart, and the latter made a juggling one-handed catch in the corner near the baseline on the right side of the end zone, and the clever and precise footwork control managed to land in the bounds before the cornerback could complete the defense.

The Arizona Cardinals were the first to break the deadlock, and with eight seconds left in the first quarter, Palmer connected Floyd to score the first touchdown of the game to seize the lead in the decisive matchup and firmly hold the rope of fate in his hands.

Audience, boiling!

Roar!

The players of the San Francisco 49ers defense team all stood in place, venting their frustration at themselves indignantly-

There was a clear disconnect in this defense, and the connection between the front and second line defense was not smooth enough, which made the left corner back and safety guard unable to jam Floyd's position, and then Floyd tore out a space of about two yards to receive the ball, which was definitely a fatal mistake; Then, Palmer, who could be tackled at any moment, caught the pass space of about two yards at the last moment and completed the final blow.

That's what a good quarterback is capable of! They are often able to smell opportunities, catch fighters, instantly improve their status, seize that fleeting opportunity, and deal a heavy blow to their opponents! One pass, all it takes is one pass, and they can easily turn the tide of the confrontation on the field!

Lu Ke has such an ability; Clearly, Palmer has the ability to do the same. The Arizona Cardinals are no longer the team that has struggled with the quarterback position of the past two seasons, and it is unlikely that the San Francisco 49ers will be able to easily stifle the opposing team's passing offense.

The first to make mistakes and mistakes in this game was the San Francisco 49ers who played away. Palmer didn't miss the opportunity that lay ahead.

Damn it!

It can be clearly felt that the San Francisco 49ers defense team now has the strength to fight collectively, and there is no problem with the state of the game as one; But Willis's absence made them lack the backbone at the critical moment, and the whole strength and hardness still could not be condensed, a little mistake, a little deviation, and then the situation had changed.

This is a difficult task for the defensive group.

In fact, just like the offensive group in the past two seasons, in the face of continuous difficulties, Lu Ke stepped forward, integrated and cohesive the entire team, gritted his teeth and completed the breakthrough step by step; Now, the defensive group is facing the same situation, so who can step up?

The game continued, with the special forces on the field preparing to kick off and attack, the defensive team returning to the sidelines, and the attacking team preparing to come on.

Aldon Smith stood on the sidelines, a little dazed and a little nervous, as is customary, he might just go back to the sidelines and cover his head with a towel, and Willis would regroup them again; But today, Willis was gone, his mind was completely mushy, and he had no thoughts, but he still didn't want to go back to the bench and sit down, but he didn't have any idea what to do.

Aldon was a little agitated.

Subconsciously, Aldon found Lu Ke's figure in the crowd: at this time, Lu Ke was moving his right arm, his expression was focused and devoted, and he did not start to panic or nervous because he was temporarily in a backward situation, and his bright eyes were watching every move on the field, without any signs of distraction.

At this time, the special service team of the two sides on the court was facing off and kicking off, and there was an accident!

Generally speaking, the kick-off after the special service team completes the touchdown will send the rugby ball directly out of the baseline, so that the opposing attacking team will automatically start attacking from above their own 20-yard line; Even if it is not kicked out of the bottom line of the end area, then it is to kick the rugby to the deep area of the end area as much as possible, to win more time for the special service group of the kick-off side, and to compress the space for the special service group of the return attacker.

But the Arizona Cardinals Secret Service suddenly chose "trick-play" – which can be translated as "trick-play" at this point.

The kick-off side deliberately chose a short kick-off, similar to a "gambling kick", but it is more far-reaching and bolder than the gambling kick, because the meaning of the gambling kick is that the kick-off side needs to control the football by itself, so it needs to have a short arc, and at this time, the Arizona Cardinals do not care whether they can control the football, but destroy the opponent's return space, so the kicker deliberately lowered the arc of the kick-off and flattened it, and directly kicked the football to the 30-yard line of the San Francisco half.

The whole arc is low and flat, almost like a kick-off shot from the ground, not to mention the return attack, it becomes extremely difficult to connect the rugby ball.

The routine kick-off return attack is instantly full of countless accidents!

Aldon's mood immediately tensed, and immediately after, he realized that he was distracted.