410 Feel tight
The Red Flag challenge was a little long, and after about two minutes, the referees returned to the pitch again, and the players from both sides walked into the field one after another, ready for the next attack.
Regardless of whether the challenge succeeds or fails, the next step is still the opportunity for the San Francisco 49ers to attack.
Even if the New York Giants' red flag challenge is successful, it will only cancel Vernon's advancing yardage after completing the catch, which means that the 49ers will start attacking at Vernon's position where he successfully receives the ball and controls the football, as for whether it is a yard in second gear, or a few inches in second gear, or a lucky first attack, starting from 42 yards in the home team's half, it depends on the referee's decision.
So, when the referee read out the results, the 49ers offensive group and the Giants defensive group both came on the court again to prepare for the next game.
The referee on duty turned on the microphone and faced the audience and the camera, announcing their final sentence.
"After a video review, it was finally determined that the penalty just now was upheld, and Vernon Davis was legal to advance with the ball." At this point, the audience erupted in cheers, almost drowning out the referee's voice, "The New York Giants will deduct a timeout; In addition, the San Francisco 49ers will start the offense from the 40-yard line of the visitors' half, and the game time will be adjusted back to 11 minutes and 33 seconds, and the first offense will be 10 yards. ”
Tom Kauflin's communication with the referee took some time before the red flag challenge was officially proposed, and for the sake of fairness, the referee rescheduled the game time to realign the wasted time back. Even if it's a few seconds, no one can say for sure if those seconds will be the key to turning the game around.
After the verdict was announced, there was a sigh of chagrin on the side of the New York giant; The San Francisco 49ers cheered in delight.
The stands of the Candlestick Stadium were full of people and cheers, and the dazzling red was spread all over the sky, which was spectacular.
Once back on the pitch, both players will need to gather their minds, then focus, line up again, and get into the next gear.
Lu Ke exhaled softly, after the start of today's game, there were many accidents, and the process of the whole game became stumbling, and now the game has been nearly eight minutes since it started, but in fact, they only played five gears of offense, and the game time only went for less than four minutes, which did have an impact on the state of the game.
Lu Ke originally lacked experience in the game, and there were so many accidents today, and the adjustments on the field needed to be adapted. Now, he needs to calm down, take all the off-field factors out of the equation and really focus on the game. He hasn't forgotten that this is a game that can't be lost.
For this game, "Special Mission: Contempt from Charles Davis", which is undoubtedly the top priority of the week, the failure of the mission punishment is almost a loss that Lu Ke cannot afford; In addition, this week's game missions have also changed, with further detailed changes and increased mission difficulty.
"Contest Mission:
Completing a passing touchdown during an official match; Requirements: None; Mission Reward: +1 Base Points per touchdown.
Completing passing yards in the first half of the game; Mission requirements: pass at least 100 yards; Reward: +1 Base Points.
Improving the success rate of long passes in the first half of the game; Requirements: At least 70% pass success rate; Reward: +1 Base Points.
Completing the assigned formation pass in the first half of the game; Requirements: Complete two long passes in a shotgun formation; Reward: +1 Base Points.
Win in official competitions; Requirements: None; Mission Reward: +3 Base Points. ”
The changes in task content and items are so obvious that even if you want to ignore them, it's hard to ignore.
First of all, three first-half missions have been added. This is the first time in history, so what does this mean exactly?
It may mean that the system hopes that Lu Ke will improve his competitive state in the first half and establish an advantage; It may also mean that the competition in this game is extremely fierce, and Lu Ke needs to get into the groove as soon as possible. But no matter which possibility it is, Lu Ke needs to pay attention to it.
Not to mention the rest, it was just a 100-yard passing task in the first half, which was extremely harsh, not only requiring Lu Ke to dare to pass the ball boldly, but also requiring the receiver to be able to make a breakthrough and continue to advance after completing the catch. A two-pronged approach is needed to ensure that the task is completed - in the last game, Rex Grossman failed to break a hundred in passing yards throughout the game.
Secondly, one is the success rate of long passes, and the other is the designated formation pass, both of which mean that Lu Ke needs to be more cautious and focused, and must go through more thinking and arrangement before shooting, and even need to complete the defensive reading more seriously before kicking off.
Because unlike the overall pass success rate, long passes and specific formations are used in a limited frequency in a game, Lu Ke can't make ten long passes in one go, and he can't attack with a shotgun formation wholeheartedly, not to mention Jim Hubble's tactical arrangement, even if Hubble agrees, in order to avoid the opponent from seeing through his tactical arrangement, Lu Ke can't be so tenacious.
What's more, this is still limited to the first half, and the number of times is even less.
If Lu Ke only tried three long passes in the first half, and the result was one failure and two successes, then the success rate would be less than 70 percent, and the mission would have failed. The difficulty is as you can imagine.
This means that for every long pass attempt, every shotgun formation, Lu Ke must be more careful, more focused, and more cautious. If you miss it once, you have to work twice as hard to complete it again.
Does this mean that the system is urging Lu Ke to further control the pace of the game, not relying on his own ability/ability to complete the game, but really relying on his brain to complete the game? At least from the point of view of the content of the mission, it is exactly.
Although Lu Ke clearly knows that this week's game against the New York Giants will not be easy, this is a five-to-five game, everything is possible; But after browsing through the special missions and tournament missions, the sense of realism became even more urgent.
The ups and downs of the opening just now seem to prove this. Now, Eli Manning's offensive team is yet to play, and just the relatively weak defensive link of the New York Giants has begun to spark. The tension and excitement have begun to spread in the candelabra stadium.
Focused, focused, focused.
Lu Ke secretly clenched his fists, knelt on one knee, gathered his teammates, and quickly completed the tactical arrangement, and then the offensive group quickly completed the formation, Lu Ke stood behind the center Jonathan Goodwin, and did not panic and immediately kick off, but slowed down the pace and read the defense carefully, and then announced the kickoff.
Ten yards in gear, Lu Ke barely paused, just adjusted his pace slightly, and made a quick short pass, trying to find Ted Jean, but the opponent saw through Lu Ke's passing intention, and under the wrapping of the two players, Jean barely completed the pass, and immediately fell into the encirclement, only advancing two yards.
Eight yards in second gear, after kick-off, Lu Ke directly handed the rugby to Marcus Lynch, watching Marcus slam left and right in the layers of human walls, one defender after another pounced, as if stacking Arhats, Marcus reluctantly advanced three yards, and then couldn't continue, stopped.
In the blink of an eye, the San Francisco 49ers were faced with a three-five-yard situation. At this point, they were on the 35-yard line of the opposition half, and it was still too far away to attempt a free-kick, which meant that if the third switch was unsuccessful, the attack would have to be suspended here.
Lu Ke let out a long breath, his attention was still not very concentrated, and his prediction was obviously skewed.
In the first gear, the passing target should be Crabtery, who is in a better position, and Jean has a limited advantage in the short passing area; In the second gear, there was a bit of a problem with the defensive reading, and his running direction was not disorienting, and unfortunately he was not able to divert more firepower for Marcus.
Fortunately, Lu Ke's brain was not a mess, he knew what was going on, and he also realized his mistake.
After exhaling a breath of turbidity, he didn't continue to think about it, gathered his teammates together, and began to lay out tactics straightforwardly. At this moment, compared with slogans, his stability and decisiveness can stabilize the morale of the army even more. After the chaos at the beginning, now everyone is starting to calm down and get into the game, which is a positive sign.
After lining up again, the San Francisco 49ers put on a classic basic offensive formation, "two times two", with two receivers on the left and two receivers on the right, with no novelty or fancy.
The only difference was that Kyle Williams came on to replace Vernon Davis, and the passing target seemed to lock on the middle and long balls, creating a goalkeeper formation.
The New York Giants, on the other hand, are unchanged in response to all changes, and they still list the previous "one" formation, with eight at the front line, lined up in a row, and there are only a slight difference in steps; The center guard moved one player away from the front line to play four against five offensive forwards, flanked by four receivers who were one-on-one on the 49ers.
Three other players, two of whom were about five yards behind, were marking the mid-pass area; A security guard stood twelve yards away, constantly cruising and waiting for an opportunity.
One can't predict what the San Francisco 49ers' passing route will be; Similarly, it is impossible to predict whether the New York Giants will be a raid or a man-to-man defensive tactic.
At this moment, Lu Ke shouted the tactical password, then changed his position and took two big steps back; Meanwhile, Marcus Lynch stepped to the right and stood behind the two receivers in an inverted triangle formation.
The pistol formation suddenly changed to a shotgun formation, which seemed to send a further signal: this is a long-pass tactic. So is the New York giant changing, or not changing?
However, Lu Ke didn't leave them time to think, and immediately announced the kickoff. Then, everything has to be improvised.