817 Opening Adjustments

"Attack!"

In the quiet atmosphere of Candlestick Stadium, it is effortless to tell that the San Francisco 49ers' offensive team is now on the court, and in this game, standing opposite is the defense team of the Seattle Seahawks, the arch-rival Seattle, and the key battle of Thursday night's game, it is still the San Francisco 49ers who are playing at home to take the lead in the attack.

Interestingly, the Seattle Seahawks got it right when they chose to defend and handed over the offense to the San Francisco 49ers. On the one hand, they chose to take the lead in the second half, and on the other hand, they showed strong confidence in their defensive group and were not afraid of the opponent with the highest scoring percentage in the league's first wave.

This game has just begun, and it's already getting interesting-

Jonathan Goodwin completed the tee, Lu Ke finished receiving the ball, and in the process of stepping back, he raised his chin and quickly swept the entire court.

The Seattle Seahawks' defensive team gave up the upward pressure strategy and retreated en masse, leaving only three players to impact the offensive front, and the short and middle pass areas suddenly became crowded, bustling and dense, all of them were players; But they still didn't let their guard down, leaving two players to fall at the back, afraid of the potential long pass that landed without warning.

In the turbulent sea of people, Lu Ke quickly made an analysis and judgment, his footsteps paused slightly, the center of gravity shifted, and his body pulled horizontally to the right, just two cross-step switches, and then Lu Ke raised his right hand and landed on the ground with a clean diagonal straight pass.

Instead of a bullet pass, it pulled up a small arc slightly. It was an eight-yard behind-the-shoulder shadow pass.

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Before kick-off, Jean staggered from the left to the right under Lu Ke's instructions, testing whether the opponent's defensive position had changed, making a simple judgment on the opposition defense and zone defense, and then his steps came behind Logan and Crabtree, forming an inverted triangle multi-lane offensive formation, leaving only Vernon on the left side.

It's a combination of two wide receivers and two close forwards, and it's a playup for a Seattle Seahawks lineup that is slightly stronger in the second line than in the first line.

Moss still did not become the starting wide receiver, not because of form, but because of physical strength distribution considerations, Crabtree still returned to the starting position; Moreover, the Seattle Seahawks are more inclined to defend against the zone than to defend in the zone, and Crabtree has the advantage of being physically positioned to earn more space to advance.

As expected, Jean's move proved that the opposition did indeed play a counter-defensive role.

After Jean completed the change, before his footsteps were firm, Lu Ke had already announced the kickoff, so Jean did not make adjustments, immediately started to speed up, and even rushed forward ahead of Crabtree and Logan, and then these two strong men also followed and rushed out behind Jean.

Three people form a trident.

Jean continued to rush forward with a light foot, attracting the defensive attention of the safety guards; Logan and Crabtree completed a cross-switch, with Logan charging inside, blocking the two linebackers' defensive lanes and creating a relative space behind them, which also meant that Crabtree had a one-on-one advantage.

This is the only gap.

"Crabtree vs Sherman".

Sherman's card run had clearly matured, and he stuck his position in advance, forcing Crabtree to have his back against Sherman's position, and the two formed a standoff situation.

In the corner, Crabtree suddenly turned around to the outside, but with two small steps of adjustment, he had already arrived in the established position, almost to the ball, Lu Ke's shadow pass behind the shoulder had already come to the intended passing point.

Sherman jumped high and tried to disrupt the pass, but Lu Ke's shadow pass behind his shoulder was exceptionally accurate, arcing just over his head, accurately bypassing all the blocking lanes of the cornerback, and going into the wide receiver's receiving space, and then you could see Crabtree raise his hands slightly and catch the rugby behind his shoulder.

Seeing that it was too late, Sherman quickly approached, destroying Crabtree's center of gravity with a changing rhythm, and then a push and pull slammed the rugby ball out of Crabtree's hand. The pass is not completed.

But, the yellow flag entered.

The referee announced the penalty, and Sherman's defense pulled a man for a violation and dropped five yards.

Lu Ke stood in place but frowned slightly.

While Sherman's staking and confrontation has made great strides, it's clear that he's cut off all the lines, leaving only the only passing lane, and even in this one, Sherman continues to disrupt Crabtree's slots, making it more difficult to catch the ball. Hate is hate, Sherman's strength is indeed not to be underestimated.

But even so, Crabtree wasn't so embarrassed.

In the pass just now, Crabtree's running obviously failed to match the rhythm; Moreover, after successfully completing the catch, the position of the body was not able to get stuck, not to mention the slackness of the hands at the critical moment.

In other words, Crabtree had already finished receiving the ball, but in the end it led to the pass being incomplete, one is that Sherman's defense is really beautiful, and the other is that Crabtree is still not able to reach his best.

The only fortunate thing is that Sherman defended a foul, otherwise the advance would have failed.

Now that the bout has just begun, hopefully Crabtree just needs a little time to warm up, rather than the poor form of the previous game has carried over here.

After taking a deep breath, Lu Ke once again called the offensive team together, and then faced a five-yard situation.

"Attack!"

It is still a multi-line attack, but the player's position has changed, on the right wing, Logan is standing inside, almost side by side with Boone on the offensive line, Gene in the center, and Crabtree on the outermost; On the left flank, Vernon's position is also compressing to the inside.

After kick-off, the San Francisco 49ers' offensive team rushed forward like a rainstorm pear blossom needle, turning on the switch - at least the receivers, including running back Frank Goyle, who was standing on Lu Ke's side, also sprinted out along the gap in the left slot, and they all ran in a straight line, setting off a wave of air with a huge vertical strike.

Just when everyone thought it might be a mid-pass or a long pass, the receiver began to slow down unevenly, like an outstretched palm, with different lengths of thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger, which also forced the Seattle Seahawks' second-line defense to change from opposing man-to-man defense to zone defense, but the defensive formation switch had to tear out the gap.

Wait, not all players.

What about Logan Newman?

One forward and one inward, without any technical content, after two big strides forward, it pulled horizontally to the left, and then three big strides, Logan had already tore out the gap in the short pass area, and just when everyone's attention was judging the direction and position of the pass, there were no defenders around Logan.

One second. Two seconds.

Lu Ke completed the pass immediately, a quick kick-off, a quick short pass, a short five-yard pass, and between the hands and the knife, Logan had already completed the pass in the area near the left side of the central belt.

Turning around, Logan began to look for space to break through, and all the defenders in the nearby area rushed up, and Logan only had time to take two steps forward before being tackled to the ground, interrupting his progress.

Despite this, Logan managed to get the first opening of the game for the San Francisco 49ers.

Ten yards in gear.

Lu Ke tried to pass to the left side to find Vernon Davis, but Vernon's run was slightly slower by half a beat, and Lu Ke's pass was slightly faster by half a beat, creating a misplaced time difference, which made Vernon straighten his hands, but still could not touch the rugby, and watched the rugby fly out of bounds.

To put it simply, there is a little problem between the rhythm of Vernon and Lu Ke.

Looking deeper, the Seattle Seahawks' defensive front line suddenly put pressure on them, and the pockets were in constant bumps, forcing Lu Ke to speed up his passes; At the same time, the combination of cornerback and lineback disrupted Vernon's running rhythm, slowed down Vernon's speed in place, and finally failed to reach the receiving position smoothly.

The first pass, a shadow pass from behind the shoulder looking for Crabtree is played; The pass and the quick outside pass to find Vernon were both of San Francisco's 49ers' fortes last season, but neither of them worked today.

It seems that the Seattle Seahawks have also studied the game video very thoroughly, and truly show the strength of the sworn enemies in the same district.

Two gears of ten yards.

Lu Ke tried to break through to the right, but Jean and Logan's runs were completely caught in the trap, and Sherman was stuck in position, unable to find any passing space at all; Breaking down to the left, Crabtree and Vernon found their way into a three-man encirclement.

In the end, Lu Ke chose running back Frank Gower.

Goyle deliberately delayed two beats before running out, cruising in the short pass area on the right side, an emergency brake completed the turn, and Lu Ke's pass was immediately rushed to the horse, but Lu Ke's pass was wrong-

Goyle was a little shorter than Marcus, about half a palm.

At this time, Lu Ke's pass was slightly higher, which forced Goyle to raise his hands to complete the catch near his mouth, but he was not able to align the position, and the rugby hit Gower's helmet like this, and before he had time to react, the rugby fell to the ground, and the pass was not completed.

Lu Ke couldn't help frowning slightly. It's his fault.