Before the start of the new season each year, the league will count a schedule difficulty table, and according to the final record ranking of last year, each team will be scored, and the strength of the team will be ranked for statistics.

For example, what is the comprehensive strength of the San Francisco 49ers' opponents this year, and what is the difficulty level; After the calculations are completed, the 32 teams are ranked to see which team is the most unlucky and will play against the strong team in a clean and clear manner.

From the perspective of probability, the winner of the Super Bowl every year will have a relatively difficult schedule; Because according to the fourth point of the schedule, they will most likely have to play at least two other division champions in the new season, which is the difficulty of the playoffs.

The strong against the strong, the weak against the weak, intensifying the level of competition, which is also the fundamental reason why the NFL has a wonderful game every year. Naturally, the task of defending the Super Bowl will be extremely difficult, and only seven teams in history have successfully defended their titles: the Green Bay Packers, Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos and New England Patriots.

As for the three consecutive championships, not a single one.

In the 2011 season, after the fourth week of the regular season, only the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions maintained a winning squad, which is the most direct proof of this.

In the fierce competition of the NFL, no team can afford to take it lightly; More often than not, even if you give it your all, you don't necessarily have a firm grip on the victory, and every victory requires them to fight hard with all their might.

There were only sixteen races in the whole season, but it was by no means as difficult as the entire season of any other collective sport.

It is precisely because of the unique format and the unique playoff rules that the situation of each team is different from year to year, and even after each week's games. So, after each week, the official NFL website is extremely busy.

For the team, the work of summarizing the gains and losses of the previous game and preparing for the next game will be carried out in an orderly manner until the end of the season; The same is true for the NFL's official website, where they need to select the best players of the week in the National League and American League after each week, as well as count the injuries of the players, and finally analyze the changes in the strength of all teams.

Since the NFL does not have a points ranking, after each week's games, the comparison of strength is not so clear, so the NFL official website will publish the post-game power rankings every week, conduct a simple summary and analysis of each team, and to some extent, give a certain explanation of the trend of the playoffs.

This ranking is relatively subjective, and the NFL official website invites a professional analyst to write a review every year, and the analyst changes every year. Because it is only an analyst's opinion, subjectivity is inevitable; But on the whole, this still represents the official position of the NFL, and it has a certain reference value for players and teams.

This year's official power rankings are written by Elliot-Harrison, a relatively young analyst at just twenty-nine. In the entire NFL, review analysts are generally over forty years old, thirty-five years old can be regarded as extremely young, and Elliot is not even thirty years old, which is almost equivalent to a high school student breaking into the social workplace, which has also caused a lot of controversy.

However, league president Roger Goodale gave Elliot unwavering support. The reason is simple, they need young blood like Elliot to open social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to attract more young people to become the viewers of the competition; In the final analysis, it is still propaganda, exposure, and interests.

After all the games in the fourth week of the regular season, Elliot immediately released his statistical analysis of the combat power ranking on the official website.

The Green Bay Packers are at the top of the list, and the fiery Aaron Rogers is still considered the best candidate for this year's regular season MVP and the top contender for the Super Bowl, which is also the fourth consecutive week that the Packers have held the top spot in the power rankings.

It was followed by the Detroit Lions, who also won all four games, and this team has also broken the glasses of countless people this year; The New England Patriots have climbed back up to third place after beating the Oakland Raiders this week, still showing great form.

In fourth place is the 49ers of San Francisco!

"I know, I know, everybody is going to say I'm crazy, what about the crow? What about the Steelers? What about the saints? What about Bill? However, I still gave my respect to Lu Ke. The Chinese rookie quarterback is proving himself with game after game, proving that he is the king who can lead the 49ers to victory!

For those of you who are unhappy with the 49ers' fourth-place finish (yes, Seattle Seahawks, that's you), let's take a look at Lu Ke's stats for the week: 35 passes, 25-of-25, 302 yards, three touchdowns, two tackles, quarterback rating, 126.08, PFF rating, 1.6.

This is the data handed over by Lu Ke, four games, fourteen touchdowns and one interception, such a state is once again reminiscent of the 1999 season when Kurt Warner was born; Four consecutive quarterbacks with a rating of over 100, four consecutive weeks of three or more touchdowns in a single game, and four consecutive weeks leading the San Francisco 49ers to victory-

Even in the midst of this week's defeat, they fought tirelessly until the very end.

Needless to say, the current San Francisco 49ers, under the leadership of Jim Hubble, not only showed the magnificence of the West Coast offensive mercury, but also showed the iron will never give up in a desperate situation. Admittedly, they still need to be tested by more teams in the league, but this team, with a steady defensive group, a youthful offensive team, and a solid special service team, really gives the city of San Francisco hope of making the playoffs for the first time in eight years.

So, yes, fourth place this week, I picked the San Francisco 49ers. ”

The weekly combat power ranking may not be able to determine the outcome of the game, but it can reflect the official view of competitiveness from the side.

In the previous three weeks of the game, although the San Francisco 49ers have been winning, but the league has not paid more attention, among the sixteen winning teams in the first week, the San Francisco 49ers are only ranked tenth, it is unimaginable, that game Lu Ke passed five touchdowns, won by a big score; In the second week, among all the teams on a winning streak, the San Francisco 49ers were still only in sixth place.

Last week, just four teams made it three wins in a row, while the San Francisco 49ers finished fifth, even behind the Baltimore Ravens, who lost a game.

This week, the San Francisco 49ers reached a season-high standing, fourth! A real breakthrough has been made. After losing one game, they rose up the rankings, surpassing the Baltimore Ravens, who also had a record of three wins and one loss after beating the New York Jets this week, and achieved a new high in the power rankings.

What does this mean? It's not just Elliot's recognition; At the same time, it is also from the official recognition - at least, in the official website of the NFL, the San Francisco 49ers have gradually completed the transformation, no longer a fish belly, and their strength has been initially recognized, and they have really entered the public eye.

This week, there are as many as nine teams with three wins and one loss, and Elliot puts the San Francisco 49ers in fourth place on the overall list; Among the teams with the same record, only trailing the New England Patriots, this is undoubtedly a huge breakthrough.

As Eliot's playful comments in his analysis suggest, people can continue to be skeptical, and Lu Ke's young players need to continue to prove themselves, and even those harsh racists can continue to think that Asian players can't play football, but the truth is that no one should ignore this team, and no one should ignore Lu Ke.

On the field of competitive sports, discrimination and provocation will never disappear, and strength will always be the best means to fight back. Whether it's the San Francisco 49ers or Lu Ke, they are on the right track in the 2011 season, step by step.

In fact, outside of Elliot, people's attention to Lu Ke is indeed gradually heating up:

Currently, Lu Ke is the only quarterback in the league who can match Aaron Rodgers, and this is true purely in terms of quarterback rating data.

Although the quarterbacks such as Tom Brady, Drew Bliss, Joe Flacco, Philip Rivers, Ben Rosslisberg, Eli Manning, and Matte-Stafford have all delivered impressive statistics, there are only four games in the season so far, and there are really many MVP contenders.

But the data shows that Lu Ke is now the second-best quarterback in the league after Aaron Rodgers. Perhaps, the stats are not enough to represent the game, and there are many quarterbacks who brush up on beautiful stats and lose the game, as was the case with Cam Newton; But at the very least, the quarterback deserves attention.

As an undrafted rookie and a Chinese player, Lu Ke gradually gained a firm foothold in the league.

It is conceivable that under such excellent data, there will be more and more provocations, curses, and doubts, and there will be many people who are popular, which is such a simple road; Next, other teams will carry out more research and analysis on Lu Ke, which means that Lu Ke's career is finally slowly getting on the right track-

Completely exposed to the spotlight, there are no secrets, and after the mystery fades, everything is discussed and studied under the microscope. But whether it's a benign focus or a malicious provocation, this is a stage that every professional player must go through, and no one can be an exception.

Those who successfully pass will have the potential to transform into superstars, and only time will be able to complete the process of washing the sand, whether it is diamonds or gravel, will eventually be proven; As for the losers, they will soon be forgotten by history, and it will not even take a season.

So, is Lu Ke the former or the latter?