325 Smooth sailing
"One more! One more! One more! ”
The shouts gradually joined together, and the sea of red in the line of sight was always bubbling and boiling, as if the whole world had reached a boiling point, and even the air that fell on the surface of the skin was boiling hot.
It's already October, and autumn in San Francisco is cool, and the water vapor mixed with the sea breeze makes you shiver. But today's Candlestick Stadium is like the height of summer, and the scorching temperature is constantly surging, vigorously igniting the whole world, bursting out with a spark enough to start a prairie fire.
The vast cheering voices reverberated in the Candlestick Stadium, and even Kirk and Teddy, who were sitting in the studio, felt the vibrations and couldn't help but laugh dumbly.
"It seems that today's 49ers home fans were full of hunger for victory, and in less than five minutes, the team took a two-touchdown lead; But they are still not satisfied and are calling for more touchdowns. Teddy laughed helplessly, and the atmosphere of the commentary became lighter.
Kirk also laughed dumbly, "I think it's not so much an incentive for the home team as a pressure on the away team. Now the Tampa Bay Pirates are facing an incredibly difficult situation, scoring is important, but more importantly, they need to find their rhythm, their offensive rhythm, their defensive rhythm, otherwise there is no hope for this situation to continue. ”
"You mean, the rest of the first quarter is going to be very important for the Buccaneers." Teddy confirmed.
Kirk nodded in agreement, "Yes, they need to find their rhythm again; Of course, it would be great if we could score points and curb the momentum of the 49ers. Josh Freeman, the team needs him to step up now. ”
As Teddy and Kirk said, the cheering from Candlestick became a nightmare for the Tampa Bay Pirates, who were hit by a combination of punches and stars in the opener; And then you have to feel the deep malice coming from the stadium, which is really unfriendly to them.
After the start of the game, the Tampa Bay Pirates, who had suffered heavy losses in a row, seemed to have finally been stimulated to blood, showing the toughness and iron fist of the previous four games, Josh Freeman, who was on the court again, led their offensive group, steadily moving forward, struggling slightly, but finally found a little form.
Freeman's pass success rate was nothing short of a disaster, he was always careful with his passes, lest he send another interception, so much so that many passes were outrageous, not at all on any player's running path, avoiding interceptions by defenders and also avoiding catches from his own attacking players.
The only good thing is that running back Lagaret Blunt has been playing fairly consistently, without a big yardage push, but always able to run yards at critical moments, carrying the entire offensive group of the Buccaneers on his back.
Narrowly enough to make three third-gear transitions, and two more to get their first shot in second-gear offense, the Buccaneers stumbled to the 26-yard position of the 49ers half, and got a glimpse of the light of day; But alas, after entering the heavily defended area, the Pirates seem to have lost their crosshairs again-
A missed pass, a run lost yards, a three-thirteen yard problem, an outrageous pass deviation, Freeman threw the football straight off the sideline, and no player was even on that line, so the Pirates struck out.
This time, though, they had the chance to try a free-kick.
It was a free-kick from 46 yards. It's not easy.
In the kick of free kicks, within 40 yards can be called a short yard free kick, and the success rate is often relatively high; However, the success rate of free kicks above 40 yards begins to drop sharply, and more than 45 yards is basically considered a long yard free kick.
As for the Philadelphia Eagles' last-minute 51-yard free-kick in last week's game, a free-kick over 50 yards is a gamble across the league.
Forty-six yards, how is this calculated? The yardage calculation of a free kick is actually not complicated.
Twenty-six yards off the line, because the second gear offense lost yards, so it's a twenty-nine yard line, and the final free kick is added to seventeen yards, that's forty-six yards.
Seventeen yards, ten yards, that's the width of the end zone, because the goals are at the end of the end zone; And seven yards, that's the distance between the ball holder and the center.
In a free-kick, the center and the special service team formed a forward line, standing on the tee line - in this case the Pirates are twenty-nine yards from a free kick; But in order to leave enough space for the kicker to avoid the opposing special service team from completing the shot block, there needs to be some distance between the supporter and the center, which is usually seven yards.
The "seven yards" are not fixed, though.
Depending on the kicker's height, habits, and style, everyone will change slightly; The coordination of the kicker and the handler in a free kick, and the coordination of the supporter and the center, are all crucial - the classic "that drop" of Tony Romo of the Dallas Cowboys was a mistake by Romo as the handler.
In the league, a portion of kickers prefer to stay eight yards away rather than seven. Because their kicks are low and easy to block, they need more space to get the ball flying fully and avoid the action of the opposing special forces, so in this case, the free kick is the tee line, and then eighteen yards are added.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are now facing a 46-yard free-kick.
The 2008 undrafted rookie, Connor-Barth, who scored a 57-yard free-kick at the furthest point of his career, now plays as a kicker for the Pirates, but under pressure, Buss actually ...... Kicked off.
"Oh, missed it, Connor Bass actually missed it!" After the ridiculousness reached the extreme, Teddy couldn't help but chuckle, he couldn't believe his eyes, "The Pirates finally showed a little recovery, but the most trustworthy part was to lose this free kick, and the first quarter of the game has come to an end, but the Pirates are still not able to score, God!" ”
'It's a terrible thing that Bass, who had taken the winning free-kick last week, missed the free-kick under intense pressure from the 49ers' home court. Amid the boos and cacophony of Candlestick Field, Kirk was also a little crying and laughing.
Looking at Buzz, who was holding his head in frustration, Kirk was also a little unbearable. "Now for the Pirates, the situation couldn't be worse, the offensive group, the defensive group and the special service group, all in a slump, for Bath, a safe 46-yard free kick, actually missed. Now, head coach Raheem-Morris must find a way to get the team back on its feet. ”
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"Take your attention, guys, take it back." Craig Roman kept snapping his fingers to keep all the players in the attacking group focused, "They missed a free-kick, that's their problem, it's none of us. We need to concentrate and start the next attack! Do you understand? ”
Craig's gaze finally fell on Lu Ke.
Lu Ke let out a long breath, and then nodded emphatically, indicating that he had calmed down.
Today's game process is really too smooth, even Lu Ke is inevitably a little carried away.
The San Francisco 49ers had never had such a smooth sailing after four weeks of regular season, and the score looked like a big win against the Seattle Seahawks in the first week, but in fact, the game was still thrilling; But today, everything seemed to be in the hands of the 49ers, and even Connor Bass dropped a free-kick that he was sure to win, and while he was celebrating, he inevitably began to take it lightly.
Attacking coach Craig sensed the team's arrogance in time and reminded Lu Ke, which reminded Lu Ke of last week's game. In the first half, the San Francisco 49ers were overconfident and despised their opponents, so that the rhythm was completely out of order; Now, Lu Ke is far from being complacent, and neither is the team.
After Craig finished arranging his tactics, he left the space to Lu Ke.
Lu Ke thought for a while, did not speak, but pointed to his ears and motioned for everyone to listen. After the silence fell, and with concentrated attention, it was easy to catch the continuous shouts, "One more!" One more! One more! "Burst on, burst on, like stormy waves, swept in layers.
A bright smile appeared on the face of every player, and there was an exuberant light in his eyes, and then Lu Ke stretched out his right hand and put it in the center, "I'm ready." "So, what about you?
There is no need for more verbal encouragement, no more fighting spirit, just this shout, surging throughout the court, is enough to make people's blood boil, and they can't wait to get on the court, ready to attack and harvest touchdowns again.
Ted Jean was the first to stretch out his right hand and fold it on the back of Lu Ke's hand, "Hehe, can it be my turn next?" I'm ready. ”
"What about me? What about me? Kyle Williams also hurriedly joined in the fun, but as a result, Crabtree Tree, Newman and others all scrambled to stretch out their right hands and shouted one after another, and the atmosphere was so lively.
Lu Ke didn't interrupt everyone, and met everyone's eyes with a smile, "Then, let's get some touchdowns!" Count to three and shout a touchdown together! ”
"One, two, three!"
"Touchdown!"
At this time, the special service team on the court has completed the tee-off, and the Buccaneers' special service team did not get distracted this time and directly kicked the free kick out of the bottom line, which means that the San Francisco 49ers will start attacking from their own side twenty yards.
There are less than four minutes left before the end of the first quarter, and the Tampa Bay Bucrates' offense just now lasted for more than six minutes, and the result was still unable to score, which was definitely a fatal blow for the Buccaneers; Next, the form of their defensive group will determine the fate of the team.
Michael Bennett says the pressure is almost overwhelming.