Although Lu Ke's career is extremely short, it can't even be called a "career"; But in the past few months of tryouts, he has met all kinds of quarterbacks-

Comm-Newton's swaggering, condescending; Scott Tolsin is open-minded and easy-going; Matt Hasselbeck is as mature and pampered as he is; Colin Kaepernick's aggressive, teenage smug ...... Also, Alex Smith is so gentle and approachable.

There is no shortage of competition in competitive sports, and the virtuous circle of competition is precisely one of the greatest charms of sports. Standing alone and sweeping thousands of armies is certainly exciting; But those great players who go down in history often appear in pairs, and the confrontation and confrontation of both Shengyu and He Shengliang can always make people's blood boil.

On the NFL arena in the 21st century, the matchup between Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, the fateful rivals, has also achieved each other's greatness!

Lu Ke is not a great player yet, but on the road to becoming great, there will never be a shortage of opponents. The rivalry between Alex Smith and Colin Kaepernick is just the first threshold of Lu Ke's career, not only will he not back down, but he will not be timid, and only by defeating his opponent in the arena with dignity and justifiable name can he go further with his head held high.

Unlike Colin, Lu Ke chose his own way, welcoming Alex's return openly, and enthusiastically and bravely meeting the challenge of starting the quarterback, "I hope you can really recover, welcome you back to the court, and rejoin the competition with a 100% attitude!" ”

Alex's gaze paused slightly, and his handsome face showed a light smile, and he nodded slightly, "Thank you for your blessings." He is not the kind of sharp personality, even in the face of the impact and challenges of the new generation, Alex is always unhurried, nodded slightly, and let go of his right hand, "I need to start warming up now, see you at the training ground in a moment." ”

Lu Ke nodded in understanding, and then took a step forward, staggering past Alex. Start preparing for today's training step by step.

Although, the first week of the regular season was excellent; However, now Alex is back.

One is a veteran in the seventh year of the league, and the other is a rookie who has only played one game, how to choose, how to choose, is a difficult choice for any team, which also means that the fierce competition is about to kick off.

The competition within the team and externally started at the same time, but Lu Ke was not timid at all, but was eager to try, full of enthusiasm, and started today's training with great expectations.

As soon as the time came, the team's annual players arrived at the training base one after another, and then saw a surprising scene:

Alex Smith, the team's former main quarterback, is back on the training ground, he is methodically jogging, gradually getting his muscles to warm up and get into the groove, his running frequency and speed are not fast, always smooth, you can see that he is in the recovery phase.

The team's current main quarterback Lu Ke came to the training ground rain or shine, and he was repeating the training of variable speed running. In just a few weeks, all yearlings are already familiar with the 10,000-meter race, of which eight 100-meter races need to be changed, not just to change the speed, but to sprint with all their might. Such a way of training can be called a perversion, and the rookies have given it a name: "Suicide by Tricks".

The two quarterbacks didn't communicate or compete, they just buried their heads in silence and gave their all to practice. The tranquil training ground, bathed in the morning light, bursts with vitality, but there is an inexplicable sense of harmony that makes the players eager to join the training.

The first-year students successively threw themselves into their warm-up exercises, Logan stood in place, kept stepping, swinging his arms, but never moved, and only after Lu Ke got closer, he joined Lu Ke's ranks and ran together, "What's the matter?" ”

Strictly speaking, when you are running, breathing adjustment is very important, and it is best to avoid speaking, otherwise the physical depletion will be very fast; But Lu Ke's body has become accustomed to the running mode of 10,000 meters, and he is not a special athlete of 10,000 meters, training endurance, adjusting breathing, and increasing the endurance of the race, which is the key.

Therefore, Lu Ke opened his mouth and replied, "It's nothing." Noticing Logan's gaze at Alex, Lu Ke couldn't help but smile slightly, "Competition." Benign. ”

Logan nodded clearly, "So are the rumors I've heard. "Alex Smith is a very friendly player." How, what is your strategy? ”

"Stick to your own pace." Lu Ke was speechless for a while, and glanced at Logan, "Otherwise, what are you expecting?" Invite three or five women to visit him in his room at midnight? ”

Logan's eyes widened, his mouth opened wide, and he showed an expression of "you know and I know", which made Lu Ke laugh.

Immediately afterwards, there was another figure running side by side on the right-hand side, it was Marcus, "What's going on?" How did Smith come back? Didn't he return from injury next week? Do you want to get back to training now? ”

The whole scene seems to be déjà vu, and it happens all over again. Lu Ke shook his head, suddenly began to accelerate, and ran fast on the straight with the data of a 100-meter sprint. Forty yards of short-range explosiveness, this is still Lu Ke's shortcoming; But the sudden change of speed in the endurance has become Lu Ke's forte.

Marcus and Logan immediately fell behind, watching Lu Ke run farther and farther.

"He's a pervert, isn't he?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

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One after another, the players arrived at the training base, and the training ground gradually began to be lively, but intentionally or unintentionally, the players on the field became two camps, standing sparsely in the two corners of the field, with a small number of players swimming in the middle, making the whole scene not look too distinct, but the overall trend is still extremely obvious.

On one side are the rookie players led by Lu Ke, as well as a few players in the special service group, who are weak and seem to be completely isolated in the corner.

On one side, the senior players, led by Pares Harrrelson, with Alex Smith as the center, were scattered across the other half of the pitch, bustling with activity. More than two-thirds of the defensive team were gathered there; And all the offensive forward players, as well as most of the special service players.

Scattered in the center are the receiver group, wide receivers, close end and running back. They first greeted Lu Ke, then Alex, and finally stayed in the middle of the gap. Overall, though, their interactions with Parres' side were intermittent, and there was little to no communication with the rookies.

There was an illusion between the trances, Lu Ke and they occupied one-third of the venue; The remaining two-thirds belong to another world. At the junction of light and shadow in the sun, the contrast between strength and weakness gradually becomes more and more distinct and obvious.

In the current 53-member roster of the 49ers in San Francisco, Alex is the undisputed veteran, and his qualifications are even older than Parres; Moreover, Alex also served as the team's main quarterback for six years, and the team's record is one thing, and the team's connections are another. Alex's appeal on the team is not comparable to even Parres.

In the first game, the whole team united and won the game; But before the second game, Alex returned, and the atmosphere in the team began to quietly change again.

What is certain is that in the second week of the game, Lu Ke was still the starting quarterback, and this week Alex just started to resume training; But, what about the third week? What about week four? Obviously, there are still too few supporters of Lu Ke in the team. Even compared to the scepticism of the alliance, it doesn't seem much better.

Looking at the other end of the court from afar, there was a relaxed and cheerful training atmosphere of talking and laughing, and everyone seemed to have decided that after Alex returned, Lu Ke's main position would inevitably be handed over. The whole team has Alex as the core, and they are very happy.

If Lu Ke was a bystander, he would be happy to see it, such a harmonious and happy picture is indeed pleasing to the eye; But herein lies the problem, he is not.

"Bambi?" Kendall whispered to the side, "What's wrong?" Why is the atmosphere in the team so weird today? Everyone saw it, but only Kendall, who still didn't see it, was full of confusion.

"Can't you see this? People are taking a stand. Logan grinded his teeth, then snorted, "Crabtree forget it, he and Smith have always had a good personal relationship; Williams and Jean are two guys, ungrateful, and if it weren't for you, they'd be pretty much invisible off the pitch. Smith wouldn't give them a pass at all. Williams also scored a touchdown! ”

Obviously, Logan expressed strong disdain for the vacillation of the wide receivers.

"Huh? That...... So what should we do? Kendall asked, confused, and innocent.

Lu Ke smiled dumbly, "Don't do it." Don't give them a pass in the next game. It was supposed to be a joke, but Kendall took it seriously and nodded seriously.

Logan looked at Kendall with an envious expression, "You're so nice. I envy you. "Being so naïve is actually a kind of happiness.

Kendall scratched his head shyly. Everyone burst into laughter.

"Assemble, the relevant players of the offensive group, all assemble." Kip Kleist arrived at the training ground, took a rough look, and shouted, then saw Alex walking towards him, and a smile appeared on his face, "Hey, Alex, how do you feel?" Is it possible to do passing drills today? Or is it basic recovery training? ”

Kip only joined the team this year, but it can be seen that he and Alex have communicated many times before and have a good relationship.

"No problem. I can do some passing drills and see how the injury is going. Alex said with a smile on his face.