The San Francisco 49ers lost again.

In 2013, that didn't seem to be news, as the second week of the regular season away defeat to the Seattle Seahawks broke the team's cross-season winning streak — and that defeat turned into the start of a three-game losing streak that sent the defending champions to the bottom with a flurry of punches.

But this time the situation is slightly different: Colin Kaepernick was the starting quarterback for the three consecutive losses in the first stage of the season, and Lu Ke was the starting quarterback for this loss, which was also the first official game loss for Lu Ke after the 2011 Nations League finals, which is really incredible.

For Lu Ke, for the other players of the San Francisco 49ers, for the coaching staff, and even for other teams, this loss is significant - the wonder boy who has continuously created miracles has finally shown fatigue, and the San Francisco 49ers led by Lu Ke are no longer an unbeatable team.

The mental power of competitive sports is a wonderful thing.

When a player or a team can remain undefeated, there will be a psychological pressure invisibly, which exists for both sides of the competition, especially at the critical moment of life and death, the winner can often burst out more powerful with the undefeated belief and make victory a habit; Challengers, on the other hand, may have self-doubts, "Do I really have what it takes to beat them?" ”

This pressure is often constantly shifted and exchanged during the course of the game, and one of the opposing sides will eventually lose, and the focus is: is it the winner who shows fatigue first? Or will the challenger grit his teeth and stay the course?

The winner will always have the upper hand until the magic is lifted. Confidence, at critical moments, can often bring more unexpected things, and become the key to the outcome of the game.

But now, the New Orleans Saints have finally broken Luke's unbeaten streak and sent a positive signal for the other 30 teams: If Drew Bliss can do it, am I also the like? At the very least, the magic of the Undefeated Aura has been flawed.

Don't underestimate a regular season loss, and if you're not careful, it can be the turning point of an entire season collapse – and there are countless examples of this, even every year. So, what does this loss mean for the San Francisco 49ers?

In the post-game press conference, the New Orleans Saints and San Francisco 49ers were both in the spotlight, especially the latter playing on the road.

The press conference hall was bustling with more than 300 media reporters, completely waterlogged, and the surging crowd even spread all the way out of the corridor, and the door of the press conference hall was simply closed, but it still couldn't resist the enthusiasm and madness of the reporters, and the reporters continued to wander around, asking like jackals, "Did Bambi show up?" ”

The unbeaten aura that lasted for two seasons has finally dissipated, which is a huge regret for any player and any team, and it is undeniable that journalists are looking forward to the drama, and if they can capture the scene of a player's big collapse, it is really earned!

As a result, reporters flocked to the away team's press conference room, waiting for the press conference to begin like a good student, but the gossip of anticipation of the dog's blood had begun to stir impatiently, so that there was a wonderful joyful atmosphere on the scene: such an expectation that a team would lose was a rare sight in the league.

But the journalists were doomed to disappointment.

Not to mention the scene of a large-scale collapse, there is not even a mouth cannon.

The players seem to have finished sorting out their emotions in the locker room, and when they appeared again for an interview, they all calmed down and looked at the defeat from an objective perspective, "the team with the better performance won the victory", Lu Ke's answer can be called an official sample; And for the end of the undefeated halo, the players also expressed their thoughts open-mindedly.

"No one can win forever. After all, the two sides of a game still have to decide the winner, someone wins, then someone has to face defeat, this is not the end of the world. The next game next week is another fresh start for us and we're ready for the challenge. ”

The above words are really appropriate as a response, but the problem is that this is not Lu Ke's answer, but Marcus Lynch's answer, which is meaningful. It can be seen that in the short dressing room break, the team that has just suffered a heavy blow quickly finished the rest and picked themselves up again, which is definitely not an easy task.

"What the hell is going on in the locker room?"

This was the common question on the minds of all reporters at the press conference after the press conference.

It's a pity that the San Francisco 49ers have no intention of sharing locker room secrets, and even insiders' sources have not inquired about the reason, and the reporters can only imagine it on their own.

The San Francisco 49ers lost to the New Orleans Saints away, ushered in their fourth loss of the season, and the five-game winning streak came to an end.

Then, the eleventh week of the regular season came to an end.

Now, it's time to put the loss aside for the time being and set your sights on Week 12. This is the regular season, week after week, game after game, all the way to the Super Bowl without brakes, and before crossing the finish line, nothing can stop the progress of the game, not even "Lu Ke loses".

It's another Tuesday.

In the morning, Lu Ke got up on time at five o'clock, and according to the usual practice, jogged all the way along the hill ramp at the entrance of the villa, and after finishing the 10,000-meter speed change run of the fixed routine, he returned home, finished the bath and breakfast step by step, and then drove to the Candlestick Park.

Although the system has officially entered a dormant state, in the past three years, Lu Ke has developed good living habits and training plans, even without systematic supervision, he has formed inertia, and his biological clock and body muscles remind him on time and punctually of the next training.

Of course, the content of training has changed dramatically. Because of the growth of strength, because of the change of style, because of the impact of injuries, the training content of each week and every week is being adjusted accordingly, except for the 10,000-meter variable speed run and yoga, the current training plan has been completely different.

The form of the entire living habits and the framework of the training method, these invisible indirect influences are the deepest and most important imprint left on Lu Ke by the system.

Although he had just experienced a defeat and was physically and mentally exhausted, the feeling of emptiness and exhaustion was unprecedentedly surging, which was the first time in Lu Ke's short career; But after Monday's adjustment, Lu Ke is back on track, a loss is not the end of the world, they need to prepare for the next game to start.

Training, for Lu Ke, is the best way to heal his injuries.

After arriving at Candlestick Park, Lu Ke entered the locker room with ease, changed into a set of training clothes, and then began the first phase of recovery training in the morning.

This season, Lu Ke has experienced two injuries and is still dealing with an arm strain, which has also made many changes in his training content, the proportion of strength training, aerobic training, flexibility training and dribbling training has changed, and even warm-up training has been adjusted.

For example, in the past week, in order to avoid the aggravation of the arm injury, and to better adapt to the intensity of the game, in the warm-up stage, the upper limbs of the body need to be fully mobilized, Andre Richardson specially formulated a series of warm-up movements for Lu Ke for the arm and upper body, and every day he had to spend an extra 45 minutes to gradually adapt the arm muscles to the intensity of the game.

This also proves once again that injuries are the biggest enemy of every professional footballer and must be dealt with carefully.

Leaving the locker room, Lu Ke took a step in the direction of the gym. In the early morning of late autumn, there is still no shadow of the rising sun, and the entire training ground is shrouded in a solemn haze, with a little loneliness in the gloomy, but the dew in the early morning is mixed with the air, but it can always make people feel refreshed.

Lu Ke likes the training ground at this time very much, although he is the only one many times, but it is precisely like this, which makes him feel comfortable to monopolize the entire training ground, as if this is his world. The silence is always reminiscent of the turbulence and excitement of the candelabra stadium when it is shouted in unison, but when you open your eyes, the stands are empty, and the contrast is always very wonderful.

At this time, there was a faint trivial sound in the silence, which was not obvious, just a murmur, a bit similar to the sound of sweeping the fallen leaves, but it was different when it was subdivided. Listening to the sound, it seems to be coming from the direction of the training ground.

This is not unusual.

Because of Lu Ke's existence, he always leads by example and actively participates in training, and the team's substitutes and undrafted rookies are also extraordinarily proactive. Many people have adopted Lu Ke's training schedule, coming to Candlestick Park early to train, and occasionally, Lu Ke will join them and train together.

However, this is not an easy task. On the premise of ensuring the quality of the team's daily training, and on the premise of ensuring that the study of the tactical manual will not be delayed, it is really terrifying to insist on getting up at five o'clock every day to train on their own - especially the study of the tactical manual.

The reason why people call Lu Ke a training maniac is not only because he is able to arrange his own training, but also because he is able to persevere throughout the season. In addition to Lu Ke, it is estimated that only JJ Watt can complete the training at such a high intensity throughout the season.

Therefore, in the training base at dawn, most of the time there was only Lu Ke alone.

Today, Lu Ke seems to have a companion again.