In the NFL regular season, Thursday, Sunday and Monday night games are undoubtedly the top priority.

Except for the last week of the regular season, the key moment to decide the playoff tickets, in order to avoid the situation of tacit ball, all games start at a unified time; At other times, the night game is the main event, especially on Thursday, when the ratings are overwhelming, and the attention is amazing, and it is widely regarded as the most intense and popular game of the week.

But in fact, this is nothing more than a propaganda stunt of the alliance.

Because, according to the agreement reached by the league's 32 teams, every team will need to appear on the live stage of the night game at least once during the sixteen weeks of the regular season — not counting the last week.

The reason is simple, the night stage of the national live broadcast is crucial for commercial promotion, brand reputation, sponsorship support, etc. Every team will fight for it.

Of course, when the league arranges live night games, team strength, season status, vs. Sparks, rival history, fan support and other related factors must be taken into account, such as the annual "Steel Raven War" - Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens, which is the focus of attention.

Naturally, a small number of special teams can be on the night stage at least twice throughout the season, which is also quite normal.

Still, the arrangement of the night matches had to take into account the balance of the thirty-two teams. Therefore, there may also be a game in which rookies peck each other in the night game.

However, exposure is important, but the coaching staff doesn't like to broadcast live games at night, which can disrupt the rhythm of training and tactical set-up.

First, the attention is too high, the pressure is too great, and the media is making trouble. Players tend to be out of shape, either overly nervous, overly excited, or harassed, especially for rookie players, and the night stage is a test of all sorts.

The league has an official statistic: the on-the-spot performance data of each player in the live broadcast and non-national broadcast of the United States. As a result, it can be found that there are a certain number of players who are alive and well when they are not live broadcast; But during the live broadcast, it was a mess and terrible. It's like a home vs. away game.

Second, the pace of preparation is out of order, especially for Monday night and Thursday night.

Monday night game, which means that after the game, there are only four days to prepare for the next game; Thursday night, on the other hand, meant there were only three days to adjust after the previous game. The whole training cycle is very different.

However, the coaches and players do not have the right to resist, and for the sake of the team's interests, but also for their own "money", the night games are important stages that should not be missed.

Before the start of the regular season each year, the league will send a team of experts to evaluate the offseason preparations of the 32 teams, and then compile a team strength table for the new season, and then arrange the schedule for the whole season according to team strength, team status, star players, historical matchup information, etc.

The San Francisco 49ers, who missed the playoffs for eight consecutive years, are still the underdog in the pre-regular season evaluation this year; What's more, the Western Division of the League of Nations has been weak for a long time, and last year the Seattle Seahawks actually entered the playoffs with a record of fewer wins and more losses, and became the laughing stock of the entire league.

Therefore, in this year's night game arrangement, the San Francisco 49ers really do not have an advantage. But with a strong and deep history, they still have a Thursday night game and a Monday night game. Fortunately, neither of these games is the second week of the regular season, which is a good thing for Lu Ke as a rookie.

Lu Ke still hasn't adapted to the rhythm of the NFL game, not only the intensity of each game, but also the preparation rules of each week's games, everything is new, everything is fresh, he needs time to get used to, especially now that his physical fitness is still unable to complete a long-term confrontation.

In the second week of the regular season, the San Francisco 49ers vs. Dallas Cowboys matchup was still not the focus of the week, and was scheduled to be held at the same time on Sunday afternoon.

On Monday, the team had a collective holiday.

However, Lu Ke did not have time to rest, and the tactical manual had to start reading again; At the same time, Lu Ke also reached out to scout Adam Klein to find video footage of Jim Hubble's game when he was coaching at Stanford University, as well as Peyton Manning's career highlights. Not to enjoy the game, but to study the tactics on the field.

On Tuesday, the team was partially off for the holidays.

According to the official regulations, this day is still a holiday time, but players can come to the training base according to their own situation, have relaxation training, or body massage, or watch game videos.

Instead of heading to the team's training base, Lu Ke held a small training camp at home, spending the entire day watching footage of the Dallas Cowboys' games, including the first regular season game, four preseason games, and the entire season last year.

In addition to Logan, Marcus and Aldon, this year's rookies include Kendall Hunter, Daniel Kilgore, Ronald-Johnson, Colin Jones, Bruce-Miller and others. To be precise, this is a "rookie" training camp.

On Wednesday, the team had a non-mandatory regular training session.

This day is still not mandatory and players can declare it for themselves. However, most of the players will arrive at the training base for recovery training, relaxation training, etc.; At other times, you can meet up with the offensive and defensive coaches and continue to watch the game video.

Generally speaking, the coaching team's preparation for the game starts on Tuesday; The players' preparations for the game began on Wednesday. But, strictly speaking, the preparation for the whole team starts on Thursday, and each day is a three-day schedule on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and the team has to act collectively.

Early in the morning of Wednesday, Lu Ke drove to the training base early, and yesterday's small training camp was really fruitful.

Although everyone is a rookie player, but different college backgrounds, different positions on the field, the interpretation of the game is different, Lu Ke, as the brain of the team, listened carefully and absorbed different opinions, gradually opened his horizons, and received countless information. Today, Lu Ke is going to have a discussion with the quarterback coach and the offensive team coach, trying to clear his mind and digest all the knowledge into his own things.

Not only that, on Monday, Lu Ke not only successfully completed the two quarterback training skill packs, but also successfully received the reward; And I started my daily training tasks again, and little by little I entered the strength training mode; In addition, Lu Ke also needs to adapt to the current passing power.

Although it is said that the throwing power is still seventy-nine points, there is no change; But the strength has become sixty-one points, the explosive power has become seventy points, and more importantly, the physical fitness has also become seventy points, this kind of reborn change and growth, Lu Ke needs time to adapt to the condition of the body, and at the same time, the passing action and finger control also need to make corresponding adjustments.

The past two days have been incomparably full; Predictably, this is still the case today. Tomorrow is Thursday and the team will officially enter the preparations for the second game, and he needs to get into the groove early.

skillfully came to the parking lot, but Lu Ke unexpectedly found that a car had arrived in the parking lot. Today, Lu Ke's arrival at the training base was slightly adjusted, but despite this, it was not even seven o'clock, and there were still players in the team who arrived earlier than him? That's really ...... Unusual.

Who is it?

With this idea in mind, Lu Ke entered the locker room, and then saw Alex Smith, who had just changed into a training uniform.

In the blink of an eye, this is the eighth week that Lu Ke has joined the San Francisco 49ers, but this is the first time he and Alex have met.

Due to the injury, Alex has been running back and forth between the hospital and home for the past few weeks, and has not come to the training base; In recent weeks, Alex has come to the training base as the injury has gradually recovered, but the training building dedicated to the recovery of the injured is on the other side; During this period, Alex came to the training base twice, but by accident, the two never met. Until today.

Lu Ke was slightly surprised.

Alex's reputation is really too loud, the top pick in the 2005 draft, although it is said that under his leadership, the San Francisco 49ers' record has not improved, and his performance can only be said to be mediocre; But so far, among all the players Lu Ke has met, Alex is the most famous, top, and old player.

What's more, both are quarterbacks, direct competitors. By the way, Alex's von Derick test is forty points.

The atmosphere paused slightly, and then Alex took the initiative to say hello, "Hey, Lu Ke, right?" I'm Alex. He stepped forward and kindly extended his right hand with a kind smile on his face, "I've heard before that you're a hard-working player, and now it seems that you live up to your reputation." ”

Lu Ke shook Alex's right hand and returned the favor with a smile, "Welcome back." Your injuries, are you okay? ”

Alex looked down at his right leg, cruciate ligament strain, such an injury can be big or small, and many athletes have completely ruined their careers because of this part of the serious injury. But now judging by Alex's stance, the impact doesn't seem to be too great, "It's my first week back in full-fledged training, so everything needs to be observed slowly. ”

As he spoke, Alex raised his hands, crossed his index and middle fingers, and made a gesture of praying for good luck, "That's all I can do now." "Relaxed words with a little bit of self-deprecation, no particular humor, but can be approachable.

Lu Ke also made the same prayer gesture, and a confident and determined smile bloomed, "For any professional athlete, injury is not a good thing. Hopefully, you'll be truly healed and welcome back to the field of action with 100% bang for yourself! ”