Looking at the worry in Logan's eyes and the astonishment on his face, Lu Ke laughed happily, "Wait, you won't tell me that you were so nervous that you lost sleep last night, right?" So, arrived at the training ground early today? ”

Looking at the gloating Lu Ke, Logan was full of black lines, lamenting that he had made friends carelessly, but involuntarily, his mood was still slightly relaxed.

The two of them pushed open the door of the locker room, turned their heads, and then saw the quiet and peaceful locker room, everyone was silently busy with their own affairs, no one spoke, no one discussed, only the exchange of eyes slowly surging in the air; The sound of the locker room door swaying suddenly became extremely harsh, and the creaking sound of "babbling" seemed to be trying to remind everyone:

Speak, who speaks?

But, no one made a noise.

Today, all the players seemed to come a little earlier than usual, not just Logan. The rookie players have all arrived; Most of the senior players have already arrived, their sights are filled with crowds, but no sound is heard in their ears, and the slow-flowing silence invisibly sets off the nervous emotions.

There's no need to look at it at all, and between eye exchanges, you can find two other focal points in the locker room: Alex Smith and Colin Kaepernick.

Alex hadn't taken off his bag on his shoulder yet, and he looked like he had just arrived at the training base, and he was standing in front of the locker, pulling out his gear one by one, and communicating with Vernon Davis standing next to him in a whisper, looking like it was just a few pleasantries from the morning meeting.

Colin sat on the bench in the center of the locker room, his right leg cocked, and he was bending over to tie his shoes, concentrating on his movements, as if he didn't feel the air flow around him at all, and he was single-mindedly tying his shoes, meticulous and meticulous. Braryron Edwards stood diagonally opposite, not speaking, just staring at Colin as if he was hesitating whether he should step forward.

The appearance of Lu Ke and Logan broke the balance in the room, and in an instant, all eyes were projected; Immediately afterwards, they threw themselves at Alex and Colin, and the traction of the gas engine gradually began to become stuffy, and there was a feeling of suffocation.

Such a situation is a little funny in Lu Ke's eyes. He could tell that everyone was forbearing.

The locker room conflicts of the previous three weeks, little by little, accumulated little by little, causing Jim Hubble's outburst, which was forcibly suppressed, and the surface remained calm, no one wanted to offend the head coach who had just taken over this year, and he was also an iron-fisted head coach; But the momentum of the dark tide is rising.

Pares Harrelson stared at Lu Ke deadly, his sharp eyes wanted to devour him alive, although Lu Ke never knew that there were any irreconcilable contradictions between him and the defensive team, but now it seems that he and Parres really need to stand in the boxing ring and have a good fight, otherwise Lu Ke is worried that Parres may explode in the next second.

Braryron Edwards was no exception, his brass eyes were almost falling out, and the bloody and violent aura was not concealed in the slightest. Over the past three weeks, Brelon has been completely left in the cold, completely out of competition at the wide receiver position, and occasionally on the court as a rotation player, he is also almost invisible, and Lu Ke has not made a single attempt to pass the ball to him.

In fact, on the football field, it may be too simple and crude, but sometimes it does work—although the problem of quarterback is never solved by fists; Now, the smell of gunpowder in the San Francisco 49ers locker room has to be suppressed and wait for today's quarterback matchup to decide the winner.

So, it was supposed to be a fist-to-fist man's matter, but now he had to use eye to eye demonstration, and the street duel instantly turned into a palace fight, and before he knew it, the meaning of the quarterback starter battle began to change, and this kind of awkwardness and embarrassment made Lu Ke laugh.

"Morning." Lu Ke showed a bright smile and took the initiative to say hello, this move broke the balance in the dressing room, and the depressed and dull atmosphere instantly became vivid.

"Morning, Bambi." Ted Jean was the first to respond, and then Kyle Williams also laughed and teased, "You're done warming up?" ”

At the same time, there were sparse greetings from Chino Hachar, Michael Crabtree, Jonathan Goodwin and others, "Morning, Bambi." ”

In the midst of a greeting, Mike Rupatti's spit immediately rang out, "Bambi's training has already started while you are sleeping, study hard." ”

", it's like how industrious you are, are you late to me today?" Williams pushed back without showing weakness.

Rupatti showed off his biceps and then pushed hard/crotch hard, "How do you know I'm sleeping?" Instead of exercising in the morning? Such a response instantly made everyone coax along, and the embarrassing and jerky tension finally calmed down.

Without warning, Kaepernick stood up suddenly, picked up his helmet, and walked away in silence, passing by Lu Ke and leaving the locker room directly. There was no daily conversation, not even eye contact, as if Lu Ke didn't exist at all, and the figure quickly disappeared into the corridor.

Both rookie players this year, the competition between Lu Ke and Kaepernick is more direct and more fruitful. After a concussive "timeout", the bonds that Kaepernick has made among the rookies seem to be gone; And the four losses in the preseason compared to the three wins in the regular season, Kaepernick is even more lacking.

In today's quarterback matchup, Kaepernick isn't just fighting for the starter, he's fighting for himself and the rest of his career.

Rookie quarterbacks always start their careers off the bench, and Aaron Rogers has even been on the bench for three seasons, but it's Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre who pins Rogers to the bench, not just another rookie player, let alone an undrafted rookie - Colin Kaepernick is a second-round pick!

As a result, Kaepernick left the locker room in a murderous manner, full of fighting spirit. After a moment's hesitation, Braryron Edwards followed, trotting out of the locker room.

Lu Ke retracted his gaze and walked towards his locker, and inadvertently saw Vernon Davis. He nodded politely, no smile or words, but at least a greeting.

Alex Smith, who had his back to Lu Ke, noticed Davis's action, turned his head, smiled politely, and after greeting, he withdrew his gaze and began to prepare with his hands and feet.

Pareth Harrelson swaggered over and deliberately exaggerated, "Alex, how's it going, are you ready?" Have a good show on the training ground today? Let the children see what it means to be experienced? What does it mean to be a true veteran of the game? These experiences are hard to come by. ”

Although the words were said to Alex, Pares's eyes kept drifting in the direction of Lu Ke intentionally or unintentionally, but the movements were too obvious, but a little clumsy - Lu Ke deeply believed that athletes were still not suitable for palace fighting dramas.

"Parres, hurry up and get ready, see you on the training ground later." Alex patted his friend on the shoulder and said simply.

However, the other party didn't seem to hear it, and laughed exaggeratedly twice, "Yes, yes, let's hurry up to the training ground, everyone is waiting for you to return, waiting for you to show off your unique short pass layout tactics, even Tom Brady has praised you, hasn't he?" ”

"Parres!" Alex said in a deep voice, "I say, see you on the training ground!" ”

Obviously, Alex didn't want to continue the battle of words, and his categorical attitude made Parres suddenly feel bored and shrugged his shoulders, "I know, I know, see you on the training ground." As long as you're ready, you're all right! I just wanted to tell you that the members of the defensive team have been with you all the time. ”

With that, he raised his hands in the air, made a gesture of surrender, turned around, and swaggered away.

Lu Ke feels that Parres must be a movie lover. Especially western movies, definitely too much.

Turning around, Lu Ke was suddenly startled, Logan, Marcus, Aldon, Kendall and others, six or seven people huddled together in a bustling group, standing behind him, staring at Pares who walked to the other end of the locker room with blazing eyes, and then Marcus was the first to say, "Joker." ”

"Scoundrel."

"Stupid."

“…… Neuropathy? ”

The last voice was from Kendall, who seemed unsure, and then saw that everyone's eyes were focused, Kendall shrugged his shoulders and showed his innocence, "I feel as if I should take the relay, but I don't know how." ”

With a snort, Lu Ke laughed dumbly, "Instead of watching the excitement here, it's better to go to the training ground to watch the excitement, the stage is there." This reminder suddenly made everyone's eyes light up, and they began to get busy, changing their training clothes and getting ready to play.

When the members of the coaching staff arrived at the training base, the players had already consciously completed the warm-up, and they were carrying out basic relaxation training on the training ground in groups of three or five.

Kip Kleist is well aware that the problems in the dressing room are not solved. Even if it is three victories, this only eases the intensification of the contradictions, but does not really solve them.

For competitive sports, winning is always the best solution, but today it is not applicable. Kip couldn't guess why.

Maybe it has something to do with Lu Ke's Chinese identity, maybe not, after all, before Lu Ke, there was no precedent as a reference; Maybe it has something to do with Lu Ke's undrafted rookie status, or Lu Ke's starting position is not due to strength, or Lu Ke's college career lacks a reference sample...... But, one way or another, today's quarterback battle is inevitable.

For the victory, and for the dressing room.