The quarterbacks on the court are all wearing their own jerseys, and the three who are passing the ball are wearing the New York Jets jersey in the lower right corner, the one on the right is the Denver Broncos jersey, and the one in the upper left corner is wearing the No. 11 jersey of the San Francisco 49ers-

The eleventh of the San Francisco 49ers is Alex Smith.

Obviously, the one who is training on the field right now is definitely not Alex, so who is he? The distance is a little far, the helmet covers the face, and the shoulder pads of the jersey support the figure, and the whole body shape and figure are completely indistinguishable from the original appearance, so there is no way to judge at all.

"Lu Ke, that Chinese quarterback." Kip's additional note made both Jim and Craig slightly stunned.

They were still thinking about which quarterback was named "Luke" among this year's free agents and undrafted rookies, but the next second, Kip's answer exploded in their minds.

The first reaction was, impossible; The second reaction is still, impossible; The third reaction was, what's going on?

If it is just the only Chinese player in the rookie training camp, people may not be very impressed, after all, after wearing a helmet, it is really difficult to distinguish, and no one will deliberately pay attention; However, the Chinese player is different.

First, Von Derrick tested a perfect score, and then was the first to complete a touchdown in the training game, and the strength shown at the quarterback position was really eye-catching, and even ready to move; But then, the high expectations still failed to bear enough expectations.

In the midst of the draft, it is no exaggeration to say that almost no one remembers the Chinese-American quarterback - the inertial mindset of "Chinese and even Asian players cannot do the heavy lifting" played a decisive role.

But now, just by mentioning the name "Chinese quarterback", Jim's memory suddenly awakened, and the accuracy of passing, the decisiveness of judgment and the reading of defense were indeed impressive. At the beginning, the 49ers also held a meeting to discuss, seriously considered the player, and finally chose to give up -

Because there are so few reference data samples. No one wants to take a risk just because of a brief stellar performance in rookie camp; During his college years, Lu Ke participated in too few games, and he didn't even play a full game.

If Lu Ke has played a full year in college, at least one year, and there is also performance in the training camp; Then there are definitely not a few teams that are willing to use the later rounds to choose him, and they will not be defeated in the end. But alas, there is no if.

When he came to his senses, Jim was slightly stunned, and he hesitated.

First of all, Lu Ke is a rookie. In the current situation of the 49ers, the most urgent need is not another rookie to increase the burden, Colin has not yet sorted out the idea of the tactical manual, and another rookie is afraid that it will be a disservice;

Secondly, Lu Ke is of Chinese descent. It's 2011, not half a century ago, when any team using black players would probably be met with fan protests; But there's no denying that it takes courage to be the first coach in the league to use players of Chinese descent;

Again, Lu Ke's physical fitness. If he remembers correctly, Lu Ke's physical fitness is only average; If it's black or white, the average is enough, but if it's Asian......

The three quarterbacks on the court were still working diligently on the passing exercises, and Jim stood in place, but for a while he was full of thoughts, and then Kip's voice came to his ears:

"He doesn't look like a rookie quarterback at all. Jim, have you forgotten? The first two fights of his career, and the only one, were all in the face of danger, and he achieved a Jedi reversal. With such a big heart quarterback, I think of Eli Manning. ”

Jim secretly gritted his teeth, he knew that this small step was likely to be a step to make history. However, he must temporarily dismiss these thoughts and focus all his attention on "strength". So, he spoke, "Take the data of Lu Ke's physical test today, and I'll take a look." ”

Concentrated, concentrated, and distracted, this is Lu Ke's current state. I didn't think about the situation of training, I didn't think about the difficulties ahead, I didn't think about the competition of opponents, I didn't even notice the changes on the sidelines, I just threw myself into my passing training wholeheartedly.

This is not his first tryout. Chances are, and this won't be the last either.

Long ago, Lu Ke knew that for those white or black quarterbacks, they only need to show a 60-point standard, and in such a difficult situation as the 49ers, it may be enough to be a substitute, just like the New York Jets selected Greg McElloy in the seventh round.

But for a Chinese-American quarterback, he has to show 120 points, or even 200 points, to have a chance to win a chance. After the last three months of tryouts, he's becoming more and more sure about that.

Holding the rugby superstar system, this is his confidence; However, in the past few months, he still did not relax at all, nor did he dare to have the slightest defense.

Suddenly, he seemed to be back in his junior year as a sparring partner again, and after two consecutive years of failure, he was finally able to enter the team, and he cherished such a hard-won opportunity. Every time he trains, he treats it like a Super Bowl; Every day he practiced, he thought it was his last. Do your best, don't hold back, just focus, sprint, sprint, sprint.

It's not an easy task, but it's something that makes you happy.

Since the end of the rookie training camp, he has gone through the draft meeting and countless trials, and until today, Lu Ke's daily training tasks have not missed a day, even during the drive to Washington; He always tries to complete all his training on time and in quantity. Thus, in the long five and a half months, he accumulated a total of eleven base points.

Eleven base points, all of which are used on the blade.

First of all, Lu Ke added six points to the field of observation, and this technique reached seventy points in one go. Crossed the passing line and entered the minimum standard of excellence, which means that Lu Ke has reached the average level of the alliance or even above this technology alone.

Secondly, Lu Ke added a little bit on top of his tactical awareness, and this technique also went from sixty-nine points to seventy points. Tactical awareness combined with observation vision, coupled with three passing accuracy, on top of the basic skills of quarterbacks, Lu Ke has gotten rid of the rookie stage and truly stepped into the ranks of the average level.

However, the quarterback does not only need to pass the ball, and the excellent passing skills do not mean that Lu Ke is an excellent quarterback, because there is still a big distance to make up for the gap in running ability and confrontation ability.

So, again, Lu Ke added the remaining four basic points to the ball running, and this data also came to sixty-nine points in one go, only one step away from seventy points.

Prior to this, Lu Ke's running and passing skills had reached seventy points, and now with the increase in his ability to run with the ball, this also means that under the opponent's raid tactics, Lu Ke is no longer a broiler who can be caught with his hands tied.

Of course, of the four techniques such as dodge ability, push ability, passing ability, and dangle ability, only the dodge ability has reached sixty points, and the other three are still fifty-three points. Therefore, he is still an orthodox pocket quarterback, and his running ability is really terrible, and it is difficult to wait for the elegant hall.

Although this is an obviously unbalanced way of adding points to the long and short feet, the strengths are particularly strong and the weaknesses are particularly weak, but in the blink of an eye, from the beginning of Lu Ke's acquisition of the system to today, a year is about to pass, Lu Ke has completed the transformation from a sparring partner to a qualified substitute quarterback, such a growth rate is really terrifying, which is also his greatest confidence.

But more importantly, after more than half a year of unremitting and persistent exercise, the physical fitness has been improved again. In addition to the stacking of base points, the physical properties of the body in real life have also been improved.

strength, from forty-eight to forty-nine; speed, from 66 to 67; Acceleration, sixty-two points to sixty-three. All three figures are automatically added by one point.

In addition, the physical fitness, which was originally 63 points, has now risen by one point again, becoming 64 points. This is an essential change in the whole physical fitness; At the same time, these are not the accumulation of base points, but the natural growth after hard training.

For nearly a year, relying on unremitting exercise, all options for basic physical fitness have increased, although the growth rate is really slow compared to directly using basic points to add; But this is also the result of hard workout, countless sweats, after day after day of accumulation and precipitation, turned into that seemingly insignificant "one point".

Although there are only four points in total, Lu Ke clearly knows how hard-won it is. After entering the university, he felt the constraints of the physical ceiling, no matter how he trained, the improvement of natural qualities such as strength, explosiveness and speed was very limited, almost standing still, stopping, it seemed that the limit of talent ended here; The existence of the rugby superstar system has created the possibility of breaking the shackles, and now, these accumulated achievements are truly presented in Lu Ke's training.

Even if the improvement is limited, Lu Ke can still feel his progress truly and clearly, and he is making real progress, as if he is back in high school.

Although in the eyes of outsiders, from the rookie training camp to today, it is only five and a half months; But from quantitative change to qualitative change, Lu Ke's efforts are far from being as simple as the superposition of the basic points of the system.

Pass, pass, pass. Every pass, Lu Ke is meticulous and concentrates on completing it, and every link is carved and re-carved.

He was waiting for his Bole, but when Bole actually appeared, he hoped he was ready.

Jim looked at the physical measurement data in his hand, opened his mouth almost out of shape, raised his head to look at Bobby Engram, his eyes widened, and his slightly distorted voice blurted out, "Is this data correct?" Have you been tested for drugs? ”

Jim's expression was so surprised that Kip and Craig couldn't help but be curious, and both cast a puzzled look at Bobby.

Bobby met Jim's gaze and nodded, "Yes, the preliminary drug test has been completed, and there is no problem; The report for further testing will come out tomorrow. Sensing Kip and Craig's gaze, Bobby shrugged his shoulders and gave a look, "See for yourselves." That demeanor and movements also seemed to be incomprehensible.

Then, Kip and Craig both leaned over and skimmed through the physical measurements in Jim's hand.

"Damn it." Craig involuntarily blurted out a foul word with a sigh; Kip's eyes lit up, and after a flash of surprise, a smile appeared in his eyes.