Ten wins in the season.

It's a universal benchmark for the best teams in the league and a universal benchmark for making the playoffs. Not only did the San Francisco 49ers become the first team to do so in 2012, but they also reached such heights for two consecutive seasons, and there is no doubt that the team has now transformed itself into the absolute center of attention across the league, truly showing the style of a strong team.

What's more, this week's game still beat the Chicago Bears.

Although the Chicago Bears have been up and down in the past few seasons, their form is not very stable, and they always drop the chain at key moments; However, this season's Chicago Bears are undoubtedly a strong contender for the playoffs, and are currently the second-best defensive team in the league, winning a crisp victory in this matchup, which undoubtedly makes people further impress the San Francisco 49ers.

It's fair to say that the San Francisco 49ers are in the limelight right now.

"yes, it's your second consecutive season with 10 wins, so have you considered a full season this season? Now that the team is at the top of the league on the offensive end, defensive end and special service team, do you think you have a chance to replicate the feat of the 2007 New England Patriots? ”

According to common sense, the regular season is only ten weeks old, and there are still six games left before the end of the season, and there is still a huge difference between 10 wins and 16 wins, so it is too early to talk about winning all of them; But considering the score and process of this victory, as well as the overall state of the team this season, now the reporters can't wait to bring it up, a little strange, but within a reasonable range.

But Lu Ke still felt weird.

The reason is very simple, the questioner is Harry Waynes, Harry Waynes of "Sports Illustrated", the Harry Waynes who can't wait to eat Lu Ke alive. When did Harry start singing for the San Francisco 49ers and Lu Ke?

"Is it too late for me to think about it?"

The subtext is that I didn't think about it before. Lu Ke replied in an unreasonable manner, with a relatively relaxed and humorous attitude, making the question sound less serious.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Ke added, "To be honest, I didn't think about it. Even the New England Patriots admit that a winning season takes a bit of luck and chance; The most important thing for us now is to think about the next opponent, not to mention a winning season, because there is a good chance that the next game will put us on the back. ”

Next week, the San Francisco 49ers travel to take on the New Orleans Saints.

"We're not talking about the possibility of a winning season, we're talking about whether the team has thought about a winning season." Harry was still in hot pursuit, and didn't easily let Lu Ke bring the topic over.

"This season, the team has been in great form, with a number of great wins so far, and the number of touchdowns and ball conversions produced is at the top of the league, so haven't you really thought about a winning season? Whether or not it is possible to achieve it, is it not even a matter of thinking about it? At least, have you thought about this possibility? ”

Something is wrong, and sure enough, it is still wrong.

Lu Ke is not a fool. As an excellent journalism graduate, Lu Ke's sensitivity to news is undoubted, and he can now faintly detect Harry's calculations:

Kill.

The so-called praise is actually very simple, it is to praise and praise excessively, so that the praised person becomes vain and conceited or invites the purpose of others' schemes.

First, rugby is a collective sport, if you kill too much, it is inevitable that there will be overconfidence and blind confidence in the 53-person squad, and the mentality of the game is prone to violent fluctuations, and once you encounter a setback, you may be impetuous, losing the team's original resilience.

Second, rugby is a league sport, when all the media are praising a team, it will inevitably become a thorn in the side of the other 31 teams, in fact, the 2007 season of the New England Patriots is like this, it is no exaggeration to say, it is the public enemy of the whole people, everyone as long as they play against this team, they will fight hard, and someone will always be able to pull it down. Even the mature and veteran Patriots have been recruited, let alone the young and vigorous San Francisco 49ers?

If that's the case, then that's where Harry is really smart.

Because this is a conspiracy.

The conspiracy that can't be refused and is difficult to deal with, the conspiracy that openly lays traps and makes people have to jump.

Harry clearly put on a posture of killing, even if Lu Ke saw through the plan, he was still helpless, because the team is winning now, and other media will inevitably echo it, and among the hustle and bustle, the praise will become more and more turbulent and fierce, what else can they do?

Could it be that Lu Ke chose to go toe-to-toe with Harry, scolding him for being ill-intentioned and ill-intentioned? Then the fans and other players will think that Lu Ke is inexplicably pouring cold water.

Does the team want to deliberately lose a game to relieve the pressure? So who can be sure that a defeat won't lose the spirit of the team and then never get back on the winning track?

In other words, neither is it to admit it, nor is it to deny it; Neither is suppressing confidence, nor is sustained confidence. A real dilemma. It's a tricky thing.

Lu Ke and Harry have been playing against each other for more than a year, and Lu Ke has always been able to firmly gain the upper hand, on the one hand, because the team is still winning, and on the other hand, Lu Ke's habitual self-discipline has not allowed Harry to find a loophole in the attack off the field; But now, for the first time, Harry had the upper hand, a real upper hand.

For the first time, Lu Ke's answer paused slightly, and he did not respond by hitting the wall at the first time.

His mind turned around in his mind, and Lu Ke didn't have a good way to deal with such a tricky problem; What's more, he is also the team's offensive captain, and if he accidentally hits the team's morale, it will be more than worth the loss.

"We're thinking about the Super Bowl."

Lu Ke showed a bright smile and gave an answer. Instead of responding head-on to the events of the all-win season, he directly skipped the process and aimed for the ultimate goal.

Whether it's top-seeding a winning season or reaching the playoffs as the No. 6 seed, the Super Bowl is every team's ultimate goal.

People remember the 2007 season of the New England Patriots' all-win record, but they also remember the 2007 Super Bowl season of the New York Giants to break the New England Patriots' undefeated gold feat to win the championship; People remember the 2010 season of Green Bay Packers' championship feat, but forget that the Green Bay Packers had only 10 wins and 6 losses in the regular season that year, ranking as the sixth seed in the National League, defeating the first, second and third seeds of the National League all the way, and winning the championship, creating a miracle.

Victory, very important; But the championship is even more important. Victory is just the way to the championship. Someone once said that the quadrennial World Cup is all watched, but no one remembers who the runner-up is. This phrase is very cruel, even cruel, but it is what it is in the real world.

What about rugby?

The Super Bowl, that's the goal of the San Francisco 49ers, and as for the all-win season, it's just the icing on the cake, and it's great to be able to achieve the feat, but it doesn't matter if you miss it. On the one hand, it shows the absolute confidence of the team; On the other hand, it is no longer limited to the pressure of "total victory" itself.

In addition, the Super Bowl is also the same goal of all 32 teams in the league, which does not have the underlying meaning of arrogance and no one in sight, but can show the current spirit of the San Francisco 49ers. From the beginning of the season to the end of the season, there is no doubt that the Super Bowl is the team's top goal.

In a short period of time, this was the most appropriate way to respond in Lu Ke's mind.

"More than anything else, the Super Bowl is our goal, if not the only goal." Lu Ke met Harry's gaze with a smile, "In order to achieve this goal, we must be down-to-earth and finish game by game. The next game away to Drew Bliss is all we have to think about. ”

In the discourse, there is no mention of the all-winning season at all, and all the focus has shifted to the Super Bowl.

Harry looked at Lu Ke meaningfully, but he didn't seem to care at all, but still smiled:

The fundamental reason why the killing strategy is unguardable is that whether it is a winning season or the Super Bowl, as long as the San Francisco 49ers are still on the track of victory, they have something to do, such as, "The San Francisco 49ers have the Super Bowl in their hands", "Lu Ke is confident in the Super Bowl", "The first favorite to win the championship this season is released"......

As soon as such topics are published, the pressure will accumulate little by little.

Therefore, Harry sat firmly on the Diaoyu Tai and looked at Lu Ke quietly, he had already thought of the title of today's article now, "Beat the fifth in the league, the San Francisco 49ers are ready to win the championship!" ”

Harry won the battle.

If Lu Ke just now was just his own random conjecture, it was just a divergent thinking because of Harry's abnormal behavior, and there was no substantive evidence; But then, the frenzy of questions from other reporters confirmed Lu Ke's speculation, and the killing operation has just begun.

All the reporters' questions are almost changed without changing the medicine, and the essential meaning of the repetition is the same-

Victory!

The current San Francisco 49ers are the well-deserved top spot in the league, not only a strong team, but even an undefeated championship division, step by step pushing them to a position where they must not lose, it seems that once they lose, it seems that it is the end of the world, after ten consecutive wins, the huge pressure is like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger, but no one knows if the avalanche will come, and when will it come?

Even Lu Ke, he is now a little overwhelmed by the media.