A five-yard short pass found Boulding, and with Vernon's pick-and-roll, Boulding broke through the three-man encirclement and successfully completed a ten-yard push to get the first attack.

A Marcus front hard rush for two yards.

A short pass from the screen found Logan, but he accidentally fell into a dilemma where the second-line defenders were all on top, pushing forward for only five yards before being pushed to the ground.

Three gears and three yards.

"This is the San Francisco 49ers' first three-gear switch of the game. The intensity and condition of the Carolina Panthers defense team has improved significantly, and the frontline confrontation still has not been able to show intensity, but the upward step position of the pass defense has become timely and avoids the loss of big yards. Now, the crucial third gear defense is here, and both sides must show their intensity! The confrontation of the game is getting exciting again. ”

In the face of three gears and three yards, the San Francisco 49ers put on a two-wing strong offensive formation - it can be clearly perceived, this is one of Jim Hubble's obvious adjustments in this game, the adjustment made to the relatively weak second-line defense of the Carolina Panthers defensive group, even if it is a three-gear short yardage situation, still put on a posture of full passing, so how should the opposing away team's defensive group respond?

Six people rushed to pass.

The Carolina Panthers put on a six-man rushing pass, with four defensive forwards and two interior defenders standing at the forefront, facing the offensive forwards, seemingly not caring about the opponent's strong passing formation at all, but focusing all their attention on pressure and raids, as long as Lu Ke's pace is disrupted, and even the capture is completed, then the passing attack will fall apart.

Start at the roots.

In addition to the six-man rush, an outside lineback and a safety guard are slightly behind by about three to five yards, one standing in the left slot and one standing in the right slot, forming an angle, and only one diagonal forward rush is needed to cut straight into the pocket and go all the way to the quarterback.

Finally, there is the second-line defense, where the two cornerbacks are facing the outermost receiver, but the position is one forward and one backward; The next remaining safety guard stood fifteen yards away, ready for a far-reaching long pass.

On the whole, the Carolina Panthers advanced one safety guard to the position, and then two interior guards also stood in advance, releasing the pressure of the entire defense, even in the face of the San Francisco 49ers' two-wing strong attack formation, they still put on a front-line confrontation and ground defense posture, as if emptying the backcourt, allowing Lu Ke to pass the ball, and single-mindedly compete in the frontcourt.

So, is this a trap?

Lu Ke was revising his tactics, his footsteps slowly moved back a little, from a pistol formation to a shotgun formation, from a shotgun formation and a two-wing strong attack formation, the passing posture really couldn't be clearer; At the same time, Lu Ke kept shouting tactics to both sides, and seemed to be adjusting his running route.

Slightly, the corner-backs, linebacks and security guards scattered on either side of the Carolina Panthers all dropped back – all but six of the front-line defenders. It can be seen from the small movements that they are still worried about Lu Ke's passing ability.

"Attack!"

Lu Ke adjusted his pace slightly, held the ball in both hands, and then noticed the Carolina Panthers' defensive movement - even if he wanted to ignore it, it was difficult for him to ignore it, because the goal was so obvious: they actually used only two players to rush the pass, and all the other players all retreated in unison to start a pass defense.

This means that all the defensive positioning layouts just now are bluffing; It also means that even one of the three defensive forwards has dropped back, leaving nine defenders at the back, who are scattered across the short, medium and long balls to cover the entire area.

Lu Ke's footsteps began to become calmer - five offensive forwards against two defensive forwards were really more than enough, and the whole pocket protection was solid.

But Lu Ke's passing observation did not slow down the rhythm, standing in his pocket, adjusting his pace methodically with small steps, his eyes quickly swept away, and he took in all the layout of the players in the field, paused in place for about half a beat, and seemed to be thinking; Then he moved half a step sideways to the right, raised his right hand and made a passing gesture, and then passed the ball.

Actually passed the ball directly like this?

In the case of repeated impacts on pocket protection, Lu Ke is best at shaking the first reaction prediction of defenders through continuous feints, creating more counterpoint advantages for his receiving players, and those feints are really unguardable; But now, with the absolute advantage of the pocket, Lu Ke chose to shoot quickly?

Although there was a pause of half a beat standing in the pocket, the rhythm of the shot was very smooth from the observation, and the pass was completed neatly with the knife in one go.

The defenders led by Kikley all aimed their eyes at Lu Ke, following Lu Ke's movements to move the center of gravity, but they did not dare to completely lose their position, lest this be a feint, they must ensure that their feet are stable enough to adjust the center of gravity at any time to complete the second start.

But this time, their calculations fell through again, seeing that Lu Ke directly shot and passed, their action pauses instead formed a sluggish reaction, although it was only a quarter of a beat of muscle control, but they still fell behind again. They didn't even have time to explode, they could only move their steps quickly.

Who is the passing target?

It's not Vernon, it's not Logan, it's not Boulding, it's not Marcus, wait, who's missing?

Ted Jean!

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The Carolina Panthers' nine defenders are scattered throughout the backcourt space in a ladder pattern, but their defensive positions cannot be headless flies, and must be based on the running position of the receiver; What's more, defensive ends, interior guards and outside guards, etc., they are not good at long-pass defense in deep areas, even if they step back to form a crowd advantage, it is still difficult to complete the defense.

On the left flank, Vernon and Marcus both ran straight and stopped in sharp turns, jamming their positions five or six yards away.

On the right flank, Boulding and Logan switched positions: Boulding, who was standing on the outside, rushed forward five yards in a straight line, and then turned 90 degrees and pulled laterally to the inside; Standing on the inside, Logan rushed straight forward for five yards, and also made a 90-degree turn to the outside, and saw the two men collide head-on, but missed the position at the moment of the meeting, and both made a 90-degree turn again - Boulding turned back and ran towards the tee-line, and Logan turned and ran to the end area.

The whole running route is like a boomerang.

But such a dazzling route run still stays in the short pass area.

Two close ends, a big wide receiver, a running back, and all four receivers are players with a positional advantage in the short passing area, which also forces the Carolina Panthers defense to defend accordingly.

There were five players in the short passing area.

There were three players in the mid-range area, two of whom were also running back to help the defence.

A player appeared in the long pass area, also moving forward.

Despite their sheer superiority, the Carolina Panthers' second-tier defense was clearly top-heavy before they realized they seemed to be missing a player.

Without any pause on the tee-off, Jean raced straight forward along the middle of the right flank, sprinting out of the 10-yard line early before Logan and Bolting could complete the cross-switch, and then he saw Mike Mitchell, a safety guard who was alone behind the defender.

Mitchell immediately noticed the anomaly, because he was standing at the back, and the whole field was in full view, he tried to help defend the middle pass area, but then he noticed Jean's unstoppable forward footsteps, so he began to retreat quickly, constantly adjusting his pace and position, trying to jam Jean's position.

But Jean is too cunning.

After an outside tilt run shook Mitchell's running trend, Jean then made a change of direction and cut in, and his footsteps went around Mitchell's back like smooth silk, forcing Mitchell to turn around and keep running in the same direction as Jean, and then leaning to the left in an attempt to block Jean's forward footsteps laterally.

But Jean was keen to catch Mitchell's footsteps, and once again half a beat early, increasing the arc around the corner, from a straight line to the end zone to a cut around the center of the corner - as Jean took the lead on the sidelines, which allowed him to take the inside corner, while Mitchell tried to catch up on the outside.

One-step! Two steps! Three steps!

In just three big strides, Jean had already thrown off the absolute physical distance between him and Mitchell through the corner running technique, and came to the direction of the vertical line of the goal post, and then Lu Ke's pass had been delivered.

It's a long pass of about thirty-five yards!

The Carolina Panthers defense made a fatal mistake, they didn't put any pressure on the pocket protection, but forgot to make up for the gap in their long pass area, and just left their attention on the thickest part of the receiver, but they were distracted by Lu Ke's simplest blow, and then Jean had already appeared in the deep area!

At this moment, Lu Ke's passing sword was unsheathed, like a dragon, sliding across the sky like a brilliant rainbow, and the graceful and smooth arc was a work of art, accurately finding Jean's forward position, and then falling into Jean's arms steadily.

Just as the San Francisco 49ers' ground offense has steadily opened up the situation, just as Lu Ke stirred up the nerves of the defensive group with continuous feints, and just as the Carolina Panthers took the initiative to change and start the defense, Lu Ke once again showed his long pass skills after the first pass in the opening game!

A sword seals the throat!

Without any challenge or pressure, Jean was able to take the rugby ball into his arms with light and dexterity with both hands in a blistering run, and undoubtedly completed the 35-yard long pass and catch!