Chapter 56: Coming on the Field
The referee's ruthless verdict brought the Wolverine's hard-earned morale back to the bottom.
Although there were still two offensive gears in hand, the offensive momentum was interrupted, and the whole team was lifeless and obviously not passionate.
Three-gear offense, seven yards to score, this yardage is not too much, but it is a lot less. For the Wolverine, it was both a difficulty and a challenge.
"Come on! Seize the opportunity! Yi Fan shouted from the sidelines. If there is no atmosphere on the field, it is more necessary to drive the basin off the field. Hearing Yi Fan's shout, the nearby fans also began to cheer, and the atmosphere gradually eased up.
Rogers took a deep breath, adjusted his condition, and began the crucial three-gear transition.
As soon as he received the ball, the defensive front line with the bald Morris as the core immediately launched an unprecedented crazy attack. Even Rodgers, who was extremely fast, had to use his runs to open up the distance in order to create passing opportunities.
Morris and another defensive lineman were in hot pursuit of Rodgers, and they were about to press him down. Moments before being caught, Rodgers made a fifteen-yard pass into the touchdown zone and attempted to receive the ball for a direct touchdown.
It's a pity that Rodgers is in the confrontation again, and he is in a running state, the ball is passed too low, and the ball speed is slightly faster.
Westin failed to catch the ball in a confrontation with the cornerback and guard, and the ball passed through his palms like a loach and fell to the ground.
The failure to score in the third gear transition, and the seven-yard drive was difficult to attack, meant that the offense could only end in kicks.
When Rogers walked off the pasture, he looked a little lost, who had never been as immobile as a mountain. The difference between a touchdown and a kick is not just a few points, it's more of a mental victory.
Boom!
The Wolverines kicker, fourth-grader Ashley, had a terrible run of foot, but the 25-yard free-kick was a thrilling kick into the net to secure the three points for his team. Rewrite the score to 24-9! The margin narrowed to 15 points.
At this point, halfway through the third quarter, there were about five minutes left. Under normal circumstances, each team also has one chance to attack.
If the Lions still complete the touchdown in this offense, the difference will be increased to 21, or even 22 points, and it will not be so easy to pull back in just one quarter in the fourth quarter.
“ATTACK!”
As soon as the Lions came up, they attacked on the ground, which allowed Tiger to catch and send Boozer a grab. Later, because of the increase in defensive intensity, Baines failed to receive a 35-yard long pass. Unfortunately, Dean was fouled by the referee on the 43-yard line, giving the opponent a distance of more than 20 yards.
Baynes then continued to play Boozer, using three ground attacks to push the offense into the Wolverines half and get a new first offense.
As soon as the halftime passed, the Lions were like a new group of people, one more ferocious than the other. Ten yards in gear, after Baynes received the ball, he ran back to make a fake handover, and pulled away to observe, Leonard sensed the opponent's long pass intentions, and he immediately moved closer to the defensive second line, but it was too late.
Wide receiver Hardy had the upper hand in a one-on-one duel with Dean as he ran quickly and jumped back to his feet, easily clutched the ball into his arms, and landed firmly on the 30-yard line for an over-yardage drive.
Johnson shook his head helplessly when he saw the pass. At this juncture, being hit so deeply by the other party is not good news for the morale of the whole team.
Fortunately, the defensive group was not affected, and after defending the next ground attack, Dean finally played his part, successfully interfering with the opponent and destroying the connection of the second gear offense in a one-on-one with Hardy. In the crucial third-gear transition, Leonard also came close to conceding the ball.
In the end, the Lions had to try a 44-yard free-kick, but kicker Evans actually kicked it in, rewriting the score to 27-9 and re-extending the margin to 18 points.
At the same time, they left the Wolverines to attack, only about a minute.
After receiving the opponent's tee, Marbury launched a return attack as soon as possible. He accelerated from the left, took advantage of his teammates' cover and changed direction several times, and ran straight to his own side forty yards before being tackled to the ground. There are 58 seconds left in the game.
“ATTACK!”
After the attack began, the bald Morris still put pressure on Rodgers at the first time. To save time, he had to choose to pass the ball to a wide receiver near the touchline.
But that style of play wasn't his forte, and he had no choice but to rely on Marbury and Williams on the ground. But if the ball stays in the field, the lineup time is not stopped, so time flies.
With 21 seconds remaining, the opponent was forty yards in the half, and five yards in three gears. Brendan Rodgers will have to play one last time and try as little as possible to get the three points on his final kick.
The pressure gradually pressed on the shoulders of the first-year rookie, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans continued to ooze from his forehead, and his breathing became a little rapid. With such a high defensive intensity, he has played almost a full game, which is already a remarkable result for him, his physical strength is almost exhausted, and his mental concentration is a little difficult to concentrate.
“READY! ATTACK! ”
After Rodgers received the ball, he was eager to find Williams in the middle, but he happened to be stuck by Jackson, and the whole person was completely blocked.
After a momentary trance, Rodgers tried to find a wide receiver on the wing at this time, but the bald Morris had already broken through the pocket defense, and he didn't give any chance, and flew with all his strength from the side to hug Rodgers tightly.
Rogers wasn't even defenseless, he couldn't even use his best dodge, instead allowing his opponent to hold on and slam himself to the ground.
You know, the bald Morris weighs more than 300 pounds, and he is like a tank, directly crushing it to achieve this violent grapple.
The Lions ran out of time with this lethal defense and ended the third quarter.
After receiving the strong impact, Rogers fell to the ground and did not get up, clutching his right arm in pain. While protecting the ball, his hand was pressed hard by Morris and ached.
In the end, he reluctantly walked off the field with the support of his teammates, and the team doctor preliminarily concluded that it was a muscle contusion, although there was no major problem, but for the sake of safety, the final quarter of the game was definitely not available.
"What about the coach? Even Brendan Rodgers is injured, who is going to play in the final quarter of the game? Diana asked anxiously.
Johnson glanced at the score, 27-9, a score that would take three touchdowns to win back.
They attacked first in the final quarter with two timeouts left at hand.
There are only two quarterbacks that can be used right now.
Brett, and Liu Yifan.
Johnson said after thinking twice: "In the last quarter of the game, Liu Yifan, instead of Rodgers, played!" ”