Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Middle Linebacker

The mad wild cat, if it shows its fangs, will be more powerful than the tiger.

Joseph watched the atmosphere in the rest area change suddenly, and knew that the cats were going to get angry.

In particular, the running back, Stephenson.

Compared with the frontmen, his figure looks very small, only 1.75 meters tall and weighs less than 160 pounds.

As a first-year, he shouldn't have much say in the players, but many freshmen, even sophomores, have a lot of admiration for him.

There's only one reason, this guy, very sharp.

Stephenson was already famous in high school, nicknamed the mountain antelope, you know, the mountain antelope runs, but even the leopard can't catch up.

In his three years of high school, Stephenson led his players to the state Final Four three times, as well as seven rushing touchdowns and a 63-yard return touchdown. In addition, his average run distance is 4.3 yards, which is well above the average for a high school running back.

When he reported to the Wildcats, everyone believed he would be the team's star of tomorrow.

It's a pity that he just hit the lowest point in the team's history, and the team's malaise also limited his play to a certain extent, after all, as a running back, the opening and covering of the lineman is very important. Without the support of your teammates, no matter how you can run by yourself, it's useless.

And now, he finally has a chance to prove himself.

"Let them know that our Wildcats are awesome!" Stephenson roared.

At this time, Yi Fan was standing next to Oak itself, feeling everything on the pitch as a central lineback.

"Is this the defender's point of view?" Yi Fan swallowed his saliva, the same grassland, a different perspective, the feeling is completely different.

The Wildcats started their offense from the twenty-five yard line, ten yards in gear.

“ready!attack!”

The offensive begins!

I saw that several catchers of the Wildcats quickly ran forward towards various defensive lines, and the linebacks and cornerbacks of the Wolverines also followed one-on-one. As the first impact of two "brand-new" teams, the characteristics and strength of each other's players are not clear.

And Yi Fan stood stupidly in place, looking at the players scattered in front of him, and he was a little overwhelmed.

The Wildcats' first shift didn't choose to go to running back Stephenson, but instead seized the left sideline to play the ball straight to the wide receiver around the 40-yard line, and completed the connection.

Twenty yards in a single pass made Yi Fan more aware of the importance of passing.

After getting a new opening attack, the Wildcats looked more and more unstoppable.

In second gear, the quarterback turned around and handed the ball to Stephenson.

As soon as he got the ball, Stephenson quickly cut diagonally to the top right with the help of the lineman's protection. Although Yi Fan saw the opponent's movement, he was about to step forward to defend, but his body was blocked by the opponent's near end.

He had to engage in a physical duel and squeeze his opponent away with his body, but by the split second delay, Stephenson had already run eight yards away and successfully completed his mission.

"It feels accurate, good boy, hurry up next time." Oakburn encouraged.

Two gears and two yards!

The Wildcats' offense is still running back Stephenson.

And this time, he still showed great strength.

After receiving the ball from the quarterback, Stephenson suddenly changed direction, shaking off the backup end Griffin who rushed into the pocket, although he still chose the same offensive line, but almost invincible, Yi Fan saw Oakburn was entangled by the opponent's lineman, he unconsciously stepped forward to fill the position, and an arrow step up tried to knock Stephenson out of the sideline.

Unexpectedly, the opponent suddenly accelerated, quickly walked to the right side, and effortlessly broke through Yi Fan's grappling and got the first attack.

Only then did Yifan realize that the difference in speed was so big in the offense. He estimated that the opponent's 40-yard running speed is estimated to be about 4.5 seconds, although it is less than half a second faster than his own estimate, but it is not so easy to catch up with the opponent's footsteps in actual combat.

"Well, that's not the same for the defensive team. It's so disappointing. Stephenson couldn't help but say defiantly as he walked past Yi Fan.

Although Yi Fan had a fire in his heart, he still held back his anger. He knows the most important thing right now is to interrupt the momentum of the opponent's attack.

After this ground offense, the Wildcats had pushed the offense to forty yards from the Wolverines half.

'This time they're going to be attacking with passes, so you look at the close end or the running back who chooses to break through and try to disrupt their catches. When setting up the defense, Okburn said.

“attack!”

As Oakburn said, the opposing quarterback opted for a deep blow down the middle in an attempt to pass the ball to a wide receiver who was rounding the middle. Yi Fan was ready in the morning, and when he was still more than two meters away from the opponent, he jumped up at the right time, and used his good trick to pounce on the lion, and dropped the racket to the ground from mid-air, successfully creating a drop ball.

"Nice defense!"

"Well done!"

Seeing Yifan's wonderful performance, his teammates praised him one after another. After all, compared to others, he is the only one who is usually in the offensive group, which seems a little out of place.

But Yifan didn't have the heart to listen to this. During this time, he had been observing the individual abilities of the players, according to the boy in the café, and he thought that by doing so, he would be able to improve his reading of the pitch, but now it seems that there is another important thing that he has overlooked.

That's the strategy of the offense.

Because Oakburn saw through the opponent's routine, the opponent's quarterback's pass became very dangerous, and if he hadn't adjusted his condition just now, and the opponent's quarterback's pass was too low, he would definitely be able to intercept the ball halfway.

"Looks like we'll have to find time to ask for a bit of strategy and tactics." Yi Fan thought silently in his heart.

After defending this pass attack, the Wildcats' momentum waned a bit.

“attack!”

The second-gear offense began, and this time the Wildcats' quarterback took the ball and immediately turned around and ran back.

"It's a ground attack!"

This was Yifan's first thought. He immediately took a step forward, but when he looked through the cracks, he saw that the other party had just made a fake handover, which was actually turning to the left and preparing to pass the ball to the left, and the action was so real that he almost deceived him.

Yi Fan had to focus on the player on the left, and Stephenson continued to push along the upper right with his empty hand, until he ran past Yi Fan quickly and suddenly turned around. Yi Fan realized that something was wrong.

The quarterback did not hesitate to pass the ball to Stephenson in the open field, and in the case of inconsistent deep passing, it is undoubtedly the safest way to use fast and short passes to attack on the ground.

Because the defenders' attention was on the left, Stephenson was unmarked, and as soon as he got the ball, he accelerated and quickly won the first attack.

Although he was then pushed out of the sideline by a double pinch from the back guard and Yi Fan, the Wildcats were only twenty-three yards away from the end zone after this push.