Chapter 103: The Old and the New (2)
The first few attacks of the new team played smoothly, and the crowd on the sidelines shouted joy.
The female reporter also hurriedly picked up the camera, wiped the card and took a few close-ups at Brett. So far, the starting quarterback's performance has been remarkable, even a little beyond expectations.
However, the male editor did not think so, and in his opinion, Brett's performance was mediocre.
"These attacks played so easily, not so much because the offensive group played well, but because the fourth-year defensive group was poor, giving too many opportunities."
The male editor has always been concerned about the Wolverine, and he knows the situation of this team all too well, whether it is the members of the offensive or defensive group, he knows it well.
"Every team has its own attacking core and defensive core, and the Wolverines have basically lost their offense all season after losing the trident as an attacking core. Fortunately, Leonard, the core of their defense, is still on the court, and his reading and command skills are not comparable to others. It can even be said that it is precisely because of his presence on the field that the Wolverine's defensive second line can play its due strength. The male editor explained.
The ability of the players determines the lower limit of the team, while the talent of the core determines the upper limit of the team.
If it weren't for the defensive team's excellent performance, the Wolverine's record this season could have been even worse.
The female reporter nodded as if she didn't understand.
"So, this game, is the new team winning?" She asked.
"Not necessarily, as the yardage moves forward, the space for movement is further compressed. The second-tier defense will definitely be better than it is now. Besides, it's still unknown what level the new team's defensive team will be able to achieve. So it's hard to say who killed the deer. ”
As predicted by the male editor, the new team failed to take down several offenses after advancing to twenty yards from the opposing half.
The key three-gear switch, Brett subconsciously wanted to find Pfister.
The success of the previous two connections with Pfister also made Bret more or less reassuring.
But many times, this kind of reassurance will turn into carelessness.
Therefore, Ennis was prepared for this attack, and he had a special defensive arrangement
Especially after allowing Michael to strengthen the impact on the pocket, Brett's passing quality dropped significantly, and the passing route was too high for Pfister to receive at all, not to mention that he had no room to adjust in the face of a two-man defense.
The transition to third gear fails, and the new team brings in kicker sophomore George. Generally, the kicker and kicker of a team are concurrently served by other players. But Johnson realised that as the intensity of the game intensifies, the importance of the Task Force will become more and more important.
So specialized kickers were trained. Ashley was one of them, and so was George.
And he's more professional than Ashley.
Boom!
Shot from 38 yards, the ball hit the back of the net without any suspense. The new team took the lead and took the three points.
Diana smiled and nodded when she saw that the new team was running smoothly, but she glanced at Johnson next to her and saw that he was not very happy with the performance of the new team.
"This offense, which should have scored seven points, is now only three points, which is a bit undeserved." Johnson said with a straight face.
Diana was secretly worried after hearing this, and it seems that Johnson has some high expectations for this new team.
George kicked the ball to the fourth-graders, and three years of training allowed him to work very well on his feet, kicking the ball ten yards out of the opposition half without bounce out of bounds or into the touchdown zone.
The fourth grade group faced a very uncomfortable start as soon as they came up.
Leonard looked at the forward line in front of him and then looked back at the back line. There are many old faces like Tiger, Dean and Xavier, but there are also many new faces who have risen from the bench.
He and these people will build the strongest iron wall of the team in the next year.
Although we usually train together, we also have occasional confrontation exercises. But after all, there was no official fight side by side as it is now.
So Leonard took advantage of the time of the formation to call all the people together, and eleven people formed a circle.
I saw him encourage: "According to the defensive plan, you just need to rush into the gap in front of you, Tiger and Xavier will help us pull out the opportunity and use a wonderful defense to see off our hero fourth-graders!" ”
Left-end Tigers have always been the most dangerous presence in the defensive line, and his movement and power can easily contain two attacking linemen with the strength of one man, creating opportunities for others to burst forward.
He and Daniel looked at each other, and both smiled knowingly.
With a little break from Tiger, Leonard led the new team's defensive forward line to launch a frantic attack on the pocket.
Even if Renault single-handedly withstood Xavier's assault. But other positions are not so tough. The fixed-point cannon Daniel lost the protection of his pocket and did not have the slightest power at all.
Two of the third blocks were tackled, leaving Daniel with nothing to do.
If you want to make a long pass, you have to have time for the receiver to sprint, but it is clear that the pockets of the fourth-grade group do not have this kind of protection at the moment.
"Hey, brothers! Can you cheer up! What's the matter with no motivation at all! ”
After the offensive group went off the field, Ennis couldn't help but come forward and complain. He could see from the side that the offensive team did not do its best at all, and it was estimated that it used less than seventy percent of its strength.
Although it's a new team, the opponent's foundation is basically a third-year student, and if you don't play with a twelve-point spirit, it's not an opponent at all.
Daniel wasn't very willing, though. He responded: "I said Ennis, everyone is on the same team, so what difference does it make who participates. Besides, it's time for us to pass the baton in our hands and give the young team more opportunities to hone their skills, wouldn't it be better? That way they'll be able to do better next season, won't they? ”
"Nope! It's not the same! ”
After hearing Daniel's words, Ennis was furious. He pinched Daniel's shoulder hard and said, "Have you forgotten last year's championship!" We must defeat Alabama with our own hands. Besides, if you don't do your best, it's disrespectful to the new team, isn't it! ”
No one knew what Ennis was really thinking, but he seemed right. If you don't show some strength, it will inevitably make this group of boys look down on themselves too much.
Although it doesn't matter if you win or lose, if you lose the dignity of the fourth grade, you can't say anything.
With the new team on the ball, Brett is back on the pitch again.
After the first round of attack, their hand has improved a lot, and they wanted to expand the score in this round of attack, but they didn't expect to play as soon as they played. Immediately sniped by the fourth-grade group.