The afternoon sunshine in Philadelphia is sparse and lazy. The tall and boundless sky is cloudless. The light golden light penetrates the light blue sky and falls. The lazy warmth makes people linger in it. The crisp autumn weather makes people just want to lie down. On the grass, basking in the sun and wasting time doing nothing.
However, the city fell into carnival and noise. The scene of empty streets is condensed into noisy bars, hanging flags and intertwined radio waves, outlining a lively and joyful atmosphere that permeates the streets and alleys of the city. It seems that even the teenagers humming songs walking on the streets They all took light steps and jumped happily.
All for one reason: game day!
The whole city was boiling. Crowds of people rushed to Lincoln Financial Field. A huge traffic jam blocked half of the highway from the parking lot of the stadium. It seemed that all the residents were rushing towards the same destination. The stadium, which can accommodate 69,176 spectators, was packed today. Outside the stadium, there were a large number of fans raising their hands high to ask for votes, eager to get a chance to enter the infield at the last moment.
The burning enthusiasm lit up the afternoon and the city.
Standing in the players tunnel, looking up, you can catch a glimpse of the corner of the stadium auditorium. The navy blue jerseys are boundlessly connected into a large piece, spreading to both sides, like a vast ocean, which cannot be seen at all. At the end, the distant horizon and the translucent sky seamlessly connect, and then continue to extend endlessly, and the entire world merges into one.
"Go! Go! Eagles! (GO! GO! Eagles!)"
The uniform shouts were repeated over and over again, layer upon layer, overwhelming, and continuous. The long echoes bounced back and then overlapped further. One layer after another, they were constantly superimposed, gradually forming a wave of sound that resonated with the air. , and then... the whole stadium began to shake.
Buzzing, buzzing, you can clearly feel the ripple-like vibration on the soles of your feet, which complements the majestic navy blue in the field of vision, passes through the eyes, penetrates the eardrums, and hits deep in the soul, shocking The whole body must be frozen in place, unable to move at all, not even a finger or a breath.
"Up! Up! Eagle!"
This is the real home game. The powerful support completely drowns out all the voices, as if even the footsteps of time have stopped again.
The Candlestick Stadium in the first two weeks of the regular season was a mess, unorganized, sparse, and swaying. It was never truly united. The support and cheering seemed weak and dispensable. It was just a visual effect. The feeling of pressure from the full house.
In the third week of the regular season at Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, which was suffering from economic difficulties, had no energy to pay attention to the game. According to comprehensive statistics for three weeks, the Cincinnati Bengals are currently the team with the lowest attendance in the league, and the on-site support is full of ghosts and ghosts.
until now. Lu Ke finally felt the so-called home field momentum, as if the whole city was twisted into a rope. Listening carefully, you can feel the soul of a city.
Lu Ke once heard rumors that the reason why football is so popular in the United States originated from two teams: the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers.
Both teams are traditional strong teams in the NFL, and they are also one of the most successful teams in the NFL. They have one thing in common, that is, the cities where their teams belong have experienced the darkest and worst period in history. Downturns, even downturns that threaten survival.
The fans of the Steelers and Packers are mainly poor residents, including blue-collar workers, subsistence allowance groups, and slum residents. In despair, the two teams used victory after victory to unite the entire city, unite all fans and all residents, and lead the city step by step out of the trough and back to the top.
It is precisely because of this that fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers will always be the most loyal and die-hard. No matter how bad or terrible the team's record is, they will never lose confidence and unswervingly support the ball. Team. Naturally, every match day will become a day of carnival for the whole city, just like Christmas.
Today, Lu Ke felt this enthusiasm at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, which made people excited, forgetful, and even more impassioned. Sports, always so fascinating, have nothing to do with politics, economics, or life, but are related to everything.
"Ding", a sound came in his mind, reminding Lu Ke that the competition mission had been announced again.
"Competition tasks:
Complete a touchdown in an official game; mission requirements: None; mission reward: base point +1 for each touchdown.
Improve the passing success rate in official games; mission requirements: passing success rate is at least 60%; mission reward: base point +1.
Control errors in official games; mission requirements: the number of interceptions and fumbles is less than or equal to twice; mission reward; base point +1.
Pay attention to game control in official games; task requirements: reasonably allocate a balance of passing and running, with a running ratio of at least 30%, reasonably allocate passing targets, and each receiving player on the field receives the ball at least once; task reward: basic Points +1.
Win the official game; mission requirements: none; mission reward: base points +3. "
The competition mission has changed!
The daily training tasks and special tasks have always been ever-changing, changing almost every once in a while to keep pace with the times; but the game tasks are lackluster and increasingly boring. They can almost be predicted in advance and are nothing more than passing the ball. , touchdowns and the like, nothing new.
Lu Ke almost suspected that there was something wrong with the competition task arrangement system. Today, the competition mission has finally been updated. Although the changes are not big, it is an improvement.
Overall, the game task only adds two new options, one is to control errors and the other is to distribute passes. In fact, the goal of both tasks is the same: to improve the quarterback's ability to control the game.
Every quarterback has his own passing habits. For example, the partnership of Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison is the best quarterback and wide receiver in history. A series of records, the most pass attempts in history, the most passing yards in history, the most touchdowns in history, etc., the two men's partnership with the Indianapolis Colts has become one of the most brilliant partnerships in league history.
Similarly, Lu Ke also has his own passing habits, Logan Newman. Not only because the two are good friends, but the tacit understanding between the two in passing is also unparalleled, such as passing routes, passing power, running positions, catching habits, etc. These subtle details can be solved without communication. can be completed.
Many times, defensive players clearly know that Manning is going to pass the ball to Harrison, but they just can't prevent it. Thus, Harrison made Manning a success, and Manning made Harrison a success.
However, from another perspective, in addition to the ace trick, the top quarterback must have the ability to turn decay into magic.
If Harrison is injured, Manning will not be able to pass the ball or score touchdowns, and then Manning cannot be called a great; in fact, besides Harrison, Manning's training/training of wide receivers is comparable to Called the number one player in the league, in the hands of Manning, countless unknown wide receivers have become the top players in the league.
In addition, in addition to the selection of passing targets, the balance of passing and running is also extremely important. Although it is now an era of complete passing, an excellent quarterback must understand when to choose to pass the ball and when to choose to run the ball. , rationally configure tactics and correctly control the rhythm.
This is not football or basketball. Relying on a player's flash of inspiration, a single fight can also turn the tide. The winning moment always makes people excited and makes a heroic player; but in a football game, any hero can be made. All require help from the entire team.
For the quarterback, without the help of running the ball, it is almost equivalent to missing an arm and a leg. It is too difficult to win the game purely by passing the ball. Even the four teams with four elite quarterbacks are trying to find better running backs every year to share the pressure on the quarterbacks.
In other words, allocating passing routes, allocating passing and running balance, and reducing passing errors are a reflection of the quarterback's game intelligence and the quarterback's ability to control the game.
However, in the past, this was the function of special tasks; today, it was arranged in advance among the game tasks. why?
After thinking carefully, Lu Ke couldn't help but guess that perhaps, due to the lack of experience in previous games, the system must temporarily use special tasks to promote Lu Ke to improve his local level according to the situation, just like patching; after three games; After the training, Lu Ke's strength has not yet reached the level of qualitative change, but he has made long-term progress, so the mission was directly updated.
This means that the difficulty of competition tasks has increased; does that mean that the difficulty of special tasks in the future will also increase?
Now, Lu Ke vaguely understood that before Xiao Qi, among the six hosts, some succeeded and some failed, not only because of the difficulty of daily training tasks, but also because the difficulty was increasing all the time. For For players, a little bit of relaxation may lead to wasting all previous efforts.
For Lu Ke, not only was he not nervous, but he was eager to try. Because this also means that his strength has indeed improved and has been recognized by the system. This proves that his struggle and hard work have finally paid off, and he has taken another step forward on the road to becoming a rugby superstar.
"Bambi!" A roar came from his ears, but it was not the cry that really woke up Lu Ke, but the heavy slap on his shoulder. Logan's voice was inaudible among the cheers of the stadium.
Turning his head, Logan pointed straight ahead, and then Lu Ke followed the team forward and entered Lincoln Financial Field. The fourth game of the regular season begins.
