Before the start of each new season, the league will compile a difficult schedule. Based on last year's final record ranking, each team will be scored, ranked in order of strength, and statistics will be compiled.
For example, what is the overall strength of the San Francisco 49ers' opponents this year, and what is the approximate difficulty level? After completing the calculation, the thirty-two teams were ranked to see which team was the most unlucky and could face the strong opponents with clear water. Team.
From a probability perspective, the winner of the Super Bowl every year will have a relatively difficult schedule; because according to the fourth point of the schedule, they are likely to have to play against at least two other division champions in the new season. This is how difficult it is at the playoff level.
The strong fight against the strong, and the weak against the weak, intensifying the level of competition. This is also the fundamental reason why NFL games are exciting every year. Naturally, the task of defending the Super Bowl is extremely difficult. In history, only seven teams, namely the Green Bay Packers, Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos and New England Patriots, have successfully defended the title. .
As for three consecutive championships, there is none.
In the 2011 season, after the fourth week of the regular season, only the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions maintained undefeated victories. This is the most direct proof.
In the fierce competition in the NFL, no team can take it lightly; more often than not, even if they go all out, they may not be able to firmly grasp the victory. Every victory requires them to work hard.
There are only sixteen games in the entire season, but the difficulty is definitely not inferior to the entire season of any other team sport.
It is precisely because of the unique competition system and unique playoff rules that every team's situation is different every year, and even changes will occur after every week's game; therefore, after every week's game, the NFL The official website is extremely busy.
For the team, summarizing the gains and losses of the previous game and preparing for the next game will be carried out in an orderly manner until the end of the season; the same is true for the NFL official website, after each week's game, they need to select This week's best players in the National League and American League, we also need to count players' injuries, and finally we need to analyze the changes in the strength of all teams.
Since the NFL does not have a points ranking, the strength comparison is not so clear after each week's game. Therefore, the NFL official website will publish the post-game strength rankings every week and conduct a simple summary and analysis of each team. To a certain extent, Give some explanation for the trend of the playoffs.
This strength ranking is relatively subjective. The NFL official website invites a professional analyst to write a review every year, and the analysts are changed every year. Because it is just an analyst's opinion, subjectivity is inevitable; but overall, this still represents the official position of the NFL and has certain reference value for players and teams.
The person responsible for writing the official power rankings this year is Elliot Harrison, a relatively young analyst at only twenty-nine years old. Throughout the NFL, commentators and analysts are generally over forty years old. Thirty-five years old can be considered extremely young. However, Elliott is not even thirty years old, which is almost like a high school student breaking into the workplace. Among them, this also caused a lot of controversy.
However, league commissioner Roger Goodell gave Elliott firm support. The reason is simple. They need young blood like Elliott to open social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and photo walls to attract more young people to become the viewer group of the game. In the final analysis, it is still publicity or exposure. Or profit.
After all the games in the fourth week of the regular season, Elliott immediately released his statistical analysis of the strength rankings on the official website.
The Green Bay Packers are undoubtedly at the top of the list. Aaron Rodgers, who is full of firepower, is still considered the best candidate for this year's regular season MVP and is also the strongest contender for the Super Bowl. This is also the fourth consecutive week that the Packers have occupied the top spot. At the top of the ranking list, the momentum is strong.
Followed closely by the Detroit Lions, who have also won four games, this team has also exceeded the expectations of countless people this year; the New England Patriots rose to third place after defeating the Oakland Raiders this week. position, still showing strong combat effectiveness.
Ranked fourth are the San Francisco 49ers!
"I know, I know, everyone is going to say I'm crazy. Where are the Ravens? Where are the Steelers? Where are the Saints? Where's Bill? But, I still give my respect to Lu Ke. This undrafted Chinese-American rookie fourth The shooting guard is proving himself game after game, proving that he is the king who can lead the 49ers to victory!
For those fans who are extremely dissatisfied with the 49ers ranking fourth (yes, Seattle Seahawks, I’m talking about you), please let us take a look at Lu Ke’s statistics this week: 25 of 35 passes, 302 yards, three touchdowns Zero interceptions, two sacks, quarterback rating, 126.08, PFF rating, 1.6.
This is the data Lu Ke handed over. Fourteen touchdowns and one interception in four consecutive games. This state once again reminds people of the 1999 season when Kurt Warner was born; for four consecutive weeks, the quarterback rating has exceeded 100. Dedicated three or more touchdowns in a single game for four consecutive weeks, leading the San Francisco 49ers to victory for four consecutive weeks——
Even amid this week's loss, they fought relentlessly until the very end.
There is no doubt that the current San Francisco 49ers, under the leadership of Jim Harper, not only show the mercury-like gorgeousness of the West Coast offense, but also show the iron blood of never giving up in desperate situations. It is true that they still need to withstand the test of more teams in the league, but now this team, with a defensive team that has steadily improved, a young and energetic offensive team, and a steady special teams team, has really made the city of San Francisco Seeing the hope of making the playoffs for the first time in eight years.
So, yes, fourth this week, I pick the San Francisco 49ers. "
Each week's combat power rankings may not necessarily determine the outcome of the game, but they can reflect the official's view on competitiveness from the side.
In the previous three weeks of games, although the San Francisco 49ers had been winning, the league did not pay more attention to it. Among the sixteen winning teams in the first week, the San Francisco 49ers only ranked tenth. That's it, it's unimaginable that Lu Ke passed five touchdowns in that game and won by a big score; but in the second week, among all the teams with consecutive wins, the San Francisco 49ers were still ranked sixth. Bit.
Only four teams had won three straight last week, and the San Francisco 49ers were in fifth place, even behind the Baltimore Ravens, who had lost a game.
This week, the San Francisco 49ers reached a season-high ranking of fourth! A real breakthrough. After losing a game, the ranking rose instead of falling, surpassing the Baltimore Ravens, who also had a record of three wins and one loss after defeating the New York Jets this week, and achieved a new high in the strength rankings.
what does that mean? This is not just the recognition given by Elliott; it is also the official recognition - at least, according to the official NFL website, the San Francisco 49ers have gradually completed their transformation, no longer a fish belly, and their strength has been initially improved. Recognition has truly entered the public eye.
This week, there are as many as nine teams with three wins and one loss, and Elliott places the San Francisco 49ers in fourth place on the overall list; among teams with the same record, they are only behind the New England Patriots , this is undoubtedly a huge breakthrough.
As the joking comments in Elliott's analysis stated, people can continue to be skeptical, and the young people who join the company led by Lu Ke also need to continue to prove themselves, and even those harsh racists can continue to think that Asian players cannot Play good rugby, but the fact is that no one should ignore this team, and no one should ignore Lu Ke.
On the field of competitive sports, discrimination and provocation will never disappear, and strength is always the best way to fight back. Whether it's the San Francisco 49ers or Lu Ke, they are moving forward step by step in the 2011 season. They are on the right track.
In fact, besides Eliot, people's attention to Lu Ke is indeed gradually heating up:
Currently, Lu Ke is the only quarterback in the league who can be compared with Aaron Rodgers, purely in terms of quarterback rating data.
Although Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Joe Flacco, Philip Rivers, Ben Roethlisberger, Eli Manning, Matthew Stafford (Matte-Stafford) and other quarterbacks have produced impressive statistics. With only four games into the season, there are many MVP contenders.
But what the data shows is that Lu Ke is now the second-best quarterback in the league after Aaron Rodgers. Perhaps, the data is not enough to represent the game. There are many quarterbacks who put up beautiful data but lose the game, such as Cam Newton; but it can at least show that this quarterback is worthy of attention.
As an undrafted rookie and as a Chinese-American player, Lu Ke gradually established a foothold in the league.
It is conceivable that with such excellent data, there will be more and more provocations, curses, and doubts. It is such a simple way to become popular. Next, other teams will target Lu Ke. More research and more analysis meant that Lu Ke's career was finally on the right track——
Completely exposed to the spotlight, there are no secrets. After the mystery fades, everything is put under a microscope for study. But whether it is a well-intentioned focus or a malicious provocation, this is a stage that every professional player must go through, and no one is exempt.
Those who successfully pass will have the potential to transform into superstars. Only time can complete the process of washing out the sand. Whether it is diamonds or gravel will eventually be proven; as for those who fail, they will soon be forgotten by history, or even forgotten. It takes a season.
So, is Lu Ke the former or the latter?
