In the fifth week of the regular season, the San Francisco 49ers faced the challenge from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at home. The two teams were temporarily ranked first in their respective divisions. Originally thought to be an encounter, the result of the game turned out to be one-sided. The situation was "49:3", a huge victory without any suspense, and the San Francisco 49ers once again consolidated their leading position in the National League West.
In this game, the 49ers' rookie quarterback Lu Ke is undoubtedly the biggest highlight of the game!
It is true that as a rookie player, Lu Ke's career still has an extremely long road to go, just like Tony Romo, and just like today's Josh Freeman, every game and every season , he needs to prove himself again and again; after a disastrous defeat, it is very likely that he will face the criticism of thousands of people.
But there is no doubt that Lu Ke's performance in the past five games has been obvious to all.
Especially today's game.
The progress of the game was far from as easy as the score made it seem. Real professionals can detect that the first half was the focus of competition between the two sides. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers actually had a chance. Even if the offensive team performed weakly, the defensive team still competed with them. The San Francisco 49ers went head-to-head against Wheatfield.
But the 49ers' offensive team, under the leadership of Lu Ke, truly showed their strong demeanor. Defeat the opponent accurately and sharply, and finally get a big victory.
In the future, Lu Ke will still need to accept tests; but now, Lu Ke is facing a storm of praise.
"Within the league" is the source of this storm, praise, praise, praise. For the first time, Lu Ke won unanimous recognition. This is competitive sports, where absolute strength has the first say, undisputedly.
In fact, this game is crucial, both for the San Francisco 49ers and for Lu Ke.
After experiencing a regrettable loss in last week's game, the coaching staff headed by Jim Harper chose to continue to trust Lu Ke and let the undrafted rookie serve as the starter. Each of them was taking risks and pressure; in the end, Lu Ke He also rewarded the coaching staff with a wonderful performance.
32 of 43 passes, 414 yards, five touchdowns, zero interceptions, no sacks, quarterback rating of 142.9, and PFF rating of 1.8.
This is the first time in Lu Ke's career that he has passed 400 yards in a single game; at the same time, since the first week of the regular season, Lu Ke has once again achieved a new high in quarterback rating. Only five weeks have passed in the regular season. He has already achieved his second on-the-spot performance of more than 140 points. He and Aaron Rodgers were instantly better than each other. Even Drew Brees, who performed outstandingly, was slightly behind.
In fact, Brees has also been in hot form over the past five weeks. He currently has four wins and one loss in the regular season, only losing to the Green Bay Packers in better form in the first game.
In terms of personal data rankings, Brees leads both the passing yards and passing success rates, not only in the National League, but also in the entire league; in addition, the number of passing touchdowns is only behind Lu Ke and Rogers are currently ranked third in the National League.
Commentators and analysts around the league have said that this is the best season of Aaron Rodgers' career, and this is the second-best season of Drew Brees' career; and among these two elite quarterbacks, Lu Ke came out of nowhere and blazed a trail. He currently ranks third in the passing yardage and passing success rate rankings, second only to Brees and Rodgers, and ranks third in the passing touchdown rankings. , leading the entire league.
Amazing, not only amazing, but amazing. Currently, in terms of quarterback rating, Lu Ke has overtaken Rogers in terms of average score in five games, temporarily leading the league and ranking first.
Such a performance easily detonated all the focus of discussion, and even the most picky and demanding commentators and analysts could not find fault!
If we really have to find fault, it would be Lu Ke’s qualifications and experience. There are only five complete games in his entire career. No one can predict whether it will suddenly collapse at some point in the future; but aside from that In this regard, the performance in the current five games is indeed impeccable.
Five games, four wins and one loss, this is just a result on paper; as the commentators "within the league" said, in this game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, compared to the victory, What's even more valuable is that the San Francisco 49ers have shown their dominance and ability to take advantage in tough confrontations.
Is Lu Ke perfect? Of course not, he is still a long way from being a perfect quarterback; but for the San Francisco 49ers, Lu Ke is the perfect starting quarterback.
Therefore, during the recording of the "Inside the Alliance" program today, unprecedentedly, all the commentators gave praise.
Even Matt Lawrence, who is always critical, admitted frankly this week, "Lu Ke has shown the potential of an excellent quarterback. Although some passing options are still worthy of discussion, the temperament of the game is indeed eye-catching." Once he shines, this quarterback is never afraid of confrontation or competition, and his big heart at critical moments undoubtedly determines the direction of the game."
Matt has been a staunch representative of the opposition over the past few weeks, but today he offered heartfelt praise, saying, "He showed great form under the intense pressure of the home crowd; as far as I'm concerned, Personally, although the quarterback rating was better in the first week, I like the strategy of this game more and can clearly see his growth."
These remarks were recognized by other commentators on the show. Everyone began to point out the highlight moments of the game and re-examine Lu Ke's performance and this victory carefully.
Maybe, not everyone. There is one exception in the program: Charles Davis.
Amidst the bustling discussion, Charles was exceptionally quiet today, even silent. He was almost invisible, as if he had never attended the recording of the program. He did not say a word from beginning to end, but just sat quietly aside. He listened carefully, but those words of praise were so harsh that he could not sit still.
He knows, he knows it all.
From an objective standpoint, Lu Ke's performance in this game was indeed excellent, not only in terms of data, but also in process. Almost from the first second of the game, the San Francisco 49ers had the upper hand and died. Suppressing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers without giving the opponent any chance, he moved towards the focus of the game in one go. A big score victory is natural.
But, he just didn't like Lu Ke.
He doesn't like that this quarterback came back to beat the Dallas Cowboys. He doesn't like that this quarterback has become a media darling. He doesn't like that this quarterback is as complacent as if he has become the second Kurt Warner. He didn't like the quarterback's playing style, he didn't like the way the quarterback was interviewed, and he didn't even like the process by which this quarterback emerged.
Also, he doesn't like the "difference" of this quarterback, as if he is an alien on the field.
To be precise, he hated Lu Ke and everything related to him.
Although, as a commentator, he needs to remain objective and authoritative, and cannot tell lies with open eyes; but before becoming a commentator, he is an ordinary fan and audience, and he has the right to like a certain player and the right to hate a certain player. player. He won't like Lu Ke, not before, not now, and not in the future.
He is dormant, he is waiting, waiting for the day when this rookie player fails. By then, all the answers will be revealed, whether it is diamonds or gravel.
Looking up, everyone in sight was sputtering with praise and support. This was a kind of torture for Charles, even more terrible torture than Ling Chi. How much he wanted to shout out "This is just a rookie, don't talk like he just won the Super Bowl! God damn it!"
"Charles, you seem particularly quiet today. What do you think of this game?"
Without warning, a sound exploded like thunder on the ground. In an instant, the entire recording studio fell into silence, and all eyes were directed towards Charles. The curious, expectant, joking, and sizing eyes were like arrows. Thousands of arrows were fired and stuck in Charles' body.
In an instant, Charles became a porcupine.
Like never before, Charles felt lonely and helpless, as if the whole world was on his opposite side. Such a feeling was heartbreaking, "just like...just like Lu Ke." This thought had just occurred. When he came out, Charles immediately snuffed it out. He knew that this was a conspiracy, a little trick by Spencer Larson.
The one who spoke just now was clearly Spencer.
Since the home victory over the Seattle Seahawks in the first week, Spencer has become a supporter of Lu Ke, an unswerving supporter; now, this support has finally been rewarded, and the person who was originally isolated in the program It was him, but now his position had been changed.
Charles straightened his back and said calmly, "This is a victory. That's all."
"What does 'that's all' mean? What about Lu Ke? What do you think of his performance?" Spencer asked aggressively.
Charles' eyes widened, and anger began to burn in the depths of his pupils. "He is a rookie. He has only played five games now, let alone the distant future. Even this season, he still has eleven games to play." Done; now that he has won a few games, you can’t wait to praise him? So what’s going on if he loses all the next eleven games?”
"I know, we all know." In sharp contrast to Charles' excitement, Spencer has always been unhurried, confident, and able to distinguish the pros and cons. "As for the future, we will continue to observe and wait. All of us know this clearly. But the question now is, in this game, just this game against the Pirates, how did Lu Ke perform?"
With one sentence, Charles choked to death, dumbfounded and at a loss.
