The process of the red flag challenge was a little long. After about two minutes, the referees returned to the court again. Players from both sides also entered the court one after another, ready for the next attack.
Regardless of whether the challenge succeeds or fails, the next step is still an opportunity for the San Francisco 49ers' offense.
Even if the New York Giants' red flag challenge is successful, it will only cancel the number of yards after Vernon completed the ball. That means that the 49ers will start the offense where Vernon successfully caught the ball and controlled the football. As for the second It all depends on the referee's decision whether it's one yard on first gear, a few inches on second gear, or whether he's lucky enough to get the first down and start the attack from 42 yards in the home team's half.
Therefore, during the gap between the referee's announcement of the results, the 49ers' offense and Giants' defense once again took the field to prepare for the next game.
The referee on duty turned on his portable microphone, faced the audience and the camera, and announced their final penalty.
"After reviewing the video, it was finally determined that the penalty just now is maintained. Vernon Davis' advancement with the ball is legal." At this point, the audience burst into cheers, almost completely drowning out the referee's voice. " The New York Giants will deduct one timeout opportunity; in addition, the San Francisco 49ers will attack from the 40-yard line of the visiting team's half, and the game time will be adjusted back to 11 minutes and 33 seconds, first offense, ten yards."
Before the red flag challenge was officially raised, some time was spent communicating between Tom Coughlin and the referee. For the sake of fairness, the referee reset the game time and readjusted the wasted time. Even if it is a few seconds, no one can be sure whether these few seconds will be the key to turning the game around.
After the verdict was announced, the New York Giants side let out sighs of annoyance; while the San Francisco 49ers side let out cheers of joy.
The stands of Candlestick Stadium were filled with people and cheers, and the dazzling red spread all over the sky, which was a spectacular sight.
After returning to the court, players from both sides need to collect themselves, concentrate, line up again, and engage in the next attack.
Lu Ke let out a breath. After the start of today's game, there were a series of accidents, and the entire game became stumbling. It has been nearly eight minutes since the game started, but in fact, they only played five offenses. The game The time has only gone by for less than four minutes, which does have an impact on the state of the game.
Lu Ke originally lacked competition experience, but there were so many accidents today. He needed to adapt to the adjustments on the court. Now, he needs to calm down, exclude all off-field factors, and really focus on the game. He has not forgotten that this is a game that cannot be lost.
For this game, "Special Mission: Contempt from Charles Davis" is undoubtedly the top priority this week. The penalty for failure of the mission is almost a loss that Lu Ke cannot bear; and before this In addition, this week's game tasks have also changed, with further detailed changes increasing the difficulty of the tasks.
"Competition tasks:
Complete a touchdown pass in an official game; mission requirements: None; mission reward: base points +1 for each touchdown.
Complete the number of passing yards in the first half of the game; mission requirement: pass for at least 100 yards; mission reward: base point +1.
Improve the success rate of long passes in the first half of the game; mission requirements: at least 70% pass success rate; mission reward: base point +1.
Complete the designated formation pass in the first half of the game; mission requirements: complete two long passes in the shotgun formation; mission reward: base point +1.
Win the official game; mission requirements: none; mission reward: base points +3. "
The changes in task content and projects are so obvious that it is difficult to ignore even if you want to.
First, three first-half missions have been added. This is an unprecedented first, so what does this mean?
It may mean that the system hopes that Lu Ke will improve his competitive status and establish an advantage in the first half; it may also mean that the competition in this game is extremely fierce and Lu Ke needs to get into the state as soon as possible. But no matter which possibility it is, Lu Ke needs to pay attention to it.
Not to mention anything else, just the 100-yard passing task in the first half is extremely demanding. Not only does Lu Ke need to dare to pass the ball boldly, but it also requires the receiving player to be able to make a breakthrough and continue to advance after completing the ball. A two-pronged approach can ensure that the task is completed - in the last game, Rex Grossman's passing yards in the entire game were not able to exceed 100.
Secondly, one is the success rate of long passes, and the other is designated formation passes. Both detailed tasks mean that Lu Ke needs to be more cautious and focused. He must go through more thinking and arrangements before taking action, and even before kicking off, he needs to be more cautious and focused. Take defensive reads more seriously.
Because unlike the overall passing success rate, the frequency of use of long passes and specific formations in a game is limited. Lu Ke cannot make ten long passes in one breath, nor can he use shotguns wholeheartedly. The formation launched an attack, not to mention Jim Hubble's tactical arrangement. Even if Hubble agreed, Lu Ke could not be so stubborn in order to prevent his opponent from seeing through his tactical arrangement.
What's more, this was only done in the first half, and the number of times was even less.
If Lu Ke only attempted three long passes in the first half and failed once and succeeded twice, then the success rate would be less than 70% and the mission failed. One can imagine how difficult it is.
This means that with every long pass attempt and every shotgun formation, Lu Ke must be more careful, more focused, and more cautious. If you miss once, you will have to work twice as hard to complete the task again.
Does this mean that the system is urging Lu Ke to further control the rhythm of the game, not to rely on his own ability to complete the game, but to truly rely on his brain to complete the game? At least judging from the mission content, this is exactly the case.
Although Lu Ke clearly knows that this week's game against the New York Giants will not be easy. This is a 50-50 game and anything is possible; but after browsing the special tasks and game tasks, this sense of reality becomes more urgent.
The ups and downs in the opening just seemed to prove this point. Now, the offensive team led by Eli Manning has not even taken the field yet, and the New York Giants' relatively weak defensive team is just a link, and sparks have already begun to burst out. Tension and excitement have begun to spread in the Candlestick Stadium.
Focus, focus, focus.
Lu Ke secretly clenched his fist, knelt down on one knee, gathered his teammates, and quickly completed the tactical arrangement. Then the offensive team quickly completed the formation. Lu Ke stood behind center Jonathan Goodwin and did not panic. Zhang Di immediately kicked off the ball, but slowed down the pace and read the defense carefully before announcing the kickoff.
At ten yards from the first gear, Lu Ke barely paused. He just adjusted his pace slightly and quickly made a short pass, trying to find Ted Ginn. However, the opponent saw through Lu Ke's passing intention and the two players double-teamed him. After Gene barely completed the pass, he was immediately surrounded and only advanced two yards.
Second gear and eight yards, after the kickoff, Lu Ke directly handed the football to Marcus Lynch. He watched Marcus dash left and right among the walls of people, and one defensive player after another pounced on him. Coming up, like stacking up, Marcus reluctantly advanced three yards, and then he couldn't continue and stopped.
In the blink of an eye, the San Francisco 49ers were faced with a third-and-five-yard situation. At this time, they were standing on the 35-yard line of the opponent's half, and it was still too far to attempt a free kick. This also meant that if the third gear conversion was unsuccessful, the offense would be suspended here.
Lu Ke let out a long breath. His concentration was still not very concentrated, and his prediction was clearly off.
In the first offense, the passing target should be Crabtree. His position is better, and Gene's advantage in the short passing area is really limited; in the second offense, there is a problem with the defensive reading, and his running direction There was no confusion, and it was a pity that he was not able to deflect more firepower for Marcus.
Fortunately, Lu Ke's brain was not a mess. He knew what was happening and realized his mistake.
After exhaling a breath, he didn't continue to think wildly, gathered his teammates together, and started to lay out tactics straightforwardly. At this moment, his stability and decisiveness are more able to stabilize the morale of the military than his slogans. After the chaos at the beginning, everyone is gradually starting to calm down and enter the game state, which is a positive sign.
After forming up again, the San Francisco 49ers set up a classic basic offensive formation, "two times two", with two receivers on the left and two receivers on the right. There was nothing new or fancy.
The only difference is that Kyle Williams came on and replaced Vernon Davis. The passing target seemed to be locked in the mid-pass and long-pass areas, setting up a goal formation.
The New York Giants, on the other hand, remain unchanged in response to all changes. They still have the previous "one" formation, with eight players on the front line, lined up in a row, with slightly different steps; One player was moved out of the way, leaving four against five offensive linemen, flanked by four 49ers receivers manning one-on-one.
Three other players, two about five yards behind, were guarding the pass area; a safety stood twelve yards away, constantly cruising and waiting for opportunities.
People can't predict what passing route the San Francisco 49ers will use; similarly, people can't predict whether the New York Giants will blitz or man-to-man defense.
At this moment, Lu Ke shouted the tactical command loudly, then changed his position and took two big steps back; at the same time, Marcus Lynch stood on the right, standing behind the two receiving players, forming a Inverted triangle formation.
The pistol formation suddenly turned into a shotgun formation, which seemed to further send a signal: this is a long pass tactic. So are the New York Giants changing or not?
However, Lu Ke didn't leave them any time to think, and immediately announced the kick-off. Then, everything will have to be improvised.
