After all the games in the fifteenth week of the regular season were over, on the latest episode of ESPN's "Inside the League" program, Charles Davis undoubtedly became the focus of attention.
The pale-faced Charles looked as if he had applied a layer of white paint on the wall during makeup and hurriedly entered the scene. Even the face of the vampire who had just crawled out of the coffin looked even more beautiful. The lights in the studio hit his face. on, but it’s terrible. In the words of a netizen on Twitter, “the color numbers are all different.”
Under the spotlight, Charles frankly admitted his failure. After the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers in succession, Lu Ke successfully proved that he is a qualified quarterback. In the fierce professional football field occupied a place in the competition.
The regular season is coming to an end. This is the first time that Charles has truly affirmed Lu Ke's status and role in a direct and clear way. His ashen face is like a defeated rooster, lowering his proud head. . From audience feedback to commentators and analysts to official positions, Chinese-American quarterbacks have truly established a foothold in the league.
With this alone, "Inside the League" successfully occupied a place in this wave and became a TV show that witnessed history. The biggest winner is not Lu Ke, but ESPN - don't forget, the popularity of Monday Night Games also ultimately benefits ESPN.
No wonder the program team and TV station executives gave up on Charles and chose Lu Ke without hesitation. This was a simple multiple-choice question.
Subsequently, Charles' microphone was completely muted, and the program team placed a small sign in front of his seat with a red cross on it, indicating that Charles would not have any chance to speak in this episode. Ironically, Charles was placed in the center, just to the right of host Edward Bowen.
In this episode, except for his opening remarks, Charles made no sound throughout the entire program and was completely reduced to a spectator.
Later, gossip news broke that after the recording of the show, Charles went to the hospital for a physical check-up. Because he did not get a good rest the night before, he contracted the flu and was ill. He had to stay at home to recuperate for two days; but strangely, Charles did not return to his home. Instead, he went to Pasadena near Los Angeles and stayed at his friend's house. He completely disappeared from the media's sight for two days.
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As a result, it seemed that the thunder was louder than the raindrops. The punishment against Charles still lacked excitement and excitement. It was far less interesting than the last "Across the Pacific". Many spectators crowded around and watched for a while, mocking After Charles was embarrassed when he tried to speak but had to shut up, he gradually lost interest.
On Twitter, netizens expressed their opinions——
"Skywalker is still too kind. Such a slight punishment will not hurt his bones at all."
"If Darth-Vader wins, Skywalker may completely interrupt his career and hand over his starting position. But now Skywalker just punishes him by not being able to speak for one episode. This is not fair!"
"Am I the only one who thinks that this is too cheap for Charles? I strongly suggest that next time in the gambling game, Skywalker please be ruthless and teach this guy who is not doing his job a good lesson."
These memes all come from "Star Wars."
Luke Skywalker is a Jedi Knight, the chosen son to save the world, and Luke's father is Anakin Skywalker, who used to be a Jedi Knight, but in order to save his wife, he abandoned the light and turned to darkness and became Darth Vader, alias Darth Vader. Later, as fate would have it, Luke and Anakin stood in a duel.
After defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers, "Skywalker Mighty" on Twitter kept the team in shape. Almost everyone knew that Lu Ke's nickname was Skywalker, not "Bambi". After all, among young people, " The influence of "Star Wars" is still unparalleled; so, naturally, Lu Ke's enemy was called "Dark Warrior" Darth Vader.
"Wait, something's not right. Darth Vader is Skywalker's father. What should Charles and Lu Ke do now?"
After the first person started to complain, everyone else started to complain, laughing and laughing. In the blink of an eye, the discussion about Charles disappeared from the Internet.
As everyone said, the punishment this time was full of gimmicks, but the effect was mediocre, and they were not even in the mood to complain.
For public figures, the most terrifying thing is not criticism and curses, but indifference and disregard.
Just like how Charles is treated now.
One moment, he was still worried about the lingering paparazzi and was extremely annoying; the next moment, he had disappeared from the topic. After enduring the shame and humiliation of his career, it was like a bubble, fleeting, people like this He was easily forgotten.
Charles' punishment was not very effective in the first place, what's more, now people have a more worthy focus of discussion, "Lu Ke-Skywalker".
According to the official statistics of the NFL, this Monday night game completely refreshed the ratings and discussion records for this season's night games!
At the level of live TV broadcasts, it surpassed all Thursday night games and Monday night games, creating two new highs in ratings and viewers this season. The results were even crazier than last year’s first round wild card game of the playoffs; One of the most interesting data is that the ratings in the San Francisco Bay Area accounted for 80% of the audience that night.
In other words, in the Bay Area, eight out of ten viewers who turned on the TV to watch the show that night chose the Monday Night Game. After the game, the Bay Area, led by San Francisco and Oakland, partied all night long. With one week left before Christmas, they ushered in the annual party time early.
At the network level, all discussions, keywords and related topics on Twitter, Facebook, photo walls and YouTube have all reached new highs this season, almost comparable to the league championship game held on January 23 at the beginning of the year. —
In the NFC Championship Game, the rivals of the century, the Green Bay Packers, faced off against the Chicago Bears. In the end, the away Packers overturned their opponents and successfully won the NFC Championship. As the sixth seed, they advanced from the wild card round to the divisional round. , championship game, and finally made a push to enter the Super Bowl, and then faced the American League champion Pittsburgh Steelers.
That game set a record for discussion in all aspects. Apart from the Super Bowl, it was the most popular game. And now, in this Monday night game, all statistics are close to the game when the Packers defeated the Bears. This is just a regular season game, and it really makes the league feel... a huge business opportunity!
Business opportunities and the benefits hidden in them are the most important thing.
In the previous Thursday night game against the Baltimore Ravens, Lu Ke's performance was hugely disappointing and he was completely submerged in the turbulent wave; but this time in the Monday night game, Lu Ke completely changed people's fixed impressions. He even wrote his own history.
Sudden bad weather, poor physical condition, plus a respectable and powerful opponent - last year's Super Bowl finals team, a top player with ten wins and three losses this season, and a playoff team with the No. 1 defense this season. team, as well as the widely-questioned nationally televised night game stage.
Everything is an unfavorable situation.
However, Lu Ke did it, dedicating an excellent game and defeating the league's strongest defensive opponent with a top-notch performance. Just like a sword debate on Mount Huashan, his absolute excellence and excellence stunned the entire audience. If it was just rumors before, then this time, everyone witnessed it with their own eyes!
Just look at the post-match statistics to draw a conclusion:
36 of 47 passes, 422 yards, four touchdowns, one interception, and one sack, with a quarterback rating of 122.8 and a PFF rating of 1.9.
Among them, the quarterback rating once again exceeded 120 points, and the PFF rating reached the highest level of the season, even surpassing the five touchdowns in the first game of the regular season. The strong performance was praised by all industry professionals. It was unanimously praised; what's more, such a result was created when the Pittsburgh Steelers defense team showed its top condition, which is even more shocking.
No one knows whether Lu Ke can continue to be in this state next season; but what is certain is that Lu Ke is hot this season and is at the first peak of his career. His outstanding performance is enough to threaten Aaron Rodgers. Two elite quarterbacks, Drew Brees, are trying to win the regular season MVP title this season.
This is not a joke.
Top performance, top games, top players, naturally, Lu Ke won the favor of a large number of neutral fans. Except for San Francisco and Pittsburgh, it is really hard for viewers who watched this Monday night game not to be fans of Lu Ke. For competitive sports, strength is always the best magic weapon and the best competitiveness.
This classic matchup even surpassed the San Francisco 49ers' zero-second offense to defeat the New York Giants, and became one of the strong candidates for the best game of the season. Of course, the 49ers have given enough wonderful matchups this season. When people start watching the replays of the game, it is like discovering a treasure and falling further.
The swarming of neutral fans was undoubtedly the biggest highlight after the game. Fans all stood up!
One of the most obvious changes is the Google search, "Lu Ke/Chinese". This keyword has dominated the search rankings for a week in a row, and its popularity still shows no sign of waning.
Not "Bambi", not "Luke Skywalker", but "Lu Ke/Chinese", the exact target of the search was named. This time, there was no misunderstanding, everyone knew what they were looking for. The target is the first Chinese-American starting quarterback in NFL history: Lu Ke!
