After the Monday night game ended, ESPN undoubtedly became the biggest winner, and the San Francisco 49ers also became another beneficiary. Just on the official Twitter account, the number of followers surged by 300,000 in three days, which is a huge increase. It brought the team a lot of glory; not to mention that the team's official website, official Facebook and other online platforms all ushered in a frenzy of visits.
Jim Harper and Trent Baalke, who originally advocated signing Lu Ke, became city heroes!
Because everyone clearly knows what a crazy gamble it is to sign an undrafted Chinese-American rookie at the quarterback position, even if it is just the team's fourth backup quarterback. How turbulent the wave of doubts was at the beginning of the season, how fervent the current wave of support is.
However, the real winner is Lu Ke!
Before this, Lu Ke had never taken care of his social network platform seriously, and he was not even sure about his number of fans. If it weren't for the system's special tasks, Lu Ke wouldn't even have a photo wall account. He has devoted himself to training for many years. Even if he has Facebook and Twitter accounts, he rarely uses them.
But now, in just three days, all of Lu Ke's social network accounts have undergone earth-shaking changes.
On Twitter, the number of fans following Lu Ke's account has surpassed three million. Before, he only had less than 120,000 fans.
On the photo wall, if Lu Ke remembered correctly, thanks to the existence of special tasks in the rookie training camp, he gained about 50,000 or 60,000 followers, but now the number has skyrocketed to 1.8 million.
As for Facebook, Lu Ke hasn't opened it yet because the inbox seems to be full. The unread emails in the email address where the account was registered have exceeded "999" early. It is very troublesome to open and process it now. Simply, Lu Ke handed over the account number and password to Laihe, and let a professional team handle it.
This is just the beginning. All of this happened within three days, and it seemed to have exploded overnight; in the following days, the rise began to slow down, but the growth curve still did not stop, and all major social network platforms continued to rising.
Hot, not only hot but still hot!
A long time ago, when Lu Ke was still at UCLA, Logan once shot a short video recording Lu Ke's passing training. He made thirty passes in a row and accurately entered short passes, intermediate passes and Long pass zone, this is just a simple short video posted on the Bruins YouTube account.
A year later, the number of views was only a little over 2,000, but now, within three days, it has surged to 8 million, quickly becoming one of the most popular videos on YouTube and appearing on the homepage.
What's even more outrageous is that the last time Lu Ke posted a photo on the photo wall was the week of the offseason. That was already two months ago. At that time, he posted a behind-the-scenes photo of him shooting an advertisement in a studio. I haven't logged into my account since then.
Originally, that photo had less than 3,000 likes, but now it has easily exceeded 2.5 million. The upward trend is simply jaw-dropping, and it has easily become one of the most popular photos of the day. Then netizens unexpectedly discovered, "Lu Ke and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors are actually good friends!"
As a result, the topic slowly began to spread to other social network platforms. Google's keyword search rankings are the best barometer of Internet popularity. It can be clearly felt that through this night game, Lu Ke's popularity is on the rise.
No wonder people always say that the benefits of night games to players, teams, and even TV stations and leagues are so great that no one is willing to let them go.
Back then, Tony Romo gained a foothold in the league and became the helmsman of "Team America" through the live broadcast of the Thanksgiving Day game; and now, Lu Ke defeated him through a Monday night game. One of the most powerful opponents in the league has also successfully entered the fans.
The early career development trajectories of these two undrafted rookies are more or less similar.
However, all this did not make much sense to Lu Ke. Firstly, he did not log in to these accounts, but left it to Laihe to handle; secondly, the season was not over yet, and he still could not be distracted.
After working hard step by step until now, Lu Ke will never be easily satisfied with the success of the regular season. That is his goal in the playoffs!
Although he is crazy, the Super Bowl is his goal. Just like no one believed that he could occupy a place in the regular season, no one believed that he was aiming for the goal in his first season as an undrafted rookie. In the Super Bowl, people can mock him, ridicule him, despise him, or even curse him as much as they like, but he will never waver!
Beating the Pittsburgh Steelers was just a regular season game.
After the game, the lounge at Candlestick Stadium became a sea of celebration. For the first time, team president Jed York came to the locker room, expressed congratulations and thanks to all the players, and looked forward to the playoffs, hoping that they can Cross the finish line in one go and don’t forget about it just because you are back in the playoffs after eight years.
After that, there was another burst of fun and joy. When Lu Ke returned home, it was already late at night.
After a season of strong confrontation and an exhausting game, his physical strength and energy have truly reached their limits. Now Lu Ke finally understands why it is easier to show the strength of a team in the second half of the season. The team and a player’s heritage and depth.
Fortunately, Lu Ke had improved the relevant aspects of his physical fitness in time before. Otherwise, he would most likely become the first link in the team to fall behind when entering the sprint stage.
After this game, there are only four days to prepare for the next game, which is undoubtedly bad news.
Saturday of this week is Christmas Eve, and Sunday is Christmas Day. Unlike the NBA, which arranges a Christmas game every year, the NFL arranges a Thanksgiving game every year. In a situation like this year, the league will move the game day forward. By Saturday, all games will be completed on Christmas Eve, and then the Christmas game will be scheduled for the next day. Except for the two teams facing each other, all other teams can have a holiday.
For professional players, this is a rare holiday; but for the two teams tasked with Monday night games this week, it is quite unfriendly. After the game on Monday, there will be four days of time adjustment, and then there will be game day, which even shortens the preparation time by one day compared to the ordinary Monday night game.
The San Francisco 49ers are already considered a happy team because it is a home game and they can go home and have a good rest after the game; while the Pittsburgh Steelers are even more miserable and miserable. They have to travel across the entire North American continent and take a flight of more than six hours. Return to Pittsburgh, then rest and adjust for three and a half days, and then also enter the next game.
The only good news is that the Steelers' last two opponents are the St. Louis Rams and the Cleveland Browns. Neither of them are very strong. Although they still can't relax, at least they don't need to be as fierce as this game against the 49ers.
There are only four days of rest and adjustment. Today - it is already past midnight and it is the next day - he must return to the training base for recovery training. Therefore, Lu Ke should go to bed and rest immediately.
There are more than forty text messages in the phone, including those from Stephen Curry, JJ Watt, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Candice Swanepoel, but they can only I'll wait until tomorrow to reply slowly.
However, before actually turning off the lights and taking a rest, Lu Ke still had one more thing to do: inspect the harvest.
This might be the toughest game of the season — wait, was that against the Cowboys? Or was it the one against the Giants?
I couldn't complete the judgment in my mind for a while, but what is certain is that the pressure brought by the Steelers' defensive team is huge, like a beast that devours people, and the pressure on the offensive team is all-round, maintaining all the way. It's the last minute of the game. This also means that game missions and special missions are more difficult to complete.
Now, Lu Ke needs to confirm the completion of the mission.
First is the game mission.
Complete passing touchdowns, four, base points plus four; complete pass control in the second half, pass ratio is higher than 30%, advance yardage is higher than 50 yards, base points plus one; complete defensive reading in the second half, If you see through the opponent's intention to sack the quarterback at least twice, the base points will be added by one; if you complete the designated formation pass in the second half and advance at least fifty yards in the shotgun formation, the base points will be added by one; if you win the game, the base points will be added by three.
Before and after, there are ten basic points in total.
The game tasks of the regular season have gradually entered the track. As long as the game is won, the gains every week are similar. Now it seems that the game tasks of the playoffs will change. The rest depends on the next season. .
Among the many game tasks, in addition to the central pass ratio playing a vital role in occupying the second half, the most surprising thing is the defensive reading, which must see through the opponent's intention to sack the quarterback twice or more. Against the league's top defensive team, Lu Ke now finally understands the purpose of the system.
Reading the defense is not just a simple analysis of the formation, but also requires a systematic and comprehensive understanding of the opponent's defensive tactics. Just like today, the Steelers have not been able to form a breakthrough and complete a sack. They only exerted pressure, but created unimaginable troubles. They also raided at the critical moment, truly interpreting the meaning of "sudden" incisively and vividly, killing Lu Ke was caught off guard.
Only after truly competing against top players can you understand your own gap.
The competition mission was almost completed, and the next step was the special mission, and there were two of them.
