"attack!"
In the unique quiet atmosphere of Candlestick Stadium, it can be easily distinguished: the San Francisco 49ers' offensive team is on the court now, and in this game, standing opposite is the rival Seattle Seahawks in the same district. The defensive team, the key battle of this Thursday night game, is still the San Francisco 49ers who play at home and take the lead in attacking.
Interestingly, in the coin guessing game, the Seattle Seahawks guessed correctly. They chose defense and handed the offense to the San Francisco 49ers. On the one hand, it was because they chose to take the lead in attacking in the second half. On the other hand, it showed their strong confidence in their defensive team and they were not afraid of the opponent with the highest offensive scoring rate in the league in the first wave.
This game has just begun and it’s already interesting——
Jonathan Goodwin completed the kickoff, and Lu Ke completed the ball. During the step back, he raised his chin and quickly swept across the entire court.
The Seattle Seahawks' defensive team gave up the pressing strategy and retreated collectively, leaving only three players to attack the offensive line. The short passing area and the intermediate passing area suddenly became crowded, bustling and densely packed with players. but they still did not relax their vigilance, leaving two players in the backcourt, fearing Lu Ke's potential long pass without warning.
In the turbulent sea of people, Lu Ke quickly made an analysis and judgment. His steps paused slightly, his center of gravity shifted, and his body moved laterally to the right. It was just a switch between two cross steps, and then Lu Ke He raised his right hand and completed a clean diagonal through pass.
It's not a bullet pass, but a slight arc. It was an eight-yard, behind-the-shoulder shadow pass.
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Before the kickoff, under Lu Ke's instructions, Gene ran from the left to the right, testing whether the opponent's defensive position had changed, and making a simple decision on the matchup defense and regional defense. Judgment, and then his footsteps came behind Logan and Crabtree, forming an inverted triangle multi-line offensive formation, leaving only Vernon on the left.
This is a combination of two wide receivers and two tight ends, an arrangement made for the Seattle Seahawks' second-line defense that is slightly stronger than the first-line defense.
Moss still did not become the starting wide receiver, not because of his condition, but because of physical distribution considerations. Crabtree still returned to the starting position; moreover, the Seattle Seahawks prefer confrontation defense rather than zone defense. Crabtree Butrie's physical matchup advantage can win more space to advance.
As expected, Ginn's movement proved that the opponent was indeed employing a matchup defense.
After Gene completed the change of position, Lu Ke had already announced the kick-off before his feet could stand firm. Therefore, Gene did not make any adjustments and immediately started to speed up, even completing the first pass before Crabtree and Logan. Then the two strong men rushed out following Gene.
Three people form a trident.
Gene continued to rush forward with nimble steps, attracting the safety's defensive attention; Logan and Crabtree completed a cross-position exchange, and Logan rushed inside, blocking the defense of the two linebackers. The route creates a relative space behind him, which also means that Crabtree has a one-on-one advantage.
This is the only gap.
"Crabtree vs. Sherman."
Sherman's blocking movement has obviously matured, and he blocked his position in advance, forcing Crabtree to block Sherman's position with his back, and the two formed a confrontation.
During the turn of the corner, Crabtree suddenly turned around and went around to the outside. With just two small adjustments, he had already arrived at the established position. Almost as soon as the ball arrived, Lu Ke's shadow pass behind his shoulder. The ball has already reached the intended delivery point.
Sherman jumped high and tried to destroy the pass, but Lu Ke's shadow pass behind his shoulder was extremely accurate. The arc just passed over his head, accurately bypassing all blocking routes of the cornerback, and would enter the outside receiver. There is room for his hands to catch the ball, and then you can see Crabtree slightly raising his hands to catch the football behind his shoulders.
Seeing that it was already too late, Sherman approached quickly, using a changing speed to destroy Crabtree's center of gravity. Then with a push and pull, Sherman knocked the football out of Crabtree's hand. Pass incomplete.
But, the yellow flag comes in.
The referee announced the penalty. Sherman's defensive pulling violation resulted in a five-yard penalty.
Lu Ke stood there but frowned slightly.
Although Sherman's blocking and confrontation have indeed made great progress, it can be clearly noticed that he has cut off all routes, leaving only a single passing route. Even in this route, Sherman also continued to disrupt Crabtree's position, creating more difficulties for the ball. Hate it or hate it, Sherman's strength cannot be underestimated.
But even so, Crabtree was not so embarrassed.
In the pass and catch just now, Crabtree's running obviously failed to keep up with the rhythm; moreover, after successfully completing the ball, his body position was not stuck, let alone his skill at the critical moment. Relaxed.
In other words, Crabtree had actually completed the ball, but in the end the pass was not completed. First, Sherman's defense was really good, and second, Crabtree was still not able to reach his best state. .
The only good thing is that Sherman committed a defensive foul, otherwise the push would have failed.
Now that the game has just begun, I hope Crabtree just needs a little time to warm up, instead of continuing his poor form from the last game here.
After taking a deep breath, Lu Ke called the offensive team together again, and then faced a five-yard situation.
"attack!"
It is still a multi-line attack, but the player positions have changed. On the right wing, Logan stands facing the inside, almost side by side with Boone on the offensive line. Gene is in the center, and Clark is on the outermost side. Butrey; on the left wing, Vernon's position is also compressing closer to the inside.
After the kickoff, the San Francisco 49ers' offensive team was like a pear blossom needle in a rainstorm. After turning on the switch, they all rushed forward - at least the receiving players, including running back Frank Gall, who was standing next to Lu Ke, also followed suit. They sprinted out of the gap on the left, and at the same time they all ran in a straight line, creating a wave of air with a mighty vertical strike.
Just when everyone thought it might be a mid-range pass or a long pass, the receiving player began to slow down unevenly, like an open palm, with the thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger all lengthened. Differently, this also forced the Seattle Seahawks' second-line defense to change from man-to-man defense to zone defense, but gaps were inevitably created between defensive formation changes.
Wait, not all players.
What about Logan Newman?
One forward and one cut inside, without any technical content. After taking two long steps forward, he moved laterally to the left. After three long steps, Logan had already opened a gap in the short passing area. Just then When everyone's attention was on judging the direction and position of the pass, there were no defensive players around Logan.
One second. Two seconds.
Lu Ke immediately completed the pass, a quick kick, a quick short pass, and a short five-yard pass. In the blink of an eye, Logan had already completed the pass in the central area near the left side.
Turning around, Logan began to look for a breakthrough space. All the defensive players in the nearby area swarmed up. Logan only had time to advance two steps before he was tackled to the ground, interrupting his continued advancement.
Despite this, Logan still managed to get the first offensive snap of the game for the San Francisco 49ers.
Ten yards in first gear.
Lu Ke tried to pass the ball to the left, looking for Vernon Davis, but Vernon's running was slightly slower by half a beat, and Lu Ke's pass was slightly faster by half a beat, creating a misplaced time difference. , which caused Vernon to stretch out his hands, but still failed to touch the football, and watched helplessly as the football flew towards the out-of-bounds area.
To put it simply, there was a problem with the rhythm between Vernon and Lu Ke.
Looking further, the Seattle Seahawks' defensive front suddenly exerted pressure, and the pocket was in constant bumps, forcing Lu Ke to speed up the pass; at the same time, the combination of cornerbacks and linebackers destroyed Vernon's running rhythm. This slowed down Vernon's speed and ultimately failed to reach the receiving position smoothly.
The first pass was a shadow pass behind the shoulder to find Crabtree; the pass just now was a quick outside pass to find Vernon. Both of these tactics were the San Francisco 49ers' specialty last season, but None of it worked today.
It seems that the Seattle Seahawks have also studied the game video very thoroughly, truly showing the strength of their rivals in the same district.
Ten yards in second gear.
Lu Ke tried to break through to the right, but Gene and Logan's running was completely trapped in a trap. Sherman was stuck in the position, unable to find any passing gap; then he headed to the left Breaking through from the side, the running routes of Crabtree and Vernon were also surrounded by three players.
In the end, Lu Ke chose running back Frank Gall.
Gower deliberately delayed two beats before running out, cruising in the short passing area on the right, and completed the turn with an emergency brake. Lu Ke's pass came immediately after, but Lu Ke's pass appeared. Mistake——
Goyle's height is shorter than Marcus, about half a hand.
At this time, Lu Ke's pass was slightly higher, which forced Gower to raise his hands to catch the ball near his mouth. As a result, he failed to align the ball and the football hit Gower's helmet. Without enough time to react, the football fell to the ground and the pass was incomplete.
Lu Ke couldn't help but frowned slightly. It's his fault.
