Start, sprint, pause, turn.
The simple, clear and crisp running route is not difficult for Vernon. What's more, today is the stage of the Super Bowl. Vernon is even more excited, his steps become more flexible, and he has already cut in quickly in the blink of an eye. He reached the central location, and then his peripheral vision swept across for a moment. After catching the figure of the opposing defensive cornerback, he began to make calculations in his heart.
Close.
Closer.
When there was still about two yards between the two people, Vernon's footsteps made an emergency brake again, staggering the rhythm and position between the two people, and then started a second time, heading towards his left hand again. He ran back and began to adjust his steps and turned around, facing the direction of the offensive line. The next second he saw the football being passed towards him at high speed.
Lu Ke's passing speed increased slightly, and his speed and power were more fierce than usual. There was obviously some excitement in the opening stages as well.
Vernon's body hadn't fully adjusted yet. It was still about fifteen degrees out of balance. He couldn't face the ball head-on. But in the blink of an eye, it was too late to adjust further. Vernon just turned his body slightly sideways and put his hands on his hands. Near his chest, he had just made his hand gesture to catch the ball, and the football was already rushing towards him fiercely.
"boom".
With a heavy muffled sound, both hands accurately caught the football. In the rush, people were still amazed at Lu Ke's precise control of the landing point and arc, taking both longitudinal and lateral speeds into the calculation. Even if Vernon Even in a fast running state, he can still successfully catch the ball!
A catch without any issues! But the aftertaste of power and spin was particularly ferocious, making Vernon's fingertips numb slightly. However, with the full burst of adrenaline at this time, Vernon didn't care at all, because he didn't need to adjust his steps to complete the ball. He has already begun to conceive of future breakthroughs in his mind.
He stepped heavily and quickly looked back to the left and right sides, and then saw the cornerbacks and safety guards approaching him.
Vernon didn't flinch, and simply gave up turning around. He used the recoil and inertial momentum of his body to continue to move backwards and forward. He had just taken two steps when the defensive player was already in place, and Vernon was completely hit by the defender. In the arms of the player, he then used the obstruction of the human wall to stop his steps, rotated with his right foot as the center of the circle, bypassed the defensive player's personal entanglement in an instant, and continued to advance along the sideline area.
One yard. Two yards. Three yards.
The covering safety finally sprinted over and knocked Vernon off the sideline with a lateral impact, ending the drive.
The nine people in the Super Dome all started cheering and shouting. The first wave of offense and the first pass on the Super Bowl stage were so exciting. Even though the pocket was torn, Lu Ke still keenly captured it. The players' running routes rely on the 49ers' multi-line attack skills to complete the advancement!
This was a pass of about seventeen yards. After receiving the ball, Vernon advanced seven yards forward and back, for a total of twenty-four yards!
The San Francisco 49ers are still the San Francisco 49ers, and the Baltimore Ravens are still the Baltimore Ravens, but the two teams are no longer what they were when they played against each other last season.
Amidst the cheers of the audience, the referee came on stage: yellow flag foul.
"Illegal formation, offensive team, tight end No. 85 is an illegal receiver, and will be penalized five yards and will be re-played."
What?
Illegal array?
How is this going?
Lu Ke stood in the pocket and was confused. He didn't understand what was happening. How could such a wonderful passing attack just now be illegal?
In a football game, there are eleven players in the offensive team, but not every player can legally catch the ball. The simplest and crudest point of view is that none of the five offensive linemen seem to be able to catch the ball. Of course, this understanding makes sense, but that is not what the rules state.
The correct rule is: the number of players above the offensive line must be greater than or equal to seven, and players at both ends of the line and one yard behind the line are legal receiving players.
The main premise is that there must be seven players on the horizontal line of the front offensive line. Generally speaking, the five offensive linemen and two receivers are standing on the same line, so the players at the "ends of the line" at this time are the two receivers on the outside, so the receivers and other players behind them The players are all legal receivers - the tight end and running back will both be slightly behind by at least a yard.
But what if special formations are listed?
For example, in the San Francisco 49ers' lineup just now, there were eight players listed on the front line. Among them, Moss and Logan joined the ranks of five offensive linemen, standing on the same line; and Crabtree on the outside Also standing parallel.
In this case, the players on both ends of the line are Crabtree and Logan. They are both legal receivers, while Moss is an illegal receiver by default.
As for Vernon, he has to be positioned one yard behind Crabtree and the offensive linemen for him to be a legal receiver, but if Vernon is on the same line as them, he doesn't qualify as a "line." The position of "on both ends" is naturally the player who illegally catches the ball.
Under reasonable circumstances, the official legal receivers are wide receivers, tight ends and running backs. There are only five legal receivers in total. However, among countless trick offenses, using offensive linemen to complete the ball is also A cunning tactic——
Taking the San Francisco 49ers' formation as an example, if Logan's position is deliberately one yard behind, this activates the offensive tackle Alex Boone on the right side, and he becomes the "two ends of the line". One of the players; then before kicking off, Lu Ke needs to tell the referee in advance: Boone is the legal receiving player in this round of offense.
Then, in the next attack, Lu Ke can pass the ball to Boone to complete the advance.
The so-called "legal catch rule" seems a bit confusing, but the origin is very heavy.
In the 1890s, players at Ivy League schools played with their brains, using math and physics to figure out the pros and cons of advancing formations—they could stand in the shape of a cannonball torpedo, or in a scissors-hands format. A concentrated attack, using changes in different formations to carry out collisions, destroying the defensive team's position at the moment of kick-off, and then creating an advantage. The defensive team basically has no ability to fight back.
The most notorious one is the "Flying-edge" invented by Harvard University. It can be simply understood that the offensive team is divided into two parts, with the quarterback as the connection point. The left and right sides are under the command of the quarterback. At the same time, he performs a bull rush towards a player on the defensive team - any player can do it. The powerful force bursts out instantly, destroying the defensive player, and then clearing the way for the running back to rush the ball.
This tactic is almost invincible! Then other schools followed suit, and the countless Ivy League tactics derived from the "Flying Wedge" were collectively called "Momentum-Plays."
Before 1905, rugby was a common cause of death, and almost all of it came from this.
In order to eliminate such disadvantages, the rules have been improved step by step to limit the offensive team. For example, the rigid regulations on the number of people on the kickoff line prevent the offensive team players from crowding together and standing in different formations; another example is that the kickoff starts There are only two players who can sprint out immediately, and that is the players at "both ends of the line". The other players must be at least one yard behind.
In this wave of offense, if Vernon's position was behind Crabtree and Vernon, then it was a legal formation; if Vernon's position was parallel to Crabtree, then it was an illegal catch.
Although the mistakes are very simple and low-level, in key games, just like "early movement" and "twelve people on the field" fouls, they are unavoidable.
Nervousness has its effect after all, and now you can feel that the San Francisco 49ers are young and immature, lack experience, and make stupid mistakes. Even though Vernon is a veteran, this is only his first time on the Super Bowl stage.
Lu Ke's first reaction was to turn his head and look at the coaching staff, "Is it a foul?" After receiving a positive answer, Lu Ke did not continue to be entangled and depressed. There is no need to hold on to such low-level mistakes. Don't let it go, otherwise you will just be in trouble with yourself. It is better to shift your attention to the next attack.
Fifteen yards in first gear.
It's still a pistol formation, it's still a multi-line formation, but this time, the "multi-line" is deployed on the right, and there are three heavy artillery from Vernon, Crabtree and Logan, leaving only Moss on the left one person. In order to ensure that there was no illegal formation, both Crabtree and Logan were positioned significantly further back.
Lu Ke noticed that the opponent's defensive team was obviously positioned further back. It is obvious that the offensive team now needs to face the problem of fifteen yards to complete the first attack conversion, and the defensive team accordingly begins to guard against the possibility of Lu Ke's surprise long pass.
Lu Ke immediately stepped forward and modified the tactics. The players' positions remained unchanged, but the running route was modified.
"attack!"
After quickly announcing the kick-off, Lu Ke turned around and stretched out his right hand towards Marcus who was running towards him, as if he was ready to try to see the ball again, but Marcus did not pause or cover, and rushed forward. After passing Lu Ke's position, Lu Ke immediately turned in a counter-clockwise direction. While adjusting his steps in small steps, he took a step laterally to the right, raised his right hand and completed the pass.
The target of the pass is clearly Logan!
Logan ran a small diagonal path to the right, and quickly came to the area near the sideline. It was just a short pass of about six to seven yards, and then Logan saw a man rushing towards him. The defensive players came over, and the two sides were about to get entangled. Logan lowered his center of gravity slightly and bumped into them, winning space for himself to catch the ball again.
With a small adjustment, Logan could already see the falling arc of the football. He stretched out his hands and took the football into his arms before it passed his position, but he lost it in the next second. He lost his center of gravity and flew out.
Are his feet in the field? In the venue?
