"I'm ready," Watt said.
"Me too." Lu Ke replied.
The two friends stood in the middle of the court, held each other's right hands, and tightened their grip heavily. They felt each other's determination and belief through the strength of their hands. Their eyes flashed with high fighting spirit, and they collided without showing any weakness. Together, without saying anything else, they let go of each other's right hands, turned around and trotted towards their team's side.
Guessing the side of the coin, Lu Ke guessed correctly, and he chose to attack first; while the Houston Texans, who won the right to choose the side, chose the side of the field with their backs to the sun, which means that the San Francisco 49ers will start the first wave of offense facing the sun. .
The special teams of both sides came on stage for the kickoff. Team doctor Walter Hudson came to Lu Ke's side, knelt down on one knee, once again arranged the protective measures for Lu Ke's left knee, raised his head and asked, "Is it too tight? "
Lu Ke moved his left leg. It was a little tight, and the muscles and blood vessels could feel the pressure, but this was within the expected range, so he made an "ok" gesture towards Walter.
Injuries are injuries. Even if you recover, there is still no way to return to a 100% healthy state. It is like a vase with cracks. No matter how perfect the repair is, those cracks still exist and are invisible to the naked eye. It means non-existence; what's more, the injured part of Lu Ke is the knee ligament. It is a position that must be carefully, cautiously and cautiously, and it is absolutely not easy for any carelessness.
In fact, according to Martin Heskey, ligaments require more rest and recovery time. It is obviously best if you can have six to eight weeks; but he also knows that in professional sports leagues, this is not practical. In reality, two weeks to four weeks is the range that Martin believes Lu Ke can return to the average health of an ordinary professional player.
Now, Lu Ke has indeed recovered his health, and has indeed reached the level of playing. After medical testing, it is true that there are no problems or future problems; but the fierce confrontation and collision in rugby games are still full of many variables, who can predict What about Lu Ke's performance? Who can predict the direction of the game?
Therefore, left knee protection has also become a crucial part.
Walter stood up again, his eyes fell on Lu Ke, and he was about to say something, but in the end he was defeated by the gaze of those clear and bright eyes. He could only clenched his fists and said calmly, "fighting."
Lu Ke's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he nodded firmly in response, "Fight!"
Then, after the kick-off, Lu Ke led his teammates on the offensive team to officially appear. Walter stood there and watched Lu Ke's back disappearing. Although injuries were common in professional leagues and competitive sports, Walter told himself that Lu Ke Ke's injury situation is already very rare; but this time, he can't help but sigh and lament.
fighting!
Walter straightened his back and joined the deafening shouts of the audience, cheering for Lu Ke.
On the first kickoff of the game, the Houston Texans were very careful, without making any mistakes or planning any tricks. They directly pushed the football to the baseline. The San Francisco 49ers would start their offense above their own twenty-yard line.
Under the spotlight, everyone's eyes seemed to be slightly expectant, falling hotly and heavily on Lu Ke. The expectation and excitement were burning; Lu Ke could clearly feel the heat, but he But he didn't lose his mind at all, all his attention was focused on the game, as if this was an ordinary and simple regular season game.
Lu Ke's calmness gradually calmed down his teammates on the offensive team.
Laying out plays, lining up, and defensive reads.
All the processes were extremely familiar. Lu Ke was concentrating on observing the position of the Houston Texans' defensive team, from the defensive front line to the linebackers to the defensive second line. The experience accumulated from the game videos corresponded one by one in his mind, and then he Kick-off was officially announced.
"attack!"
Jonathan Goodwin quickly threw the football. Lu Ke's hands were well positioned, he caught the football firmly, turned around with a step back, and handed the football to Marcus Lynch. The movement, the footsteps are moving crosswise, the front is facing the right, and the vision is always quickly scanning the route on the right.
A fake run and a real pass.
Marcus quickly stepped forward, slid forward from Lu Ke's right side, and made a protective cover. But then he could see the turbulent air waves coming towards him, and he immediately felt that the situation was not good.
The Houston Texans actually sent six players to launch a quarterback raid. Three defensive frontmen, two linebackers and one cornerback stepped up at the same time. Relying on the absolute advantage of numbers, they had already created a game at the moment of kickoff. Threat; the most amazing thing is that the cornerback's step up broke the fixed structure of the defensive front. At the same time, he crossed with one of the defensive ends to confront the offensive line, and then released the defensive end. out.
jj-watt.
Originally, the defensive front relied on sudden changes in tactics to seize the advantage, but now it uses cross-positioning to completely release Watt's role. The balance of power in the entire defensive confrontation suddenly becomes further unbalanced.
When Marcus stepped forward, he only had time to see Watt move his upper body out of the way of offensive tackle Joe Stanley, handing Stanley to his cornerback teammate, and then got out of the way. After losing his position, the huge and strong body rushed over as hard as a wall.
But Watt is behind Lu Ke, and Marcus is in front of Lu Ke. Due to his position, Marcus has no way to help Lu Ke in the pick-and-roll; to make matters worse, the offensive linemen are aware of the opponent's numerical advantage. , slightly changed the blocking position, trying to work together to protect the pocket, but the original position became loose, and you could vaguely see the other two defensive players almost breaking through the blockade.
After the start of the 2013 season, the decline in the status of the offensive line was obvious, but the confusion and misalignment of the receiving team attracted most of the firepower, which to some extent concealed the fact that the offensive line performed poorly; but the real situation is that, including Lu Including the opening game of Ke's debut, in the current four games, the offensive line's pocket protection has fallen to the first level in the league.
When Kaepernick was the starting quarterback, he didn’t know how to deal with such a situation. He either passively or actively chose to run with the ball by himself, so that the quarterback’s running yards were lost in three consecutive games. The game surpassed the running back, and I don’t know how to judge such a ridiculous situation.
The same is true now.
Marcus didn't have time to hesitate anymore. Based on the tacit understanding between him and Lu Ke, he immediately chose to run laterally to the right and left the pocket. In this way, Lu Ke only needed to throw the football lightly. By giving it to Marcus, you can get rid of all the pass rush pressure in the pocket and let Marcus attract the firepower. No matter how effective the advancement is, it can at least prevent the quarterback from bearing the impact.
It is equivalent to the running back sacrificing himself to protect the quarterback. This is also one of the offensive routines that main running backs such as Marcus and Gall have been extremely good at in the past two seasons.
Marcus rushed out quickly, took three steps, then turned his head and got ready to catch the ball, but... Lu Ke didn't pass the ball.
what happened?
…
Lu Ke is observing the passing route on the right side. He can no longer feel the pain in his left knee. However, at the beginning of the game, the protection of the left knee still seemed a little tight. After the muscles felt the pressure, the left knee also became weak. Unable to fully bend, his movement was more or less affected. This was a physical instinct that Lu Ke couldn't control or even predict, so control was out of the question.
During the lateral movement of his steps, he subconsciously began to protect his left knee. The adjustment of his strength was uneven, which indirectly affected his observation line of sight, and the entire field of vision became bumpy.
He noticed that Logan had created a gap and was about to adjust his steps to pass the ball. Then he saw the change in Marcus' lateral movement. This was an unplanned change. He understood immediately that Marcus Kus's intention, before the brain reacted, the body muscles had already made a conditioned reflex: the back muscles and thigh muscles were completely tense.
His attention was distracted!
If in the past, his attention could still be locked on Logan or Marcus, and he would raise the knife and make changes; but now his attention is scattered, and it seems that he can feel a gust of wind and rain coming on his back, and his footsteps When you start to sprint forward, your first reaction is to subconsciously protect yourself, which seriously interferes with your observation line of sight and makes your passing movements ridiculous and clumsy.
To make matters worse, the fluidity of the movement is also lost.
"boom!"
Watt will never miss such a good opportunity. Even looking at the entire league, Watt's dominance on the defensive front is second to none among the top players, not to mention that Lu Ke is not fully in the state now? Watt took two long strides, and rushed towards Lu Ke like a tiger down the mountain. He aimed his hands at Lu Ke's waist, completed the grapple accurately and powerfully, and then threw Lu Ke directly in the way of worshiping a jade pillar. Fall to the ground.
Lu Ke doesn't have any chance!
The clumsy steps made Lu Ke seem to have almost no ability to resist. He was completely like an old car like Peyton Manning or Tom Brady. He could only put the football into his arms in time to protect the ball and avoid any transfer of ball rights. A bad situation, and then he fell into Watt's grasp.
Accurate! Strong! clean!
Watt's grappling still maintained his usual level, but the moment he completed the grappling blockade with both hands, he had already begun to quietly withdraw his strength, and shifted his position the moment he fell to the ground, using his back to bear most of the impact. force to avoid potential injuries in fierce collisions.
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