"Kirk, what do you think might happen in the next game?" Teddy turned to look at his partner.
"21:0".
Akens led the special team on the field, without making any mistakes, and steadily scored the extra points, and the score gap has been extended to three touchdowns; the problem is that the first quarter only lasted eight minutes—— The time has just passed halfway, and now the two sides are already in completely different situations. This... what about the next game?
If the game really enters garbage time, the TV audience can change the channel, the live audience can be distracted, and even the away team can send in substitute players to complete the game; but the analysis and commentators must continue to explain the task, no matter how boring they are, they cannot desert. , let alone leave their duties without permission, they must finish explaining the entire game. This is their job.
Now, Teddy is asking Kirk: What about the next game?
"Obviously, this is a situation that no one expected before the game started." Including Kirk himself, whether they support the San Francisco 49ers or the Houston Texans, they did not expect that the score gap would be so obvious. The Texans seem to have no power to fight back at all, which is really abnormal.
But Kirk quickly calmed down and began his analysis calmly, "For the Houston Texans, the situation is very, very bad. If they still hope to continue the game, then they must temporarily forget about other situations. First focus on the next wave of offense, calm down, clarify their thoughts, and regain their offensive status. Being able to score is naturally the best situation. Even if not, they still need to focus on the game."
"Stand your ground, you mean." Teddy understood immediately.
Kirk nodded in affirmation, "After today's game started, everything happened so fast, it was like watching a movie at ten times speed. Before the away Texans had time to react, the score was already three goals behind. A touchdown, the most important thing for them now is to stand firm, recover in time, stop the loss in time, and not let the situation continue to deteriorate, and then they can think about other things."
"Of course, this is not an easy task. It can be seen that the mental outlook of the San Francisco 49ers today is completely different. The belief of winning runs through every component of the team, and the players' performance has obviously improved. Compared with the first three games, it can be said to be a completely new game, which means that the Houston Texans must work ten or even twenty times harder and be highly focused."
"But... this is the NFL. One game can change the entire season, leading to the top or to the bottom. Now the Houston Texans are standing on the edge of the cliff. Whether they can return to the playoff contention this season depends on what happens next. Three and a half quarters into the game. Strictly speaking, a basic outline can be seen in the next quarter, and they don't even have time to wait until the halftime break."
As Kirk said, the situation is very critical now.
No one expected the direction of this game, not even the opposing sides, so now it’s time to improvise and see if the coaching staff and players of both sides can break free from the desperate situation. , to find hope of recovery again.
After losing three consecutive touchdowns, the Houston Texans seemed to have finally been awakened by a sap——
After a difficult start with two consecutive wins, they suffered two consecutive defeats. The team is now facing many problems, but there are still opportunities to save and stop losses. The season is only a quarter of the way, and there is still a very long half of it ahead. This season, the playoff situation is still full of countless possibilities.
If they surrender now, they may slip into the abyss. This also means that the time has come to rise up and resist. If they miss the "this moment", it will be impossible to predict what will happen next.
From the coaching staff to the players, from the offensive end to the defensive end, the Houston Texans can feel the imminent tension from top to bottom, and their performance is finally improving.
Even a dying person may launch an all-out attack before his death; not to mention that the current Texans are far from being called "the end is approaching," so their resistance is even more powerful.
When Matt Misaki once again led the offensive team, their performance finally improved. Two important players, wide receiver Andre Johnson and running back Adrian Foster, became key players.
Andre completed an important catch on third down for nine yards and another on third down for three yards, twice pulling the Texans back from the brink of strikeout.
Adrian completed a 17-yard ground attack and advanced by relying on his personal ability amidst the iron curtain-like defense of his opponent.
In the end, in this offense, the Texans stumbled all the way through the half court and advanced to the twenty-three-yard line in the opponent's half before encountering a strikeout. Although he failed to complete the touchdown, he finally entered the free kick range. The kicker Randy Bullock, who had made a mistake during the punt before, did not live up to the team's hopes again and faced a 40-yard free kick. , accomplished in one fell swoop, and finally broke the embarrassment of zero points.
"21:3".
As Kirk said, in the desperate situation, the Houston Texans finally did not continue to sink. Not only did they cheer up and complete the offensive advance, but they also successfully scored on a free kick. The team's attention was refocused. This prevents the game from plummeting into a bottomless abyss.
But...that's all.
Although the Houston Texans finally regrouped and cheered up, allowing confrontation to return to the field, they did not let the bad situation of total collapse in the opening continue; unfortunately, the protagonist of this game is destined to be the San Francisco 49ers ——The San Francisco 49ers welcomed Lu Ke’s return with enthusiastic shouts.
The offensive team led by Sabu just showed a little bit of recovery, and then suffered a devastating blow from the 49ers defensive team.
The one who stepped up in this game was an unknown player, Michael Ilhoite, an undrafted rookie in 2011 who can play linebacker, outside linebacker and inside linebacker.
After losing the draft that year, he joined a new team, the Omaha Nighthawks - a team in the United-Football-League that was just established in 2009. Unfortunately, this league only lasted After four years, it came to an abrupt end and all teams were naturally disbanded.
After Weihout left the Omaha Nighthawks, he passed a trial and joined the San Francisco 49ers last offseason, becoming a member of the special teams team and also serving as a linebacker.
After Aldon Smith left the team due to a non-football injury, Weihout stood out from the bench and became a rotation player among the linebackers. This game was his career as a defensive lineman. Wei's debut, and his performance also proved the wisdom of the coaching staff.
Weihout alone completed two sacks, 13 tackles, three effective impacts, two effective pass pressures, and four joint tackles, becoming a key player for the entire defensive team. Shining all over the field, he destroyed the Texans offense to pieces just by relying on his performance.
Sabu stood in the pocket and encountered severe pressure again and again. The entire passing attack became chaotic and erratic. He sent a total of four interceptions in the game, except for the interception returned by Patrick Willis in the opening game for a touchdown. In addition, the other three interceptions were all converted into points by the San Francisco 49ers: one touchdown and two free kicks.
Faced with such a situation, Sabu was unable to stop an effective attack. The occasional flashes from Adrian and Andre were not enough to continue the team's offense. In the end, like a racing car that lost control, In this way, he rushed all the way into the darkness, never able to find the dawn of hope for recovery.
No one expected that the free kick scored in the first quarter was actually the last moment of the Houston Texans' offensive team. After that, they never scored again in the whole game. Not to mention pushing past halftime, it is extremely difficult to even get a first attack.
Disaster, utter disaster.
Looking at Matt Sabu's performance throughout the game, the post-match data also proved that this was a nightmare that he could not wake up from. Even the analysts and commentators could only hope that this game would end quickly. It was called mental torture. .
17 of 35 passes, 162 yards, no touchdowns, four interceptions, quarterback rating of 14.2, PFF rating of -2.0.
There is nothing wrong with the numerical statistics. The quarterback rating is 14.2, which is almost the bottom of the valley. The performance throughout the game is lackluster and cannot provide any help at all; although other parts of the offensive team do not have much to praise. But Nibu still delivered one of the worst quarterback performances among the 32 teams throughout the season, so much so that Texans fans couldn't help but start calling for backup quarterback TJ Yates after the game.
Such a performance of the offensive team almost gave all the initiative to the opponent. They only scored three points in the whole game, which was impossible to win the game. Even with the full outburst of the defensive team, it is very, very difficult to win the game - not to mention, the performance of the defensive team does not seem to be much better.
Except for Watt, to be precise.
JJ Watt is the only bright spot among the entire Houston Texans team. With his own strength alone, he completed two sacks, 11 tackles, four effective hits, and two effective passes. The ball was put under pressure, and there were two joint tackles. With his teammates on the defensive team unable to provide much help, Watt almost single-handedly completed the above data, which is shocking.
But just one JJ Watt is not enough to fight against the opponent's eleven offensive players, and they are eleven offensive players who are in recovery, united, and full of firepower. As a result, the balance of the game was broken, and the San Francisco 49ers completed a comprehensive crushing unilaterally.
