"I am the winner."
These are the words Cam Newton said when being interviewed by reporters. Without any modification or discount, he directly declared his strong posture.
As the most topical game in the tenth week of the regular season, it may not be the most powerful collision, and it may not be a life-and-death battle between mortal enemies in the same district, but the topicality of "No. 1 pick vs. undrafted rookie" has undoubtedly become the focus of attention. , has easily become the biggest hot spot on social networking platforms.
How could reporters be willing to miss it?
In fact, at the post-game press conference when the Carolina Panthers defeated the Atlanta Falcons, reporters began to raise relevant questions, and then continued to ask questions intermittently on various occasions. Between Lu Ke and Cam A bridge was built between them and the relationship between the two parties was slowly hyped up.
"I never thought he was an excellent quarterback. That was true before, and it is true now." Cam was still confident with his head held high. He didn't even want to mention Lu Ke's name, just saying "he " to refer to it, and then faintly raised his chin, showing his sense of oppression in a condescending manner.
"He's just an opportunist." This is Cam's point of view. "Jim Harper is a very good coach, and he is just a passing machine. I believe that any player He can do his job, he just happens to be in the position. It's that simple."
Although the reporters were waiting for such a moment, when Cam actually said it, all the reporters were so excited that they couldn't help but start to tremble: This is so exciting!
"Cam, are you saying that Lu Ke is just a role player?"
The reporter simply tore up the fig leaf, but Cam didn't care, "Of course, what else?" Then he laughed happily, "God, you don't really think he is an outstanding four Shooting guard, right? Jesus Christ, this has to be the funniest joke I've ever heard in my life."
"But he is the regular season MVP..." Someone else tried to continue the argument.
But Cam didn't leave any chance. He straightened his face and his smile disappeared completely. Like a scapegoat, Kuai Ren retorted directly, "Steve McNair was also the regular season MVP. So what?"
boom!
Boom boom!
This is a hornet's nest!
Who is Steve McNair?
This was the No. 3 overall pick in 1995, when the Houston Oilers and now the Tennessee Titans selected the Tennessee-born rookie quarterback in the draft. Although the Tennessee Titans reached the Super Bowl in the 1999 season, McNair was not the contributor to the team's victory.
In fact, McNair has always been a role quarterback. As part of the team as a whole, his performance did not have many outstanding parts. It was not until 2000 that he ushered in his first breakout season when he was selected to the Pro Bowl; Then in 2003, he ushered in his peak moment——
A total of 3,215 yards were passed throughout the season, with 24 passing touchdowns and only seven interceptions. The quarterback rating was 100.4. Not only did he become the passing yard leader that year, but he also had the highest quarterback rating in the league; And became the youngest player in league history to simultaneously complete 20,000 yards passing and 3,000 yards running.
With such momentum, McNair and Peyton Manning tied for the regular season MVP that year. Both quarterbacks received such honors for the first time in their careers. This was also the second time in the regular season since 1997. With the MVP tied, McNair, who has always been considered a role player, has reached the highest point of his career!
Then in 2004, McNair was plagued by injuries. He only played eight games in the regular season, and his performance plummeted. Even his quarterback rating dropped to 73.1.
In 2005, although McNair's condition improved somewhat, he was still unable to compare with 2003. He once again returned to a satisfactory role player position. The final season ended with a back injury and the absence of two games in the closing stages.
During the offseason, the Tennessee Titans refused to fulfill McNair's subsequent contract. After some negotiations, McNair eventually transferred to the Baltimore Ravens. In 2006, McNair's performance improved significantly and led the Ravens to the playoffs, but lost to the Indianapolis Colts led by Manning.
By 2007, McNair played intermittently due to injuries. After the ninth week of the regular season, he was replaced in the starting position because of consecutive drops and interceptions. After that, he never returned to the main team. Among the lineup, they only played six games all season.
Shortly after the Super Bowl that year, McNair announced his official retirement.
From 2003 to 2007, in just less than five years, the regular season MVP was reduced to a substitute position. In the end, he was trapped by injuries and was still unable to form effective competition. He had no choice but to choose to retire, even though it was cruel and cruel. In the cold modern professional arena, this is still frustrating.
In fact, Steve McNair is not the only regular season MVP to have a miserable ending in the past few years.
The 2005 regular season MVP Shaun Alexander was a running back for the Seattle Seahawks. After winning the highest honor of his career, he was kicked out of the team just three years later and was looking for jobs everywhere. He couldn't even find a substitute job, so he had to retire sadly.
Now, Cam Newton uses Steve McNair to compare Lu Ke, and the meaning is really obvious:
Even if he won the regular season MVP, he still couldn't get rid of the imprint of a role player. Compared with his absolute strength, it was better to say that he accumulated energy like a meteor and bloomed in just one season. But after surprising people, all the energy was released. After the peak season, it was all downhill.
What's even more frightening is that after that, injuries will become a lingering nightmare. It won't take a few years for him to be completely forgotten by the league. In the end, there may not even be a decent retirement ceremony. , just turned around and left sadly, and no one would remember the MVP trophy.
By the way, less than two years after Steve McNair retired, in June 2009, he died in a suspected love/murder shootout, with his body and head being hit separately. Two shots can be said to mean an untimely death and not a happy ending.
From injury to death, from MVP to retirement, Cam used McNair to describe Lu Ke. Is this a mockery or... a curse?
Facing the interview with media reporters, Cam did not hide his disdain and contempt at all, and even cursed viciously, which immediately made all the reporters excited; and a depth bomb was dropped on the social network, and everyone Fans came out one after another and couldn't wait to express their opinions.
Obviously, the voices blaming Cam have the upper hand - using McNair as a metaphor is really, really inappropriate behavior.
But the Carolina Panthers fans still fought hard to defend their quarterback, and began to launch more vicious and ugly curses against Lu Ke, officially starting this battle!
Originally, there was no historical grudge between the San Francisco 49ers and the Carolina Panthers. Although they were both in the National League, the peaks and troughs of the two teams were perfectly staggered, which meant that there was almost no competition in the playoffs. opportunities, there is no direct competition between them; and the three-year reincarnation of the regular season is just a routine duel. All of this means that there are never many sparks between them, let alone any deep hatred.
This year's showdown has changed the situation.
Starting from the hot topic of "Lu Ke VS Newton", things began to slowly and slowly get out of control. Cam compared Lu Ke's arrogance with McNair, which became the last thing that broke the camel's back. Straw, the "focus showdown" has gradually evolved into a "life and death fight."
Before Lu Ke could respond to Cam, the fiery tempers of Logan and Vernon had already taken the lead in firing on social networks.
"Who can remind me, apart from talking nonsense, who remembers what Cam Newton did in the past three seasons?" Vernon is a master of online scolding, and he gave it to Cam right away. A fatal blow.
Logan also showed no sign of weakness, "Who can tell me the name of the player who looks at people with his nose? Why do I hear someone call him 'Superman' because he likes to wear red underwear outside? Or is it because he Are you like a stupid guy who thinks he can fly just because he wears a red cloak?"
The players of the San Francisco 49ers took the lead in defending their quarterback on social networks, and the players of the Carolina Panthers also launched an offensive without showing any signs of weakness.
"A bunch of idiots." The Panthers' second-year star outside linebacker Luke Kickley fired back directly. Interestingly, this outside linebacker became the first player in league history to win the sacking title as a rookie last year. This earned him the nickname "Skywalker".
Luke is Skywalker.
Lu Ke is also a Skywalker.
Luke Kickley has shown dominance on the court this season, comparable to Aldon Smith last year. His words are naturally full of weight, "Whatever is controversial or dissatisfied, stay on the court and compete, let us See who has the bigger fist. If you don’t accept it, I will suppress you until you accept it!”
This statement was called "domineering" by Carolina Panthers fans, but it successfully aroused the anger of San Francisco 49ers fans, "If it weren't for your No. 1 quarterback with a big mouth and being as arrogant as an idiot, , how do reporters have the opportunity to continue to provoke? They don’t care about their own mouths, but they worry about our mouths, and they don’t first look in the mirror to see what kind of face they are.”
An overwhelming debate arose.
Because the Internet speed was too fast, the scolding battle had already been updated twice. The reporters belatedly found another person involved, Lu Ke, and were waiting for his response.
