Ten yards in first gear. Multi-line attack with pistol formation.
Lu Ke carefully looked at the position of the opposing defensive team. It was obvious that even the last safety guard had already entered the first attack transition line. This also meant that all defensive players were pressed into the ten-yard area. Within the scope, all the pressure and confrontation on the front line broke out.
The battleground for military strategists now has evolved into a frontline confrontation.
The San Francisco 49ers defensive team used this strategy to prevent Cam's read-option offense from exerting its power. Now it can only rely more on Tobert's head-on attack to complete the advancement; and the Carolina Panthers defensive team also tried to use The same strategy destroyed Lu Ke's tactical layout and passing rhythm.
Lu Ke compared the positioning of the linebackers and cornerbacks, carefully recalled the game video, and then shouted to the offensive line: reminding them continuously that the two outside linebackers may choose to step up to pass the ball and use misalignment to pass the ball. To form a breakthrough, pay attention to guarding and don't lose your position.
Then, Lu Ke announced the kick-off.
"attack!"
Sure enough, with five people rushing the pass, the Carolina Panthers repeated their old tricks and used the two defensive ends to move outside to change the matchup and create gaps for the two linebackers to outflank. If the offense at both ends of the offensive line If the tackle position does not keep up, it is easy to lose the position of the head-on confrontation; however, Joe Stanley and Alex Boone did not lose their positions.
It's not that Lu Ke is scheming and predicting the unknown, but the Carolina Panthers' defensive team is very good at using this tactic to create a pass-rushing advantage. This was the case at least twice among the many five-man pass rushers in this game. After completing the raid, they suddenly repeated their old tricks again, but Lu Ke had predicted it in advance.
Generally speaking, five-man pass rushers do not have a numerical advantage in a frontline confrontation, because the offensive line is also five people; but usually the defensive team's front line is either three or four, which gives the five-man pass rusher more advantages in variety. ——How should the added pass rushers execute tactics? The changes are often the key to breaking through the pocket.
But now that the changes have been seen through, the confrontation between the offensive line and the defensive line has reached a stalemate.
Lu Ke won the time to observe the pass. Marcus was still waiting for an opportunity to make up for the leak, but now he saw that he had nothing to do, so he simply rushed out from the gap on the blind side and started looking for the pass along the slot. Ball opportunity.
The reason why I chose the blind side is because this time the multi-line attack is heavily concentrated on the left side. Except for Boldin who is guarding the right side alone, the three major receiving players of Logan, Vernon and Gene are all there. On this side, now adding Marcus, this makes the left side completely an ammunition depot.
The four receivers on the left have been cooperating for two and a half seasons, and are very familiar with route running and positional pick-and-roll. The running steps of the four people can definitely be called dazzling, each in 45 yards. The outside of the line, the inside of the fifty-yard line, the outside of the other half's forty-five-yard line, and the inside of the other half's forty-five-yard line are spread out, with about five yards of space between each other. A run of help was formed.
For the defensive team, it is zone defense; for the offensive team, it is zone reception. After any player becomes the target of the pass, the other three players can immediately form a pick-up; more importantly, Vernon and Marcus are in the short passing area, while Logan and Gene have already cut into the mid-passing area. The layering of the entire route running is completely laid out, fully displaying the essence of the West Coast offensive tactics.
The Carolina Panthers defensive team was a little exhausted - although inside linebacker Luke Kickley made a judgment immediately and followed Vernon's movement step by step, he only had one person after all and could not completely cover him. Running area for four players.
Not only that, now all four players stay on the same side, and no one crosses the court laterally to reach the other side. This also pins the defensive players' footsteps to this side, and the personnel begins to accumulate, and then The defensive team fell into the blurred line between zone defense and man-to-man defense - because the crowd was too dense to spread out, it was even more impossible to make adjustments in a flash, which also further weakened Kikli's personal power.
With a glance, Lu Ke noticed the struggles of the Carolina Panthers' second-line defense——
There are still obvious gaps in the cooperation between cornerbacks and safety guards, especially during zone defense. The overlapping portions of each other's defensive coverage are often prone to loopholes and gaps.
But Lu Ke didn't raise his hand to pass the ball to the left. He just glanced over it and noticed that all the defensive players were moving to the left. He didn't even wait for Marcus to completely run out of the slot. He had already made an adjustment. He adjusted his position with two cross steps, raised his hand and sent the football diagonally to the right.
Rainbow pass!
The football drew an elegant arc in the air, high above all the players in the short and intermediate passing areas. The defensive players raised their heads one after another, and then reflexively followed the football, but then they discovered , I simply can’t keep up with the flying speed of the rugby ball.
Ten yards!
Twenty yards!
Thirty yards!
This is a long pass of over thirty yards! With just a slight oversight, the impact of the frontcourt pressure from the defensive front failed to meet expectations. Lu Ke gained some breathing time and then made another long pass. This time, the target of the pass surprised everyone. Surprisingly, it’s An Kuang Bolding!
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Boldin's wide receiver ability is not among the best in the league, but he can definitely easily join the top ranks. Although his body shape is closer to Crabtree, he is very good at finding advancement in positional battles. Space, especially in dense confrontations in the end zone, and relatively average physical fitness in speed and strength can often give him an advantage in close combat.
Last season in the Baltimore Ravens, he was able to become one of the important contributors in the playoffs, scoring consecutive touchdowns to lay the foundation for the team's victory, relying on this explosive power of strong confrontation.
This season with the San Francisco 49ers, his ability and status have not declined significantly, but he has never been able to integrate into the tactical system. The fundamental reason is that the speed of learning and understanding the tactical manual cannot keep up with the progress.
After half a season of running-in and integration, Boldin has gradually found his own formula. Although he still needs to learn a lot of route running, his performance in the game has become increasingly stable. Even without Crabtree, He has also been able to perfectly fill the gap and now firmly occupies a starting position, which is even more important than Vernon's tactical significance.
However, there are not many connections between Lu Ke and Boldin, which also makes Boldin repeatedly ignored, just like this offense.
Boldin, who alone supports the right-wing attack, is obviously the weak side, with only one cornerback, Josh Norman, facing him head-on.
Norman and Boldin stood face to face, just like the offensive line and the defensive line. The distance between the two was only one yard. This was obviously a man-to-man defensive tactic.
After the kickoff, Norman preemptively pushed Boldin's shoulders with both hands to destroy Boldin's forward force. However, Norman was 30 pounds (13 kg) lighter than Boldin. In terms of strength confrontation, Norman , Boldin has an absolute advantage, which makes Norman's defense passive.
Boldin relied on brute force to charge forward, and Norman could not confront him head-on, so he stepped back continuously, pushing back and blocking while retreating, using the power of his hands to continue to disrupt Boldin's running rhythm; but Boldin did not surrender. He supported Norman's chest with his left hand to maintain the distance between the two people, and then methodically increased his running power slowly, creating a misalignment between the two people's footsteps.
Speed is not Boldin's strongest point, but his strength is not inferior to any cornerback.
Boldin rushed forward quickly against Norman: midfield line! Forty-five yard line! The forty yard line! Thirty-five yard line! The two men were entangled in this way and rushed forward for about fifteen yards. Boldin had removed all of Norman's power and had a slight advantage in the rhythm of his footsteps. Then he suddenly burst out with speed.
At this time, Norman had his back to Lu Ke and faced Boldin, so he could not see the quarterback's movements; while Boldin was facing Norman and Lu Ke, and he could put the entire pocket in With his every move under his eyes, he saw Lu Ke's pass and started to speed up.
For Norman, this was an outburst without warning, instantly breaking the balance between the two people.
Thirty yard line!
One big step, two big steps.
Boldin immediately surpassed Norman's position. He exerted all his strength on the palm of his left hand and pushed Norman's right shoulder hard. Then Norman lost his position and the distance between the two people further increased. Being pulled away, Norman was forced to stride forward and tried to fly towards Boldin's back, but Boldin had already taken precautions and released all his suppressed speed, running faster and faster, with a millisecond. He narrowly avoided Norman's fierce pounce.
Norman fell directly to the ground.
Boldin moved on.
Twenty-five yard line!
Boldin began to adjust his steps with small steps and made a catching gesture with his hands in front of his chest.
Twenty yard line!
The rugby ball fell firmly into Boldin's arms, and the heel still came from Norman's slap trying to break the rhythm, but Boldin was not affected too much, one step! One more step! Just like that, he shook off Norman, who had completely fallen to the ground, and continued to move forward.
Fifteen yard line!
Ten yard line!
"Lu Ke was observing. Lu Ke chose to pass the ball quickly. He found Boldin on the right wing! This was a... uh, about forty yards pass! Boldin! Boldin! Boldin Caught the football! He caught it! He caught it smoothly! Norman was unable to defend Boldin's sudden acceleration!"
"Boulding! Bolding has no one to stop him, the ten-yard line! The five-yard line! The end zone! Touchdown!"
"God, the San Francisco 49ers' counterattack was so fast and fierce! They actually scored a touchdown again!"
