As the captain of the offensive team and the leader of the locker room, Lu Ke has established his prestige through practical actions in two seasons. His appeal within the team is no longer the same. In the Tuesday tactical meeting initiated by him, the players They all responded to the call very favorably, except for Patrick Willis.
It's not because Willis is playing big, but because Willis' injury needs to be treated with caution.
After the game against the Carolina Panthers, Willis's right knee began to swell and was as red as a big steamed bun. Although Willis nonchalantly joked that this was a recurrence of old injuries and knee water accumulation caused by inflammation, the actual situation was far from that easy.
Because of the pain and swelling, Willis could hardly bend his knees, and even standing had become extremely difficult. Watching a 240-pound strong man as helpless as a baby was not a funny scene, but rather disturbing. I couldn't bear it, and I could feel the pain even through Willis's expression.
After double inspections by the team and the hospital, Willis did indeed have a recurrence of his old injury. The situation is not as serious as it seems, but what is certain is that it is not that simple at the same time.
Now Willis needs more relaxation and rest, as well as physical therapy. As for whether Willis can catch up with this week's game, further observation will be needed in the next few days. Even if Willis can appear on the training ground on Thursday, his physical condition and game status will need to be reviewed.
Compared to Lu Ke, Willis' injuries are more complicated. As a result, Willis could only regretfully miss today's tactical meeting of the "wounded".
Now the San Francisco 49ers are indeed full of injured soldiers. The second half of the season is indeed full of thorns for the defending champion.
Willis was absent for some reason, and Logan came uninvited. In addition to this, there is another special case in today's small tactical meeting, and that is Aldon Smith - this is the player Lu Ke specially named who must attend. .
After completing the treatment in the nursing home, Aldon officially returned to the team after the bye week.
If possible, the coaching team headed by Hubble hopes to teach Aldon a harsh lesson to make him understand the consequences of violating the team's rules; at the same time, it will also serve as a warning to other players on the team so that other players in the team can learn the lesson and act in the regular way. There will never be a similar situation during the game.
Hubble naturally understands such a simple truth.
However, the status of the defending champion this season is not optimistic. Both the starting lineup and the substitute lineup are facing serious injuries. Various injuries and ups and downs have made defensive coach Vic Fangio every day. Every game is a "tinker", constantly tearing down the east wall to repair the west wall. Fangio has almost fallen into the dilemma of no one available. "If possible, I still hope that Aldon can return as soon as possible."
This is already a very euphemistic way of saying it for Fangio.
After training tests and intra-team confrontations, Aldon's condition was initially recognized, and Hubble reluctantly put Aldon back into the starting lineup.
Objectively speaking, Aldon performed really well in the game against the Carolina Panthers. His outstanding talent once again became one of the important contributors to the defensive team, which made people see the excellence of the second defensive player in the league last season. His style, but the more his abilities on the field shine, the more frustrating his problems are off the field. This makes people wonder, if there were not many negative factors off the field, would Aldon be able to reach a higher level?
During the garbage time of the fourth quarter, Aldon accidentally stubbed his toe and was forced to leave the game. Although the situation was not serious, because the game was already won, he did not appear again.
During training on Tuesday, Aldon also requested to be absent "due to injury." The team gave its approval.
But Lu Ke knew that things were not that simple.
Aldon still has inertia. The period just after leaving the nursing home is precisely the most dangerous stage for relapse, and it is also the critical stage when he needs the most support from friends and family. If he is not careful, Aldon may fall back into the arms of alcohol again and get into trouble again.
More importantly, after returning from the nursing home, Aldon did not suffer any punishment and returned directly to the game and finished the game as a starter - this was also Aldon's agent's wishful thinking before sending him to the nursing home. Although Aldon got into trouble repeatedly, he still relied on his own strength to avoid punishment. This also meant that Aldon had no chance to learn a lesson, and the possibility of recurrence was even greater.
Lu Ke hopes to help Aldong, not only for the team, but also for his friends. Therefore, today Lu Ke forced Aldon to attend today's tactical meeting.
However, when he walked into the room and glanced around, Lu Ke immediately noticed that the person who needed to be there the most was the only one who was absent. "Where is Aldong?" Lu Ke asked in a loud voice.
Logan and Marcus paused in their pursuit, panting heavily and looking around; the others also exchanged glances with each other, but no one could answer Lu Ke's question.
"Where's Aldong?" Lu Ke repeated his question again.
Lu Ke is still the same Lu Ke, with a sunny smile, as if he is a recently graduated college student, still full of vitality in his youth; but his voice has become tight and cold, and he can't feel the smile at the corner of his mouth. The warmth, the trembling coldness can be clearly felt on the back, and goosebumps appear little by little.
San Francisco 49ers veterans know this: Bambi is on the line. At this moment, Lu Ke was not joking at all, he was serious.
Jon Baldwin is a wide receiver who only joined the San Francisco 49ers this year - before he was in the Kansas Chiefs, he was ignored because of a locker room fight. His temper has always been prickly. If it were not for the sake of establishing a good relationship with the quarterback, Hoping to increase his playing time, he would not participate in this fucking tactical meeting; but now, their quarterback has changed his face because of the absence of a defensive player. What is going on?
"Who knows? Who cares?" Jon responded rudely, impatiently.
In the silence, Jon's voice seemed particularly harsh.
But Jon thought that he was still in a good temper. At least he didn't slam the door and leave in anger. He still sat patiently and said, "There are only these people in the whole room now. You can tell at a glance, from beginning to end. , we didn’t see Aldon. But now the question is, he’s a linebacker and not a member of the offense, why do you care if he’s in attendance? God in hell, can’t we start this goddamn playbook right now Now that everyone is here, do we have to sit here and continue to be in a daze just for the sake of Aldon? "
In an instant, the silence in the room solidified. Jon could clearly feel the strange surge of air, but he couldn't understand the reason. He also turned his head to look at the others and yelled confidently, "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"
"Idiot." Justin Smith ignored Jon at all, looked straight ahead, complained in a low voice, and then looked at Lu Ke, "No, we didn't see Aldon. Maybe, cough, maybe he's late, You know, he always likes to create drama at the end."
There is a difference between being late and being absent. Justin is still trying to diffuse the atmosphere, hoping that the situation can be brought under control and that Aldon will not get into trouble again.
Lu Ke took a deep breath, temporarily suppressing all the negative speculations, and nodded to Justin in agreement: better late than never, so he found his mobile phone and dialed Aldon's number.
beep.
beep.
beep.
beep.
The phone rang four times and then was switched to the voicemail, "Hey, man, I'm connected to the voicemail of international superstar Aldon Smith. I'm either sacking or on the way to sacking. What's the matter? Just leave a message, but I don’t guarantee a reply. Peace! Bro.”
It's actually a voicemail.
this……
Lu Ke laughed directly.
If it was another situation or someone else's voicemail, forget it, but Lu Ke knew nothing about Aldon's mobile phone voicemail, because they had talked about an embarrassing thing about Aldon before -
In order to avoid frequent visits from his girlfriend, Aldon would often hang up the phone and switch to voicemail. He would then use the excuse that he was training and could not answer the phone. However, his girlfriend caught him every time, as if she had installed a monitor next to him. Generally speaking, this makes Aldon miserable.
Later, the girlfriend turned into an ex-girlfriend, and she told Aldon the trick. If it rings three times and switches to voicemail, then it is the system settings, and this is true for mobile phones during training or competition; but if not, the high probability is that Aldon received the call but deliberately cut it off, which means that Aldon Avoiding her call, no matter what the reason, avoiding the call is suspicious.
This is not a 100% situation, but it is a high probability situation. It is precisely because of this that Aldon was caught by his ex-girlfriend many times.
Just now, Aldon's cell phone rang four times before going to voicemail.
Lu Ke couldn't help but laugh, and he laughed angrily, "So, am I my ex-girlfriend now?"
Justin, Logan and others had all heard Aldon's story and immediately understood the plot. However, this was not the best time to burst into laughter. They could only lower their heads obediently, hiding the twitching at the corners of their mouths, and then they felt in their hearts Secretly complaining:
This guy Aldon actually dared to let Lu Ke do it. He was really... audacious.
Lu Ke stood quietly, making no movement, watching the teammates in front of him. Should he stay and continue the tactical meeting, or should he disrupt today's plan for Aldong? This didn't seem to be a difficult choice, but Lu Ke was in trouble.
