"San Francisco 49ers VS Arizona Cardinals" life and death battle.
The game quickly fell into an anxious state of stalemate after the opening. The two teams combined for a total of seven waves of offense, but only the San Francisco 49ers got the first offense. All other offenses were strikeouts, yellow flags and The game process, filled with errors, was so dull that it made people sleepy.
Although the audience complained that they were weak, the offensive teams of both sides could not take it lightly. Both teams were trying their best to find the rhythm and try to get back on track. The Arizona Cardinals, who were sitting at home, finally relied on the extra help of the home fans to stumble. Seize the opportunity in the tough duel.
To be precise, this was an offense that started with the special teams team.
Prior to this, Lu Ke led the offensive team on the field and encountered his second sack of the game. In the end, he encountered a strikeout at the nine-yard line of his own half in this way. At this time, in the first quarter of the game There are still four minutes and seven seconds left. In other words, only two-thirds of the first quarter has passed, and the offensive line's pocket protection has already had problems for the second time. This is undoubtedly the duel between the two sides in this game. A focus.
This season, the Seattle Seahawks' defensive front is only in the middle of the pack in the league, not because of lack of strength, but because the team's defensive tactics focus more on applying pressure rather than rushing the pass, which makes their sacks, hits and Relevant data such as tackles are not very eye-catching, which limits the league ranking. During the actual game, the pressure felt by the quarterback is a crisis that cannot be reflected in the data.
In comparison, the Arizona Cardinals' defensive frontline is more aggressive, and the relevant data is very eye-catching. In addition to frontline pressure and ground defense, the pass rushing tactics are used very frequently, and they often use rhythm in fierce confrontations. Change the situation on the field in a sudden way.
In the game against the Indianapolis Colts, this defensive front sacked Andrew Luck six times, leaving the "chosen son" Luck stunned. In addition, facing Cam Newton and Luck, The two running quarterbacks, Serge Wilson, also contributed four and three sacks respectively, showing their strong performance in the pass rush.
In terms of pure data, the defensive front's overall performance ranks fourth in the league, second only to the Carolina Panthers, Kansas Chiefs and Indianapolis Colts; and the defensive front's total sacks are also second to none. The St. Louis Rams, Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints are also temporarily ranked fourth in the league. What is certain is that the defensive team in front of them has super strong sacking capabilities. They are not ranked in any of them. Offensive line and any quarterback.
The Arizona Cardinals defense teamed up to create the second sack of the first quarter, which not only caused the San Francisco 49ers to strike out again, but also caused the San Francisco 49ers to face a terrible punting position: the ninth half of the San Francisco half. Yard line.
The punter of the San Francisco 49ers is three-time Pro Bowl and three-time All-American veteran Andy Lee. He is undoubtedly one of the top punters in the league, but this time the special teams team encountered an opponent's special team team. With the fierce impact, the striker protection in front of Andy Lee was rushed away in an instant, which also forced Andy Lee to take a hasty shot under pressure. The football was rubbed against the body of an Arizona Cardinals player during the rising stage, and the entire Flight trajectories have changed dramatically.
Originally, the punting position faced countless difficulties, but Andy Lee still persevered and completed his punting action in an urgent crisis situation. This is already very, very rare; but then the punt encountered an accident and the flight trajectory was destroyed. After that, there was also a huge deviation in the final location——
The football landed near the forty-eight-yard line in the San Francisco half.
Due to an unexpected deviation, the Arizona Cardinals' punt returner failed to catch the football and could only let the football roll freely on the ground; but luck was not on the side of the San Francisco 49ers, but chose the home team, and the football began to roll back. It bounced, finally landing near the forty-three-yard line in the San Francisco half, and then stopped bouncing.
As a result, the Arizona Cardinals won the most outstanding offensive starting position since the start of the game - before, neither side was able to push past half-court, and now the offensive starting position directly crossed the half-court, which is undoubtedly a blessing for the home team. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Palmer didn't hesitate to miss it.
Although the San Francisco 49ers defensive team immediately increased the intensity and rhythm, bursting out with amazing energy, and forced the Arizona Cardinals offensive team into a dilemma: once on fourth down for one yard, once on third down for nine yards, and once on third down for five yards. Every time, it was a precarious situation of dancing on the edge of the cliff, but it still failed to stop the home team's offensive team from continuing to advance amidst the cheers of the fans in the audience, and just entered the red zone step by step.
At the front end of the end zone, the visiting team's defensive team once again forced the home team's offensive team into a third-down, three-yard situation - which was also a third-down touchdown situation. However, Palmer still found the opportunity at the critical moment when the pocket protection was completely shredded. Wide receiver Michael Floyd completed an acrobatic one-handed catch in the corner on the right side of the end zone near the baseline. His clever and precise foot control successfully landed before the cornerback completed the defense. within bounds.
The Arizona Cardinals, playing at home, took the lead in breaking the deadlock. With eight seconds left in the first quarter, Palmer connected with Floyd to score the first touchdown of the game. In this crucial battle, Seize the opportunity in the powerful duel and firmly hold the rope of fate in his hands.
The whole place is boiling!
The whole audience roared!
The players on the San Francisco 49ers defense stood there, angrily venting their dissatisfaction to themselves——
There was an obvious disconnect in this defense, and the connection between the front and second lines of defense was not smooth enough. This prevented the cornerback and safety on the left from blocking Floyd's position, and Floyd tore him out. A receiving space of about two yards was definitely a fatal mistake; then, Palmer, who could be sacked at any time, captured the passing space of about two yards at the critical moment and completed the final blow.
This is what a good quarterback is capable of! They are often able to smell opportunities, seize opportunities, instantly improve their status, seize that fleeting opportunity, and deal a heavy blow to their opponents! One pass, just one pass, and they can easily reverse the situation on the court!
Lu Ke has such ability; obviously, Palmer also has such ability. The Arizona Cardinals are no longer the team that has been troubled by the quarterback position in the past two seasons. It is impossible for the San Francisco 49ers to easily suppress the opponent's passing attack. .
The first person to make mistakes and errors in this game was the San Francisco 49ers playing away from home. Palmer did not miss the opportunity presented to him.
Damn it!
It can be clearly felt that the San Francisco 49ers defensive team now has the strength to fight collectively, and there is no problem with the game state of unity; but the absence of Willis makes them lack the backbone, the entire strength and hardness at critical moments. Still unable to unite, a little mistake, a little deviation, and then the situation has changed.
This is a tough question for the defense.
In fact, just like the problem of the offensive team in the past two seasons, when faced with continuous difficulties, Lu Ke stepped forward, integrated the entire team, gritted his teeth and completed the breakthrough step by step; now, the defensive team also Facing the same situation, who can come forward?
The game continues, the special teams team is on the field preparing to return the kickoff, the defensive team returns to the sidelines, and the offensive team prepares to take the field.
Aldon Smith stood on the sidelines, a little dazed and a little nervous. According to usual practice, he might just go back to the sidelines and cover his head with a towel. Willis would reorganize them again; but today, Willis But it wasn't there anymore. His mind was completely muddled and he had no thoughts. But he still didn't want to go back to the bench and sit down, but he didn't have any idea of what to do specifically.
Aldon was a little anxious.
Subconsciously, Aldon found Lu Ke's figure in the crowd: At this time, Lu Ke was moving his right arm, with a focused and engaged expression. He did not become panicked or nervous at all because he was temporarily behind. God's eyes are watching every move on the field, and there is no sign of distraction.
At this time, there was a duel between the special teams of the two sides on the kickoff and kickoff return on the court, and unexpected things happened!
Generally speaking, the kickoff after the special teams team completes a touchdown will kick the football directly out of the baseline. In this way, the opponent's offensive team will automatically start the offense from above their own twenty-yard line; even if it does not kick out the baseline of the end zone, then It is also to try to kick the football into the deep area of the end zone, so as to gain more time for the kickoff team's special team to take a step forward, and to compress the return space for the returning team's special team. Generally speaking, kicking off the ball in the deep direction is a common strategy.
But the Arizona Cardinals special team suddenly chose the "Trick-Play" - which can be translated as "Trick-Play" at this time.
The kick-off party deliberately chose a short kick, which is similar to a "gamble kick", but is deeper and bolder than a gamble kick, because the significance of a gamble kick is that the kick-off party needs to control the football by themselves, so it needs a high arc and a short distance. , at this time, the Arizona Cardinals did not care whether they could control the football, but destroyed the opponent's return space. Therefore, the kicker deliberately lowered the arc of the kickoff and kicked the football directly into the San Francisco half. near the thirty-yard line.
The entire arc is low and flat, almost like Tu Xingsun's ground kick. Not to mention the return attack, it becomes extremely difficult to connect with the football.
A routine kickoff return was instantly filled with countless surprises!
Aldon's mood immediately became tense, and then he realized that he was distracted.
