Midfield line, ten yards on first down.
Lu Ke, who retreated to the shotgun position, found Crabtree with a quick short pass. Unfortunately, after Crabtree completed the ball, he turned around and encountered cornerback Justin Besser. Er's frontal interception stopped at the kickoff line and he was unable to continue advancing.
Still midfield line, ten yards on second gear.
Standing in a multi-line attack with a pistol formation, Lu Ke deliberately delayed his shot and stacked all offensive lines towards the left wing in an attempt to break the balance, but the defensive team's outside linebacker John Abraham keenly caught it When he reached the gap, with six people protecting the offensive front, he still bypassed the entire offensive line, cut into the pocket from the right side of Lu Ke, and ran towards the third potential sack. go.
In a crisis situation, Lu Ke used a horizontal pull to the left to distance himself, and quickly took action while Abraham was in hot pursuit. Before the dense encirclement formed a siege, he found An Kuang, who was pulling horizontally to the left. -Boulding, cleanly completed a ten-yard short pass connection.
Boldin's running route is light and clean: he rushes forward in a straight line, pushing the footsteps of Marcus Bernard, the outside linebacker on the same side, and continues to retreat. After rushing ten yards, he changes direction and pulls laterally to the left. , instantly got rid of Bernard's marking, and then tore out a space of about two to three yards.
Boldin seized the opportunity, and Lu Ke also seized the opportunity. The two completed the connection. This is definitely a passing choice to win in chaos:
Because after Boldin completed the ball, three defensive players, including Bernard, surrounded him from different directions. He only had time to take two steps forward before he was collided by three people from different directions and knocked down directly. There is no room for escape or breathing.
But no matter what, Lu Ke and Boldin once again scored the first attack in the chaos.
In the three offenses since Ginn left the field, Lu Ke has always chosen to pass the ball, but it can be vaguely noticed that he is changing the passing rhythm: once deliberately leaving the pocket protection, once taking a quick shot after the kickoff, A conscious delay in the shot time, consciously disrupting the entire offensive rhythm, from kick-off to start to shot and connection, everything falls at different node positions.
Two of them were successful and one encountered obstacles, but the core secret was still changing the rhythm. In fact, for both offense and defense, the constantly changing rhythm is destroying their breathing adjustment and muscle control. Changing speeds in a short period of time is a severe test for every player on the field, but this is the San Francisco 49ers Familiar variations, gritting one's teeth, can still keep up, but can make the opposing defensive team very uncomfortable.
Such a method cannot be used continuously, but its sudden use in strong confrontations can often achieve miraculous results. In the first quarter of the game, the offensive team was never able to adjust to its best condition, but in Lu Ke's high-intensity variations Gradually regaining their familiar form, Logan and Boldin both caught the ball very easily, and encountered few obstacles in a one-on-one position——
It must be noted that these two successful connections were short passes, which is exactly the short pass area where the Arizona Cardinals defense is relatively more confident.
Now you can see Lu Ke's sudden change of intentions, forcing the Arizona Cardinals defensive team to change - not proactively but passively, changing in the direction guided by Lu Ke's control, invalidating all pre-game preparations, and can only Rearrange tactics according to the situation.
In this fierce game, Lu Ke is eroding his opponent's advantage bit by bit, and then putting the game back under his control.
Sure enough, the Arizona Cardinals defensive team made changes: they adopted a seven-man pass rushing tactic, broke through the pocket in an unreasonable way, and tried to sack Lu Ke for the third time, but Lu Ke was fully prepared. The football was passed to Marcus as soon as the pocket was breached.
Unfortunately, in order to intercept the opponent, Alex Boone committed a pulling foul; at the same time, Marcus' footsteps only reached the line of scrimmage, and then he was quickly stepped up by the outside linebacker Abraham and Cornerback Peterson combined to complete the tackle and was unable to advance further.
But Lu Ke didn't pay too much attention. The point was not how far Marcus could advance, but that the defensive team was indeed forced to change the entire tactical rhythm. Of course, it is regrettable that he has not been able to advance the yardage. This is also a problem. Lu Ke needs more rounds to complete the layout.
Boone's foul was penalized five yards, but because the San Francisco 49ers' offense did not complete the advance, the referee allowed the San Francisco 49ers to choose whether to accept the foul - if they accepted, then it would be a new gear, but it would be a gear of 15. code; if you don't accept it, then continue to the second gear and face the second gear ten yards.
Hubble and Lu Ke briefly communicated and accepted the penalty.
What Lu Ke needs now is more offensive and defensive rounds to complete the penetrating layout with variations again and again; the situation is very tight and stalemate at this time, and it is very likely that this offensive and defensive round will determine the direction of the entire game. Hubble finally chose to believe Lu Ke and accepted the penalty.
"Fifteen yards in the first gear, or ten yards in the second gear? This is indeed a questionable choice. If it were you, what would you choose?"
"Ten yards in the second gear. Of course, the quarterback standing on the field now is Lu Ke. There is actually no essential difference between fifteen yards and ten yards for him. It just depends on the tactical layout. The Arizona Cardinals defensive team seems to be a little If you can't keep up with the rhythm, it depends on how Lu Ke controls the situation next."
Fifteen yards in first gear.
"attack!"
The moment Lu Ke announced the kick-off, both sides of the two-by-two offensive formation rushed out. All four players were scattered in the short passing area, but they showed completely different running routes, completely occupying the entire court space. Making full use of it, in the short pass from the left to the right, Crabtree, Selleck, Boldin, and Logan occupied different positions and ran in different directions.
Lu Ke retreated from the pistol formation to the shotgun formation. He continued to retreat but never made a move. He deliberately slowed down the pace of his shots, waiting for Marcus to get out of the center of the offensive line and appear in front of him. into the center of the short passing area, and then made a passing action.
It looked like he was about to pass the ball to Marcus, but at the moment of release, he adjusted the angle control of his wrist, shifted the passing trajectory of the football 30 degrees to the left in the direction of his body rotation, and then scored an eight-yard score. A through ball short pass found Selleck who appeared on the inside of the central zone.
Selleck ran a small arc. His steps were just in place, and before he even finished adjusting his body, Lu Ke's pass was accurately delivered to his chest, but the force was lighter than expected. Fortunately, Selleck was fully prepared and there was no mistake in dropping the ball.
After catching the football, Selleck did not adjust his steps. He continued to lean his body sideways and continued to rush backwards. One step! One more step!
Cornerback Peterson's judgment was completely inaccurate. He rushed towards Marcus and it was too late to change his focus a second time. He could only watch helplessly as Selleck got out of his defensive track; in the end, it was outside linebacker Abraham and safety Wei Curtis covered the entire field, completed the double-team in time, and jointly knocked Selleck down, thus ending Selleck's advance.
Second gear four yards.
Including the passing distance and the advancing distance after receiving the ball, Selleck advanced a full eleven yards, instantly reversing the disadvantage of the San Francisco 49ers who had just fouled.
Peterson showed strong dissatisfaction with his error in judgment and punched his helmet several times in an attempt to wake himself up. It can be seen from the small details that the Arizona Cardinals are really eager for this game, even beyond the importance of a playoff spot.
The boos and curses in the University of Phoenix Stadium are becoming more and more violent. The rolling air waves are causing every player in the away game to suffer. It seems that even the hair on the surface of the skin has been scorched, and the sweat has just begun. When it seeps out, it turns into steam, becoming dense and dense.
Not only was Lu Ke's attention unaffected, but it reached an unprecedented level of concentration, because he smelled the spread of danger: the critical moment of the game was coming!
"Broader, wider!"
After completing the defensive reading, Lu Ke decided to change the offensive tactics and moved Selleck from the left to the right. So the two times two formation became a multi-line offensive formation. At the same time, two tight ends were accumulated on the right wing. The entire offense was The focus was obviously tilted, but Marcus moved from Lu Ke's right side to the left side, slightly balancing the entire formation.
Lu Ke was directing the positioning, gesturing for Selleck, Logan and Boldin to distance themselves from each other, making full use of the entire right-wing court. Because of the noise in the audience, Lu Ke had to tear up his voice and roar with a red face. At the same time, he continued to make gestures with his right hand to ensure that the offensive formation could achieve his vision.
Although it was only a second-down, four-yard offense at this time, the Arizona Cardinals were also prepared, and they still followed today's practice of third-down defense——
To replace injured starting safety Rashad Johnson, undrafted rookie safety Tony Jefferson, who started for two consecutive weeks, was alone in the backfield, retreating more than 20 seconds. yard, almost standing near the front edge of the red zone; and all other defensive players showed aggressiveness and entered within the six-yard range, with ten players spread out in layers.
So, is the Arizona Cardinals defense this time a pass defense or a pass rusher? Will the defensive formation, which has been making a fuss but remains prepared so far, change at a critical moment?
Defensive reads, defensive reads.
The most important thing at this time is defensive reading, and Lu Ke needs to be highly concentrated!
