Crabtree's brain remained absolutely calm. The biting cold temperature bound his muscles and footsteps. His running rhythm and strength could not reach the average level, but the almost suffocating strong duel allowed him to focus all his attention. If you concentrate, the slightest distraction may lose your advantage - the vacancy left by the absence of Ted Ginn and Patrick Willis has never been clearer. His teammates need him, the team needs him, and he must go all out.
In a daze, Crabtree temporarily forgot about the injury and the cold. There was only one goal in his sight, Tramon Williams.
Charge forward, change line, brake, change line again, and exert force.
In just ten yards of space, Crabtree took full advantage of the opponent's offensive and defensive advantages, fully utilizing his strengths in the short passing area, and using his short-range explosive power and muscle control physical fitness to get rid of Terra. In the process of moving forward at a constant speed, you can seize the opportunity.
Forty yard line.
Thirty-five yard line.
In the blink of an eye, his footsteps were approaching the thirty-yard line with lightness and agility, and Crabtree had already earned himself a two-yard receiving space.
Looking back at the moon, Crabtree caught the flying parabola of the football in the air and was ready to catch the ball, but then he realized Lu Ke's ambition - this was not a mid-pass, but a long pass, aimed at the end. The rainbow pass in the zone, bold and risky choices, just like Lu Ke's playing style, Crabtree immediately realized his matchup advantage.
"Michael Crabtree vs. Tramon Williams."
This is a classic and traditional matchup between a wide receiver and a cornerback. The two sides are basically on the same starting line, and their strengths and statistics in all aspects are relatively balanced. However, if you look closely, you will find the strengths and weaknesses between the two players. But it’s staggered:
Crabtree is a typical large wide receiver in the league today, with a size comparable to that of a tight end; Tramon is a mainstream wide receiver in the league, one size smaller in height and weight than Crabtree, with flexible steps and speed. Dominate and often be able to use your own running position to complete blocking positions.
In other words, in terms of speed, Tramon has the advantage; in terms of size, Crabtree has the advantage.
If this is a mid-pass between fifteen and twenty yards, then Crabtree has created an advantage and he can complete the ball now; but this is a long pass aimed at the end zone. This also means that Crabtree is still about thirty yards from the end zone, which is not his advantage.
Among the San Francisco 49ers offensive team, the number one choice for long pass targets is Ted Ginn, the second choice is Logan Newman, and the third choice is Anquan Boldin.
Michael Crabtree rarely appears as a long-pass weapon in offensive tactics, not because of his lack of catching ability, but because his lack of absolute speed prevents him from reaching Lu Ke's pass in a short time. Ball position, which tends to put more pressure on the offensive line.
But rare doesn't mean impossible.
What's more, Lu Ke has created a perfect passing environment through prediction and layout——
At this time, only Crabtree and Tramon were left in a "one-on-one" situation on the right wing. The nearest safety MD Jennings was also half a court away, making it impossible to catch up. At the same time, Lu Ke made full use of the delay of the pocket steps, leaving enough sprint time for Crabtree. Now he is only about thirty yards from the end zone. Coupled with the air flight time of the rainbow pass, Crabtree Li already has the possibility to complete the ball.
How could he miss it?
Crabtree didn't think about it carefully at all - and he didn't have time. His body and brain reacted immediately and reflexively:
accelerate! Accelerate with all your strength!
Although speed is not Crabtree's strong point, he still exploded with all his energy, and it seemed that even his blood began to burn. The boiling steaming heat made the biting cold disappear without a trace, and it seemed that Even the hunting wind is evolving into hot wheels under the feet. The roaring wind in the ears makes all the green, yellow and white around the sight transform into a blurry halo, and the acceleration is pushed to the extreme in an instant.
That's not all.
At the same time, Crabtree's running route tilted slightly to the left, using his size advantage to squeeze out Tramon's running route - because he knew that his speed did not have an advantage. Space, Tramon will soon catch up, so he must strike first, make full use of the lead and size advantage he now has, and seize Tramon's runway in advance, which also forces Tramon to block his position. And it becomes more difficult to overtake.
Thus, the overtaking scene of Formula One racing car appeared.
Tramon gave full play to his speed advantage and tried to form a breakthrough from Crabtree's left side. His instant acceleration ability was not inferior to Crabtree's, and his relative speed was easily stronger than Crabtree's. During the comprehensive speed-up stage from the ten-yard line to the twenty-five-yard line and then to the twenty-yard line, he had already used his absolute speed to close the distance between the two people, and the overtaking gap had appeared.
But Crabtree took advantage of his size to block his position, adjusted his running route bit by bit, expertly blocked Tramon's overtaking route, and skillfully used half of his body to press Tramon to keep going outside. He kept his advantage without giving up an inch, and saw that his footsteps had already entered the twenty-yard line. His speed had reached the limit, but he still gritted his teeth and maintained the sprint state, always paying attention to Tramon behind him.
"Crabtree! Crabtree is speeding up! Williams' chasing speed is very fierce! Williams still hasn't given up on his defense!"
"Thirty yards! Twenty-five yards! Twenty yards!"
"Williams caught up with Crabtree, but Crabtree blocked the position with a beautiful cut inside. Beautiful! Williams was forced to move outside, trying to find a chance to overtake, but Crabtree's His steps didn’t relax at all, pushing Williams’ stance further!”
"Fifteen yards! Ten yards!"
"Williams gave up the attempt to overtake. He was hitting Crabtree with his body, trying to destroy Crabtree's speed and balance. Now the positions of the two people have overlapped one after another! Crabtree Still using his size advantage to suppress Williams’ entanglement!”
"Foul! Yellow flag in!"
"Williams tried to stop Crabtree and committed a very obvious pulling foul, but he still failed to stop Crabtree's progress. Crabtree's footsteps had already entered the five-yard line! Pass! The ball! The football was falling fast, and Crabtree jumped before Williams could! Williams was jumping full force, trying to destroy the football!"
"but!"
"This is a shadow pass behind the shoulder! God! God, precise control, it will pass through Williams' control area and pass towards the position behind Crabtree! Crabtree! Crabtree Catch it! God, Crabtree caught the football!"
Crabtree's eyes were firmly fixed on the football. The rotation speed and flight trajectory were slightly unstable. Lu Ke's passing control in the cold weather still existed objectively, but the overall arc control and landing point control had been restored. Lu Ke's average level was improved, which also enabled Crabtree to make accurate judgments.
His body remained in the air, and Crabtree could feel the impact of Williams's entire body weight hitting him, but he still controlled the breath in his dantian, and his upper body remained Steady, reach your hands behind your shoulders.
Because of Tramon's continuous interference and destruction, Crabtree's speed was still a little behind, and he was eventually forced to choose to jump to catch the ball to make up for the gap in space. This also made him face higher heights in mid-air. To catch the difficult ball, his upper body was completely twisted back, his hands religiously made a basket shape, and he was waiting on the falling trajectory of the football.
When the body rises to the highest point, open your palms, and then your fingertips meet the football - caught it!
Crabtree grabbed the football firmly with his palms, raised his hands high, just like holding the newborn Simba in "The Lion King", trying to avoid Telamon's collision as much as possible, and then followed his body As he fell rapidly under the pull of gravity, all the force and weight surged forward.
When his feet landed, Crabtree stumbled and quickly backed up toward the end zone. At this time, Tramon put all his body weight on Crabtree's body and raised his hands. , reluctantly grabbed the football in Crabtree's hand and tried to snatch it away.
With their center of gravity unstable, both men lost control of their steps, and their bodies were unable to exert force accurately. Crabtree gritted his teeth and lifted the football upwards, and a strange force burst out from deep in his body. He was able to get rid of Tramon's grasp abruptly, but both men were already staggering and could fall at any time, and Crabtree had entered a state of oblivion. He only had one thought now: touchdown.
Turning his head, Crabtree began to look for the position of the corner post. Compared with the end zone line, the bright orange corner post stood out in the blur. Then, in the chaos and chaos, the whole world seemed to have turned upside down. , unable to think seriously in the chaos and blur, can only react based on instinct——
Under Telamon's full suppression and collision, Crabtree reluctantly completed the kicking action, using the remaining strength to push his body out. In this way, his upper body was completely stretched out, and he jumped into the air like a fish. The posture flew toward the corner post.
Whoosh!
That was the sound of the wind.
puff!
It was a crash, and Crabtree knew he had knocked down the corner post with the football! He hit it! He was 100% sure he hit it!
Beep!
It was a whistle, a touchdown, a success!
