"attack!"
Cam's voice announcing the kickoff echoed over the stadium. The Carolina Panthers set up a multi-line offensive formation, while the San Francisco 49ers set up a relatively weird defensive formation——
On the side of the multi-line attack, the defensive team stretched their position five yards away to form a defense; on the side of the single formation, the defensive team hoarded three defensive players to fully press the entire defensive position. Almost on the same line as the defensive line. It seems that both sides plan to use their own tactics to start the confrontation. The Carolina Panthers are preparing to read option offense, while the San Francisco 49ers are preparing to raid the quarterback.
Then, it depends on which side can implement its tactics to the end.
At the moment of kick-off, the black whirlwind and the white giant waves collided head-on, and you could even clearly hear the sound of air bursting!
But the situation was completely unexpected. The San Francisco 49ers once again used cross-shifting. They only used four people to rush the pass, but they created a different rushing rhythm on the front line and successfully disrupted the Carolina Panthers' offense. The forwards faced each other and quickly took advantage, tearing open the pocket.
Cam Newton continued to adjust in the pocket with small steps. He did not choose to retreat, but took the initiative to step forward, cutting into the middle of the fragmented pocket, quickly looking for the passing target, trying to use quick short passes to resolve the opponent's defensive team. Impact, a step forward! Step up again! Cam found a small gap. He couldn't confirm whether he could complete the pass, but now the situation was getting more and more critical. If he didn't take action, he would miss the opportunity. Without any time to hesitate, he raised his right hand to prepare. Complete the pass.
Right now!
A powerful force flew over from behind and hit him hard like a stormy wave - outside linebacker Ahmed Brooks had gotten rid of the offensive tackle at some point and was grabbing and hitting him with all his strength! It's so fast! Cam even wondered if his pocket protection had been blown away in less than two seconds.
But there was no time to think now, because the impact was already coming like a hurricane landing.
Ahmed's sack position was behind Cam's right side, and it was impossible to predict it in advance. When Cam realized the impact of the air wave, his passing action was already set up - "Bang"! There was a muffled sound, like a bullet train crashing from behind. Cam had no chance at all. He completely lost control of the right side of his body. His right hand, which was swinging his arm with all his strength to try to pass the ball, immediately lost control. The ferocious power instantly Just make it happen!
Oops!
Relying on his strong physical fitness, Kam managed to control his balance after staggering two steps; on the contrary, Ahmed, who rushed forward with all his strength, completely lost his center of gravity, and rushed forward like a torpedo, falling without any suspense. He fell to the ground, but...the football escaped from his hand!
Drop the ball!
Even though Cam was still standing and even though Ahmed completely jumped into the street, the latter still tried his best to make the former drop the ball without leaving any room for maneuver. Then you can watch the rugby fly towards the open space diagonally in front of the right side. Go out and beat like a naughty elf.
The entire front area is in chaos!
Cam's eyes immediately followed the running of the rugby ball, and he took a step forward suddenly, trying to regain control of the ball - he was the player closest to the rugby ball at this time, without Ahmed's entanglement or other interference. Cam's strong physical fitness reacted immediately to the impact of the defensive player.
However, from the corner of his vision, he could catch two white figures that looked like wolves and tigers. The brutal and rough air waves were like a violent storm, forming a pincer attack on the left and right. On the left was linebacker Navolo Bowman. ——I don’t know when I also detoured behind Cam. On the right side was defensive end Justin Smith. However, their forward momentum was explosive and strong. Their sharp eyes and powerful kicks erupted into a blinding madness.
madman!
A bunch of lunatics!
The violent air wave exploded instantly, and the murderous aura could be clearly felt on the surface of Cam's skin. His survival instinct made an emergency braking action with his right foot, and he took a small step back.
With this little time difference, Justin Smith had already thrown away his opposing offensive lineman Travis Bond without hesitation, and his left hand was even clamped by Bond, but he burst out with incredible power and took the lead. In one step, he used his right hand to grab the football on the ground towards his body. In the next second, he pressed down his entire body weight, pulling Bond to the ground with him, trying to control the ball.
But Justin didn't get what he wanted!
Because the power was completely out of control, the football was in a state of continuous beating. Justin was unable to control the oval football in time with one right hand. Then Bond fell to the ground, and another offensive guard, Chris Scott, also He fell to the ground, and Aldon Smith, who was originally defending the pass, also caught the opportunity and rushed over.
After a beat, Cam also knelt on the ground and tried to catch the football, but he failed. The irregular beating of the football escaped like this - escaped from Justin, escaped from Cam, and headed towards The end zone jumped in the opposite direction.
Ahmed, who had fallen to the ground at this time, also tried to grab the football, but still could not control it.
Navarro Bowman appears!
Navarro threw away offensive tackle Jordan Cross and ran towards the football. Cross started the second time but was thrown away by Navarro. He fell to the ground in an awkward position. Then you can see Navolo bending down and squatting down as if chasing the tide, chasing the rugby ball, gently pulling the rugby ball into his arms, and then rolling forward and falling to the ground, resolving his chaotic center of gravity and footsteps, He tightly controlled the football in his arms.
Immediately afterwards, defensive players and offensive players firmly stacked Navolo up, and the scene was completely chaotic!
"Brooks ripped the pocket protection, danger! Brooks sacked Newton and caused a fumble! Fumble!"
"Newton! Newton! God, what on earth is Newton doing! Smith! Smith controls the ball! No, wait, the football jumps out of Smith's arms! Newton and Brooks are chasing the football! Bowman! Bowman comes out , overtaking Newton and Brooks! Bowman controlled the ball! Bowman! Bowman grabbed the ball!"
"God!"
"The San Francisco 49ers created the third ball transfer of the game! It was also the second quarterback fumble! Now they are at the four-yard line at the front of the end zone!"
"The four-yard line."
"Uh...this..."
The studio was a little stunned. Even Aikman, who had seen countless storms and waves, was speechless: the whole line collapsed! The Carolina Panthers really collapsed across the board! But what's more terrifying than the collapse of the whole industry now is...the three people looked at each other, not knowing how to evaluate it.
"Cam Newton's performance... is indeed disappointing." Aikman finally said it, and the video replay was showing the entire process over and over again.
After being forced to drop the ball, Cam actually had a chance to regain the ball right away, but Cam showed obvious retreat and watched helplessly as the ball was taken away by Justin.
Of course, there are always excuses. For example, to avoid injury, for example, there is no point in counterattack now, for example, the quarterback is not good at confrontation, and so on, but the more excuses are made, the paler they become. The only way to What it means is: Cam lacks that bloody spirit.
The bloody spirit that refuses to surrender even when faced with a losing situation!
In sharp contrast to Cam is the San Francisco 49ers. There is no need to even mention Lu Ke. Just look at the performance of Justin, Navolo and Ahmed. You can see clearly - even if they are leading overall, the visiting team's defensive team has no clue. There was no relaxation, the hard work and tenacity easily defeated Cam.
This is the gap.
Failure is acceptable, but lack of fighting spirit is fatal.
Over and over again, Cam's retreat was displayed in front of all the audience, leaving no room for excuse. Even when the most die-hard fans tried to defend themselves, all words became pale and powerless, and the atmosphere in the studio became... It’s even more embarrassing: they began to worry whether their “objective comments” would be an attempt to add insult to injury? Because the Carolina Panthers' defense looks really pathetic.
Kikli tried his best to fight against Lu Ke. Although he had little success, at least he did not give up. And now Cam is like this?
Chilling!
"The Carolina Panthers have lost the momentum to compete. Even they themselves don't believe they can win the game, so there is no need to continue this game. Under the strong impact of the San Francisco 49ers one after another , under the full pressure of the San Francisco 49ers one after another, the Carolina Panthers truly lost everything, even worse than the game in Week 10 of the regular season, with no chance from the first second of the game."
"This is a game that, uh... the San Francisco 49ers should be able to win comfortably."
This really embarrassed Teddy. He tried to use the most objective and restrained way to complete the summary, and further looked forward to the remaining quarter and a half of the game, lest his wording be a little too extreme, which would hurt the Carolina Panthers. The fans' fragile psychological defense is no longer effective at this time - any words can become a weapon to hurt the home fans and players, even the power of a look cannot withstand it.
The fact is that the last line of psychological defense of the home fans has been broken through, and curses are everywhere in the audience. There is no doubt that this time, they are venting all their strength towards their beloved quarterback. Such an ugly game is definitely not what they expected. The confrontation in the stadium; and with the cliff-like decline in the number of viewers and ratings, a large-scale withdrawal frenzy began to occur inside the Bank of America Stadium. Things were irreversible.
