Chapter 1060: Ahead of the Times
In the NFL, the importance of the playbook is self-evident and can even be said to be the core. The league has also formulated many rules to help teams keep their tactics secret.
However, this is the age of smartphones and social networks.
Everything is impossible to prevent. Fans may unknowingly film and publish the content of the team's public training, which leads to the leakage of tactics.
It is precisely because of this that 32 teams have formed media monitoring teams to constantly sort out and observe the content of public training sessions posted on social networks and knowledge payment platforms to avoid leaking team secrets.
Despite this, after the start of the season, starting from the preseason, all game videos will be officially archived by the league and uploaded regularly. All teams in the league have permission to view them, which means that tactical confidentiality is almost an impossible task.
Under such circumstances, Reid consciously allowed or even fueled the rumors surrounding Levi during the offseason, and put Levi and the main lineup on the bench throughout the preseason. The fundamental purpose was to divert attention. , covering up the team’s tactical drills.
Reid is aware of the league's coaching team's ability to study tactics and crack tactics. If the secret weapon can be kept secret for one more week, the Kansas Chiefs' advantage will be consolidated for one week.
No wonder!
The Kansas City Chiefs locker room did not exclude Levi at all. They watched Levi bear all the attacks with humiliation, sacrifice his reputation for the team, and use practical actions to explain the principle of "if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight."
In the team, I'm afraid Levi's reputation has risen instead of falling.
Until now.
In the third week of the regular season, facing the strong impact of the Baltimore Ravens, the Kansas City Chiefs finally showed off their sword for the first time!
A hurricane swept across the entire league.
Because of the Kansas City Chiefs, because of Mahomes, and even more because of Levi.
Whether it's the truth behind the conflict in the locker room or the Kansas Chiefs' new tactics, everything is centered around Levi.
Alliance, all are witnesses!
Those doubts, those complaints, and those unwilling moans and groans disappeared in the blink of an eye. The vast praise and discussion revolved entirely around Levi. Who has time to pay attention to those whining trolls?
Perhaps the craze for the league has just begun, but one small office is an exception.
San Francisco.
It was already midnight when Thursday night's game ended, but the lights were brightly lit in the San Francisco 49ers' head coach's office, and lively discussions had begun.
Logically speaking, they should be off work, but now, all the core figures of the coaching team have appeared, and no one is missing.
And it was Mike McDaniel who started all the storms.
The coaching staff of an average NFL team is headed by the head coach, and below the head coach are the offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator, who manage them separately.
But in the San Francisco 49ers, Kyle Shanahan, who was born in 1979, looked young and energetic, completed drastic reforms and showed his determination to innovate. Here, the offensive team considered the passing attack coordinator and ground attack coordinator to be led by Shanahan. Nahan himself takes the lead; the defensive team is led by the defensive coordinator, which is further subdivided into the passing defensive coordinator and the ground defensive coordinator.
At this time, all these core figures were present.
McDaniel, the ground offensive coordinator.
McDaniel, who was born in 1983, is still young. He likes to think divergently and has no time to relax. Paying attention to Levi is his important job now.
Every week, he carefully studies Levi's game tape.
Tonight happens to be the Thursday night game, and McDaniel took the opportunity to watch the game live.
Then, he couldn't believe what he saw. The idea that he had come up with out of boredom was actually put on the stage by the Kansas Chiefs.
Not only did it work, it was incredibly sharp.
While the rest of the league's coaching staff was still shocked and stunned, the San Francisco 49ers' coaching staff gathered in the office overnight under Shanahan's call and began studying it immediately. Generally speaking, the league's weekly regular season video will be uploaded on Sunday night; but the San Francisco 49ers couldn't wait and recorded the second half of the game video themselves and started studying it as soon as possible.
Shanahan, his father is the legendary NFL coach Mike Shanahan. This coach has been in the league for more than 30 years and is a Hall of Fame figure with the Denver Broncos. He once won two consecutive championships in 1997 and 1998. He led the Denver Broncos to the Super Bowl championship this season. Even in the history of history, this is still the most famous figure.
Carrying his father's fame on his back, the young Kyle Shanahan has been trying to prove himself; however, in the NFL, this is not easy.
In fact, the "father and son team" situation is very common in the NFL coaching staff. The children of legendary coaches such as Belichick and Reid join the team as their deputy. However, they often have difficulty getting rid of their father's shadow. He has never made a name for himself in the league.
The same goes for Shanahan.
In the 2017 season, like Levi and Mahomes, Shanahan finally got the coveted head coaching job and took over the San Francisco 49ers. Like McVay of the Los Angeles Rams, he was the leader of the young storm of the coaching staff. Young people are gearing up to have a big fight in the league.
The result?
McVay has led the Los Angeles Rams to the Super Bowl, but Shanahan's San Francisco 49ers have struggled to compete for the position of vice president for two consecutive seasons.
When McVay McVay was the owner of the league, no one remembered that there was Shanahan, especially with his father's reputation. Whenever people mentioned him, they always sighed with regret.
This stung Shanahan deeply.
Shanahan is eager to prove himself. This desire becomes stronger and stronger as time goes by. He works hard, forgets to eat and sleep, and spends all his time in the office.
Tonight is no exception.
Shanahan raised his head and looked at McDaniel, a look of determination in his eyes.
"Mike, are you sure?"
McDaniel nodded solemnly, "Kyle, one hundred percent sure."
Taking a deep breath, Shanahan decided, "Then let's try it."
The next day, Friday, Reeves Stadium in San Francisco.
Since San Francisco's move to the new stadium, they seemed to have lost the key to victory and never advanced to the playoffs.
So much so that San Francisco 49ers fans have very mixed emotions about this venue.
What's more, the name of this venue——
“Levi’s”, isn’t this just “Levi’s”?
Unlucky.
For young quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, it's even more of a curse.
He used to serve as Brady's backup in the New England Patriots, and his name will always be followed by Brady's label; he finally won the opportunity to serve as the quarterback of a team, and because of his agent Donald Yu's relationship, he was Always tied behind Levi's name.
Even the name of the stadium is...Levi.
Sometimes, Garoppolo himself couldn't help but wonder if the God of Mischief was targeting him, deliberately making fun of his life, setting up obstacle after obstacle to test his soul.
Damn it!
(End of chapter)