Chapter 869 Double Team
Focused, calm and committed.
"Donald VS Levi", the league's defensive and offensive leaders in the past two seasons finally shined in Super Bowl 53.
There were more than just two players. The commentators, the audience, and the fans who were still in front of the TV at this moment and had not given up on the Super Bowl all held their breaths.
Ten yards on first down, thirty-five yard line on the Kansas City Chiefs side.
Then.
"attack."
Mahomes called the kickoff again, without hesitation and crisply, turning around and handing the football to Levi for the second consecutive time. The tactical execution was very resolute.
Again, it's Levi again, with his second consecutive ground attack.
Accident? Not surprised?
No matter what, Donald started immediately, with the posture of a tiger descending the mountain, full release of speed and power.
Note that the Los Angeles Rams adopt a "3-4" defensive formation, with three defensive forwards and four linebackers. This is a formation that focuses on pass defense, and the Los Angeles Rams' pass defense is indeed better than their ground defense. But at the same time, their pass rushing pressure and ground defense cannot be underestimated:
Because they have Aaron Donald.
Such as in front of me.
Donald was directly in front of two offensive linemen, but he saw that he and his teammate Ndamukong-Suh completed a coordination, and Ndamukong-Suh took a sideways step towards Donald's position and intercepted Set up an offensive guard to gain space for Donald.
Donald was in a one-on-one duel with the defensive tackle. He pressed forward completely, relying on his size to suppress him. At the same time, he pulled the opponent's arms with both hands and pushed them to the side, devastatingly destroying the opponent and using the force to push his body. , rushed out directly toward the left empty space.
Flowing clouds and flowing water, all in one go.
Footsteps, hands, body, speed, all factors collided perfectly. Donald effortlessly broke through the blockade of the offensive line. He looked extremely excited and excited. His strength advantage was fully demonstrated. He is worthy of being the league's Defensive Player of the Year.
Without delay, Donald was face to face with Levi.
Everything happened in a flash of lightning.
However, Levi did not panic.
Levi's eyes were firmly locked on Donald's movements, and he was not surprised that Donald could complete the breakthrough so smoothly. At the same time, his footsteps continued to move laterally to his right side, and he did not pause after leaving the pocket, maintaining a high-speed attitude and running towards the sideline.
Donald:?
Donald didn't understand Levi's movements, because the running back's breakthrough was often within the slot. Once he broke out of the slot space laterally, the running back would enter the cornerback's defensive range. If he kept moving laterally, there would be no vertical advancement, and The safety will also step up as soon as possible, so the delay will only continue to compress the running back's own breakthrough space.
In other words, unless absolutely necessary, the running back should move vertically as quickly as possible instead of moving sideways stupidly, seemingly running for a long time, but the actual effective distance is zero, and he may even lose yards.
Generally speaking, when the running back moves laterally, the defensive team often chooses to raid, and the defensive front and linebacker form an interception near the slot, forcing the running back to find a breakthrough from a lateral position.
But in this offense and defense, the Los Angeles Rams did not choose to raid. Instead, they set up a dragnet in the short passing area to guard against Mahomes' pass.
In other words, now it is just a case of Donald and Levi facing each other alone, so why did Levi move laterally?
Run away?
impossible.
Donald couldn't figure out Levi's tactical intention. If it were another running back, stepping forward with all his strength regardless of the situation, and suppressing it with all his strength, that would be fine; but facing Levi, his recklessness and recklessness might It became the gap for Levi to break through. He had to guard against Levi's sudden changes of direction.
Donald's nerves were on constant alert.
It is this little "sense of tightness and alertness" that prevents Donald from taking a full step forward, and he does not even notice that he has left the comfort zone of the defensive front, escaped from the Chuhehan boundary where the front is entangled, and entered an empty and gentle zone. This is the domain of cornerbacks and safeties.
Then another old acquaintance showed up, Marcus Peters.
The top cornerback of the Kansas City Chiefs last season had a hot temper and had several conflicts with referees because he was dissatisfied with yellow flag decisions, including his own yellow flags and those of his teammates. Although he was safeguarding the interests of the team, he repeatedly offended the referees. , resulting in two personal fouls and being ejected from the game, resulting in a league fine.
During the offseason, Peters had a fierce conflict with the coaching staff. It was rumored that Peterson even took action and destroyed the defensive second-line coaching staff's office.
In the end, Peters, whose rookie contract expired in exactly four years, was traded to the Los Angeles Rams.
In a twist of events, Peters never expected that he would be on the opposite side of the Super Bowl decisive stage with the Kansas City Chiefs.
It is precisely because of this that Peters is very motivated and has performed very well so far. He can always accurately predict Mahomes' quick short passes. Peters, who grew up under Reid, has shown his understanding of his mentor's tactical system. Perfect sense of smell and 200% combat effectiveness.
At this time, Peters saw Levi moving laterally into the cornerback area, with a sinister smile on his lips:
Look, isn’t this the prince of the Kansas Chiefs? He has been a perfect heartthrob since he entered the league and has become the next king of Kansas City. Why not let him, an exiled sinner, let the young prince see the cruelty of reality?
At the first moment, Peters got rid of his opponent Watkins, quickly retreated, returned to the line of scrimmage at full speed, and formed a two-person surround with Donald.
However, they saw that Li Wei still had no intention of moving vertically and continued to move horizontally——
Even if you are an edgewalker, you can't go out of bounds, right?
Whether it was Donald or Peters, they were all confused, but they tensed up because Levi was approaching the sideline at full speed. It was like the calm before the storm. Both of them speeded up, trying to close the encirclement and preemptively eliminate Levi's strategy. .
However, the moment Donald increased his speed, Levi's pupils caught it.
Emergency stop, emergency turn.
Pulling horizontally, releasing speed, switching from moving left horizontally to moving right horizontally, without reservation or hesitation, he rushed out like an arrow from a string in just two or three steps.
Donald: Not good.
Just now, Donald, who had left his comfort zone, had to stand up straight, raise his center of gravity, and release his speed in order to create pressure. However, he lost his balance in Levi's extremely fast change of direction, causing his soles to slip and his steps to stagger. The whole rhythm was disrupted by Levi.
It turns out that everything is a trap, and Levi is waiting for the moment when Donald and Peters lose their patience.
So what if they didn't, and they continued to move laterally to surround the net but refused to move forward, what would Levi do?
Unfortunately, they have no way of knowing.
As soon as Donald's foot slipped, he immediately realized that he had intercepted Peters' return route. Levi killed two birds with one stone and got rid of the double defense and regained the space to advance.
Damn it!
Donald refused to compromise and surrender. He kicked his feet and rushed towards Levi regardless of his own safety——
No matter what, he soared into the sky.
(End of chapter)