Chapter 972 Lead by example
Chris Jones stood there and exhaled calmly, with a little helplessness between his brows.
He thought he was early enough——
The memories of last year’s spring voluntary training camp are still vivid.
Jones knows that if the team wants to continue their excellent performance this coming season, the focus will not be on the offensive team, but on their defensive team.
When Houston and Berry left, they put the burden on his shoulders to be the leader of the defense.
However, with his current strength, it is still not enough.
He needs to keep growing, he wants to keep growing.
Therefore, the importance of the offseason has become even more prominent.
Start with a voluntary training camp.
But he didn't expect that Levi would take the lead. Jones couldn't help but suspect that Levi had calculated all of them on purpose.
No matter how early they were, they still couldn't escape Levi's grasp.
But miraculously, the smile at the corner of Jones's mouth rose slightly——
This is Levi, isn't it? Even after reaching the Super Bowl for two consecutive years, when the new season begins, they are still full of confidence and expectations.
Without saying anything else, Jones jogged into the training ground.
Who knows, maybe the 2019 season could be even more interesting.
One after another, the training base began to become lively, and all the laziness and comfort during the offseason had to be packed away and painful training began again.
Generally speaking, this is the biggest dilemma in spring training camp.
Even for professional players, it is extremely difficult to prepare for the new season after the vacation without consistent regular daily training for two or three months. It can be called a kind of torture.
However, with the Kansas City Chiefs, that's not a problem -
Levi.
When the players arrived at the training base, they could immediately see the sweaty Levi. He looked like he was partying and carousing during the offseason. His bright smile and focused back instantly awakened the memory of the "training devil", and Who dares to talk nonsense?
The newcomers who joined during the offseason were even more frightened by this scene. The team's most famous core players were all meticulously concentrating on training. How could they have time to walk and chat nearby? One or two of them immediately started training with their tails between their legs. Team.
The training intensity was not very high. As they continued to train, one or two of them began to relax.
Kelsey's live treasure was crying like a wolf, yelling and training without relaxing at all. Levi on the side was laughing heartlessly, which made the atmosphere in the training base cheerful.
Office on the second floor.
Reed did not appear at the training ground, but stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and watched condescendingly, his mood as bright as the Caribbean sun.
Sure enough, he was right about Levi.
Originally, he had been mentally prepared that Levi might miss the voluntary training camp.
First, during this offseason, Levi has a full schedule, cannot arrange business activities, and is even involved in Hollywood gossip.
A familiar sense of "David Beckham" came over me.
Reid does not exclude players from participating in commercial activities, because this is part of the professional league; Reid also does not resist players choosing to try something on their own, because the lives of these young people should not only be about football.
However, getting it right is the hardest part.
Secondly, Vicky is discussing contract renewal with Levi.
The team was the first to bow its head and take action. Levi and his agent had the upper hand, and naturally hoped to win a big contract for Levi; but what Veach meant was that considering the team's sincerity, why not let us Press the numbers.
Everyone has his own agenda. Negotiations are progressing slowly.
Taken together, Levi can use the offseason's busy schedule as a reason for poor physical condition as an excuse to miss the voluntary training camp. Neither Reid nor Vicky can say anything more.
Just look at Mahomes——
That good baby was actually absent from the voluntary training camp.
Mahomes personally called Reid and said that he had some injuries and was currently training under the supervision of his coach and personal care.
Mahomes thought his own individual workouts might be better than group workouts at a voluntary training camp and sent the workout plan to Reid.
It was coherent and organized, leaving no room for Reed to refuse.
However, Reid could immediately hear the tension and embarrassment in Mahomes' words.
That honest man is still not good at lying. These excuses should all be fabricated by the agent. The agent may even be right next to him, guiding the call between Mahomes and Reid step by step.
reason?
Contract negotiations.
Like Levi, Mahomes' contract renewal negotiations are also not going smoothly. The two sides currently have obvious differences on contract conditions.
Naturally, in order to gain the initiative, agents persuaded Mahomes to sit out voluntary training camp and at least show their stance and posture.
Unfortunately, Mahomes is really not good at lying.
Reid didn't poke Mahomes, though: He nodded in agreement.
Although Reid didn't like the greedy intervention of these agents, at least Mahomes and the others were not prepared to break up with the team and carefully weaved an excuse to maintain a semblance of peace.
On the surface, the Kansas City Chiefs have won two consecutive championships. They are proud of their success and have the right momentum. However, things must be reversed. The uneasiness hidden behind the glory is just around the corner. The next 2019 season will face countless challenges——
More severe, more ferocious, more intense, and more unpredictable.
Reed has been mentally prepared for what happened during the offseason; but when he actually faces it, it still inevitably consumes a lot of energy.
But he didn't expect that there would be a surprise on the first day of spring training camp.
Levi, appeared.
Moreover, more than just showing up, Levi was the first to arrive at the training ground, leading by example, going all out, and focusing on training conscientiously, which is more powerful than any words or chicken soup for the soul.
After all, Levi is now more than just a running back.
Whether it is the double MVP of the Super Bowl in the regular season, the top of the league's top 100 players, or the feat of having an annual salary of over 100 million, all aspects prove that Levi has a strong influence on the league and the market.
Even more so within the Kansas City Chiefs.
Other senior players, young rookies, and veterans who transferred and joined during the offseason, no matter what they were thinking or what kind of mental fluctuations they experienced during the offseason, when they saw Levi at this moment, they all obediently focused their attention and focused on the situation. Focus on training.
An invisible fluctuation had subsided before it had time to brew.
Back then, in the NCAA national championship game, Reid saw leadership qualities in Levi, a temperament that could truly unite the team. This is why Reid insisted that they should choose Levi.
Until now, Reid was finally 100% sure that his intuition was correct.
Perhaps the Kansas City Chiefs have truly found their team leader for the next decade.
(End of chapter)