Chapter 44: Let the horse come over
Thirteen yards in third gear.
The situation was not good. In the first ground attack, Levi was tackled behind the line of scrimmage and lost three yards. This directly caused the subsequent offense to face huge pressure. In the second offense, Bateman tried to pass, but unfortunately the offensive line encountered a huge challenge again. Under pressure, Bateman rushed the ball and failed to connect.
Then, we came to where we are now.
But this is football. Between offense and defense, the result of each offense may lead to changes in subsequent offensive strategies, and the situation changes all the time.
Sweeney's maturity can be seen from the last wave of Tigers' offense and this wave of Tigers' defense. He focuses on positional warfare, which mainly consumes time. The pressure on the defensive frontline has been significantly tightened to create opportunities for himself.
Regarding the passive situation in the third quarter, Sweeney still came up with some countermeasures.
Now, with the third gear of long yardage, even if the Crimson Tide Storm wants to attack on the ground, it will not work because the efficiency of the ground attack is too low and it is easy to be overwhelmed by the sea of people tactics.
Unless Shaban gives up this wave of offense and avoids making mistakes at the front of his own end zone, he tactically uses the running back to advance some distance and strive for a better punting position——
But is this possible?
Now the Crimson Tide Storm are still ten points behind and there is not much game time left. They cannot waste any offensive opportunity casually.
So, passing offense?
The pressure all falls on Bateman's shoulders.
Bateman could feel that all the eyes of the crowd were focused on him, and his skin could be burned even through the equipment. His fingertips were numb and slightly moist, but he turned to look at Levi and noticed Levi's bright eyes. .
"We can."
Levi's eyes sent such a signal, which made Bateman curl up his fingers and clenched them into fists, secretly encouraging himself.
Then, get ready to tee off.
On his own twenty-two yard line, Bateman is ready.
"attack!"
With an order, Bateman took the football from the center, turned around, and Levi's figure appeared, the two of them misaligned.
Running the ball?
No way, the Crimson Tide Storm actually chose to run the ball when faced with 13 yards on third down?
Or is it a fake run and a real pass?
In the blink of an eye, Levi and Bateman exchanged fake and real moves for a fake shot. No matter what others thought, the Tigers defense was indeed shaken.
Subconsciously, they opened up space and prepared to defend passes, especially mid-range and long passes, so they needed to start moving forward; but the pace had just started, and then they saw the action between Levi and Bateman, and they couldn't help but Dayton.
It is this pause where everyone has their own judgment and choice, and then the confrontation between the offense and defense unfolds in every corner of the stadium.
At the same time, Levi moved to the right and Bateman moved to the left. The two people spread out with their backs to each other——
The fake running, combined with the interference of the offensive line's line of sight, makes it completely unclear who has the football in his arms, and the defensive team's judgment continues to become more difficult.
One wave to the left, another wave to the right, the Tigers' defensive team's layout instantly dispersed.
But they did not panic, because they knew that the Crimson Tide Storm needed to complete the difficult situation of 13 yards on the third gear. Even if the defense allowed a five-yard and eight-yard advance, there would be no problem. Anyway, the Crimson Tide Storm still did not complete the first attack conversion and needed to give up on the fourth gear. kick, so they just need to get stuck in position.
At this time, the space in the short passing area is slightly relaxed, and the mid-passing area ten yards away is obviously much denser.
Of course, there are exceptions——
Defensive line.
No matter what the tactics are, they always stick to the front line.
Then Farrell saw where football was at.
Number twenty-three?
It’s actually the 23rd?
Has Shaban lost his mind and gone crazy? Faced with such a predicament, he actually chose to attack on the ground?
Thoughts flashed by, and Farrell admitted that even he himself was thrown into a trap by Shaban's unexpected tactics. He was obviously not expecting it, so much so that he was completely entangled with the offensive tackle Cotton who was opposite him.
Oops!
Farrell couldn't care anymore and pushed Cotton's helmet away - bang.
Yellow flag, the referee threw the yellow flag immediately.
Although there is no cumulative yellow card ejection rule in rugby, a yellow flag is still a foul and may require penalty yards depending on the foul scale.
In the case of helmets, because pulling on the helmet can cause serious damage to the neck, the rules strictly prohibit it, and any violation will result in a fifteen-yard penalty.
In other words, if the referee determines that Farrell pulled the helmet, the Crimson Tide Storm will automatically be given a first attack.
But in Farrell's view, this was just pushing and not pulling. At most, it was a pulling foul, which was a ten-yard penalty; and he couldn't care about that now.
Farrell only had eyes for No. 23, especially since the first defensive tackle had just been completed, and he couldn't wait to tackle again.
With a push and a flick, Farrell forced Cotton away and took a lateral step to try to rush towards Levi.
But he didn't expect that Cotton wouldn't let go and grabbed Farrell's right leg fiercely. Although he didn't control Farrell, it affected Farrell's start.
One kick.
Farrell immediately lost his balance and jumped forward, but he still pushed forward tenaciously. This time he finally gained some space for him, and flew toward Levi's lower body in a posture of worshiping a jade pillar. , stretch your arms and tighten them hard——
Grapple!
Accurate hit!
Farrell was overjoyed and saw Levi fall down following his forward stance. In the chaos and turmoil, Farrell's grip could not be tightened and he lost control before it even touched the ground. The next second I saw Levi pull out his legs and continue to push on the ground to move forward.
Farrell:? ? ?
What's going on?
It was obviously captured, wasn't it?
Indeed, Farrell tackled Levi.
Levi realized that there was a dragnet waiting for him in front of him. He did not have time to continue sprinting horizontally to open up space before rushing forward vertically. He had to seize the most convenient and fastest way to step forward directly and break through before the dragnet tightened. The result was Caught into Farrell who was acting tough.
Levi didn't have time to shake off the grapple.
However, Levi did not give up.
Farrell's grappling was not solid, and Cotton's blocking played an important role, so Levi lost his center of gravity without losing control of his body.
A forward pounce, before hitting the ground, Levi took out his left hand to support the ground, rolling down with overwhelming force, and quickly used the reaction force of the support point to gain the kinetic energy for the second start.
Kick off the ground and exert force.
With strength in his waist and abdomen, he stood up. Without waiting for his body to stand completely, he pushed his body forward with continuous steps.
One step, two steps.
Levi unexpectedly stood up again amidst the staggering and confusion, his shaky balance gradually returned, and in the blink of an eye he had rushed five yards away.
But this time, there was no space. Defensive players standing ten yards away quickly surrounded him from all directions, and the gaps and corridors were closed one after another visibly to the naked eye.
Levi is very calm. He noticed the yellow flag just now, but he needs more than just the number of yellow flag penalty yards. This time the ground attack with the ball is still not over! He is ready to firmly take the offensive initiative in his own hands!
Not only calm, but also passionate——
Mountains of swords and seas of fire, let your horses come over.
He scanned the front quickly without starting rashly. He noticed a gap, judged the surrounding situation, and then rushed out resolutely.
One step, two steps...
Just after taking the second step, a fierce force came from the right side, like a high-speed train, directly knocking Levi away.
Bang!
With a muffled sound, all the internal organs began to tumble.
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