Chapter 460 Adapting to the Venue
Although the Super Bowl is still a few days away, Minneapolis is already buzzing early. In fact, the party started ten days ago before the start of the Pro Bowl, and Warm up little by little.
The Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs also arrived in Minneapolis early. According to the time arranged by the league, they began to adapt to the venue and the overwhelming spotlight, and experience the frenzy of the Super Bowl in advance.
As the highest annual event in the entire North American continent, the Super Bowl’s ratings and attention are unmatched. Even top events such as the Oscars, Olympic Games, and World Cup are completely incomparable——
In North America alone, the number of viewers of the Super Bowl can easily exceed 100 million.
You know, the population of the entire United States is only 300 million.
Moreover, not only in North America, with the hard work and layout of the league in recent years, the influence of rugby in South America, Oceania and Europe continues to rise. The Super Bowl, which is broadcast simultaneously in 56 countries and regions around the world, will also trigger more events around the world. Hot discussion across the board.
This means that the Super Bowl game will be shrouded in a strong and turbulent spotlight, everything will be magnified to the extreme, just like standing under a microscope, the atmosphere and environment will be completely different.
Because of this, it is even more important to adapt to the venue before the game.
"No, no, no, no, impossible, absolutely."
"When you hear it, you will know that it is the whims of a layman. Don't say you are a rugby player when you go out. You really know nothing about rugby."
"How is it impossible? When Patrick throws it, it looks very easy."
"Tch. The quarterback ran over to join in the fun, while he was breathing. Didn't you hear the statement that the quarterback and the beast are prohibited from participating in the game?"
Mahomes:? ? ?
The person involved is at the scene, does it really not matter if you talk nonsense like this?
However, others looked at Mahomes who was eager to make a move and deliberately pretended to ignore it. The chattering discussion completely excluded Mahomes. Mahomes stared wide-eyed and stood aside scratching his head.
"Okay, why not? Don't listen to the nonsense of those laymen. One or two people talk about the quarterback's job in a way that is incredible and unbelievable. This is the real layman. There is nothing so exaggerated."
"Hoo, ho ho ho, the ace tight end is different. He is worthy of being a man who can challenge Zach Ertz. Listen to this tone. Travis, we are not talking about catching the ball, but fifty yards passing.”
"That's right, this is not a casual kick-off in football. Just kick it with all your strength. When passing the ball, you need to control the parabola and the rotation of the football. Not everyone can pass the lock ball. of."
"Travis, you can catch the ball, but you really can't pass the ball."
As soon as the words were spoken, the other people around him started to cheer and wink, cooperating with each other and making fun of Kelsey.
But Kelsey didn't mind. She put her hands on her hips and assumed a superman pose, deliberately straightening her waist with a proud expression on her face.
"Men just can do it."
Hahaha, everyone burst into laughter.
After the joke, Kelsey continued.
"Believe me, it's really not that difficult."
“First of all, there’s no pass rushing pressure.”
"Secondly, there is no defensive interference."
"It's purely about passing the ball in your own direction, let alone fifty yards, sixty yards is not a problem. The real difficulty during the game is the off-field interference, otherwise Hail Mary will not be so difficult." "If If you are asked to throw a Hail Mary now, I guess Rogers is the only one who dares to take this hot potato, but it couldn't be easier just to stand here and air-drop."
This afternoon, it's practice time for the Kansas City Chiefs to get acclimated to the field.
The adaptation training and basic training have basically ended. Indoor courts are relatively unfamiliar to the players, and there are not many in the entire league. After all, rugby is still an outdoor sport, but there are a few open courts where the roof can be closed freely. This year, the most important game of the season is about to be completed in indoor ball, and the players are paying special attention to it.
Recall the biting cold and gusty wind at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. The indoor stadium eliminates the influence of temperature, wind direction, humidity and other weather conditions, which is undoubtedly beneficial to the passing offense. So is this more beneficial to the Philadelphia Eagles?
Of course, the Kansas Chiefs are also good at passing offense. Although they have the league's top ground offense, they cannot forget their excellent passing offense this season; however, Smith's shortcomings in long passes cannot be ignored after all.
In direct contrast, Foles is a young man who dares to take risks with long passes, so discussions began within the Kansas City Chiefs:
Are indoor pitches conducive to long passes?
Then going one step further, has the fifty-yard pass become easier?
One by one, not only the offensive team, but also the defensive team joined in the discussion. It can be felt from the eyes and expressions that the team is still a little nervous——
A kind of mixture of excitement and anxiety, expectation and apprehension are intertwined, either too exciting or too dull, more or less abnormal.
We can't blame them for this.
After all, for most players, the Super Bowl is a first.
The only player in the entire Kansas Chiefs team who has participated in the Super Bowl and appeared in the game is Revis, and Revis was not the starting lineup for the New England Patriots that year.
It is conceivable that such a young, energetic and inexperienced team, which has stumbled all the way to the Super Bowl, is about to face the most important and critical game of its career——
The abnormal bluffing in front of me doesn't seem so strange anymore.
It is precisely because of this that Kelsey, as the team captain, stepped forward to try to control the situation and resolve the tension.
But Kelsey himself was unsure of what to do, and at this moment, the void left by Berry's absence was clearer than ever.
Throughout the previous season, despite Berry's absence, thanks to Levi's bet, the team had a sense of belief, waiting for Berry's return, and exerting 200% of their energy to fill Berry's vacancy. , looking forward to rejoining Berry on the Super Bowl stage.
However, everyone now knows that this dream is shattered.
The kind of emptiness and loss is naturally different.
Now, they need to adapt to the field, but also need to adapt to the mentality, just like the Philadelphia Eagles without their main quarterback, they need to adapt to the Kansas Chiefs without the captain of the defensive group.
Houston noticed, but there was nothing he could do about it because he felt Berry's void like everyone else, standing at U.S. Bank Stadium on a coveted stage but always feeling like something was missing.
Then, at a glance, he saw Levi sitting cross-legged and eating melon next to him.
"Rookie, what do you think?"
Li Wei, who was happily eating melon at the side, was somehow drawn into it and became the center of attention. He could really feel the temperature of his eyes falling on the surface of his skin——
The person involved said that he was not mentally prepared.
(End of chapter)