Chapter 591 Thinking hard
The situation has undergone subtle changes.
However, the advantage still lies with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Don't forget that the Kansas City Chiefs offense has also encountered a trough. Use every inch of skin and every cell in your body to feel the traditional skills of the Pittsburgh Steelers defense. The young offense is taking lessons obediently.
Therefore, the Pittsburgh Steelers' strikeout only bought the Kansas Chiefs a short breathing space. Whether the predicament can be completely reversed depends on the performance of the offensive team. The situation is still very serious.
To be honest, Mahomes is a little confused——
Sometimes, he reminds himself that he needs to play according to the coach's way; but when his brain is hot, his college game habits emerge again. Different thoughts were tugging at my mind, and the game was stumbling.
Reason told him to calm down and take it step by step.
But obviously, this is not an easy task.
Turning his head subconsciously, Mahomes saw Levi with a focused look on his face.
This makes Mahomes calm down a little. No matter what difficulties they face, they are facing it together, so what is needed now is focus, concentration, and——
Focus.
Indeed, Levi was thinking about how he should adjust his advancement strategy.
Generally speaking, if you focus on passing defense, you can find some opportunities in ground attack; if you focus on ground defense, you can get more space in passing attack.
But not the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Pittsburgh Steelers boldly gave Mahomes more space to move, which not only gained more strength for the pass defense, but also did not relax on the ground defense, firmly grasping Mahomes' youth and greenness to make a fuss, showing this This team has been in the league for more than ten years with experience and maturity.
So, is there any solution?
have.
Read option offense.
To put it simply, it is to make full use of the quarterback's ability to run the ball. This is the strength of the running quarterback and can easily resolve the crisis.
Only a small group of people know that Mahomes also has the ability to run the ball.
There is no doubt that Mahomes is a traditional pocket quarterback. He made a name for himself with his beautiful long passes in college; but he has outstanding athletic ability and has no problem running with the ball relying on his personal ability. So in the offseason, quarterback coaches began to slowly polish Mahomes’ abilities in this area——
Same with Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers.
In fact, Rogers is also a traditional pocket quarterback who is keen on passing the ball, but in times of crisis, his ability to run the ball is not inferior to that of any running quarterback. This is what is really scary about Rogers.
but!
The Kansas Chiefs did not resort to this move easily.
First, Mahomes is still too young. Now is the time to establish a playing style. Reid does not want Mahomes to rely too much on physical confrontations such as running the ball. Passing is the foundation for a quarterback in the professional league. Book.
Secondly, Reid knows that running quarterbacks need to face a lot of physical confrontation and there is a risk of injury. He does not want Mahomes to use his body to collide and fight in an ignorant manner. This is the way of the NCAA game——
Originally, Reid had been correcting Mahomes' performance habits developed in college, because long passes are always more exciting, exciting and more likely to win applause, so that when Mahomes makes a second defensive read, he is always used to Easily read long pass gaps in deep areas.
This is not good.
The last thing Reid needs right now is Mahomes going back to college mode.
Third, this is a secret weapon, and Reid doesn't want to reveal his trump card too early.
In other words, the Pittsburgh Steelers have shown all the bottom of the box; but Reid has not, he still believes that Levi believes in his team.
Reid believes that they need to take a long-term view. Not only the coaching staff needs to be diligent in thinking, but the players also need to learn to think. They should not be limited to the Pittsburgh Steelers in front of them. If they want to truly grow, then every difficulty will be a challenge. Valuable learning opportunity.
Therefore, the Kansas Chiefs have not used the read option offense.
The pressure naturally falls on the shoulders of Mahomes and Levi.
Levi has been thinking about how he should break the situation?
The Pittsburgh Steelers' key defense against Levi was also studied-a rare fifth-back formation, using Burnett to mark Levi alone.
Burnett's role is not to challenge Levi one-on-one. Unlike Fowler's one-on-one challenge against Brown, Burnett only needs to contain or even delay Levi for a moment. Once Levi cannot take advantage of his speed, the subsequent defense will immediately catch up. Levi can be plunged into the quagmire in an instant.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have no concerns about Levi continuing to run the ball the way Bell did.
Because no matter how Levi watches, adjusts, or looks for gaps, Burnett is there, haunting.
Levi had reason to suspect that this was a roaring letter sent by Tomlin to Bell:
Tomlin is showing the entire league the correct way to defend Bell.
However, doubts remain doubts, and Levi has another idea:
In the past few seasons, everyone has been studying Bell and everyone has been defending Bell. At least from a tactical level, Bell is still a headache. , a mere five-point guard cannot solve all the problems.
So, what about Levi himself?
Levi jumped slightly on the spot, feeling relaxed.
He thought it was time to test his other offseason training results——
Tomlin shouldn't be so naive to think that Levi and Watt's offseason training together is just a matter of chatting, playing in the water and having a heart-to-heart, right?
array.
Seventeen yards on our own side and ten yards on the first gear.
The Pittsburgh Steelers remained focused, and the special teams punt performance was good, pushing the Kansas Chiefs' kickoff position back a few steps.
Mahomes' second appearance in the second half was still in a bad position.
The air is burning——
The Kansas City Chiefs tried to use momentum to reverse the situation.
The Pittsburgh Steelers tried to put out any flames.
Then.
"attack!"
Mahomes announced the kickoff without pausing and handed the football to Levi immediately. The Kansas Chiefs did not rush forward too hastily and chose to start with a ground attack.
Hayward, happy.
Everything, as expected, Tomlin once again suppressed Reid at the tactical game level——
Well come.
Hayward started early and rushed forward with all his strength immediately.
However, it's a little different than usual.
Usually, Hayward aims at the offensive guard or offensive tackle and collides head-on to form a confrontation; but now, Hayward assumes the posture of attacking the quarterback, a misplacement, pushing away the impact of the offensive tackle, and using the force He completed the dislocation with great force, and rushed forward with his feet close to the outer edge of the pocket.
This is a raid.
The difference is that the target of the sack this time was not the quarterback but the running back.
Hayward has completed countless such sacks in his career, with a ferocious smile on his face:
Sorry, poor newbie.
However, the smile didn't have time to bloom. It froze at the corner of his mouth the next second. Hayward didn't even have time to open his arms. A red hurricane had already passed under his arms, leaving only an afterimage.
Half a beat too late, Hayward didn't have time to brake and jumped straight into the air.
Dropped a dog and ate shit.
(End of chapter)