Chapter 728 A successful ending
The last week of the regular season was a torment for the Oakland Raiders.
As previously stated, the Oakland Raiders are heading to Las Vegas for the 2020 season, which will be the team's penultimate season in Oakland.
Obviously, for players and fans, the emotional bond between the team and the city is inseparable. The players hope that the fans can support them as much as possible, and the fans hope that the team can leave more good memories.
Unfortunately, these emotional values are not worth mentioning in the face of commercial interests.
Therefore, the Oakland Raiders face a difficult choice:
Should they go all out against the Kansas City Chiefs?
Even if the Kansas City Chiefs have secured the No. 1 seed in the American League, winning or losing is irrelevant; but the Oakland Raiders can still disgust their rivals in the same division and add some topics to the feud between Oakland and Kansas City so that future generations can talk about it. Talk about it with pleasure.
Or should we give up, lie down, and let it go?
Give up this inconsequential game completely, because the Arizona Cardinals are clearly preparing to tie it up. The so-called "suspense of the vice squad leader" has long existed in name only. The victory or defeat of the Oakland Raiders cannot change my pick in next year's draft. The final week of events was a piece of cake.
A dilemma, a dilemma.
Of course, from the fans' point of view, victory, victory, 100% choose victory. Anyway, the team is going to move to Las Vegas the year after next. Why should they care about the future of the team? Compared with the draft picks, they still hope to disgust the Kansas Chiefs in the end.
However, from the team's point of view, Oakland is a thing of the past. They now need to consider Las Vegas. The draft pick is particularly important. Although they are now missing the No. 1 pick next year, the Jacksonville Jaguars are trying to "steal" them. No. 2 pick, which is what they refused to see.
The answer stands out——
Ruined.
However, there is one thing to say. This season, the Oakland Raiders are completely disorganized. Even if they try their best, they may not be able to shake the Kansas Chiefs; but now that the tone has been set, the game is even more chaotic.
"3:35".
At the end of the game, the Kansas City Chiefs swept the Oakland Raiders at home, and the season ended successfully——
Mahomes sent another interception, but connected with Watkins and backup tight end Demetrius Harris to score two passing touchdowns, especially the first one. In the fourth quarter, a 53-yard pass found Watkins. After receiving the ball, the latter ran all the way for 13 yards into the end zone, scored a touchdown with a sword, and detonated Arrowhead Stadium.
The two running backs Damien and Weir each scored a touchdown.
In addition, safety Daniel Sorenson intercepted Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr and returned it 37 yards for a touchdown, marking the defense's first possession.
The final game of the regular season was abruptly turned into an exhibition game.
The Oakland Raiders completely collapsed. They didn't even have the strength to be angry after the game and left Kansas City dejectedly.
But for Arrowhead Stadium, and especially for the Gallas family, there is no doubt that this is a carnival. For the first time in their lives, they watched a football game live and witnessed a party. The adrenaline spurt couldn't stop. Come down.
Cheer, jump, sing loudly, and bloom.
After the game, the Gallas family saw Levi again in the locker room.
Anne opened her arms and gave Levi a big hug, extremely excited.
"...Wonderful, so wonderful. Now, the only regret is that I didn't see your touchdown."
Anne hasn't forgotten her wish list.
Levi, who was completely dry and didn't shed a drop of sweat, looked at himself and spread his hands, "It seems that we can only look forward to the divisional competition."
Anne held out her right little finger.
Levi didn't know why.
Annie raised her right hand, "Promise." Levi laughed loudly, completed the agreement with Annie with the little finger of his right hand, and then turned to look at his teammates, "You have all seen that I may need a little help by then, everyone. Remember to work hard.”
Haha, hahaha.
There was a roar of laughter.
Jenna and Jeff looked at each other, and only then did they truly realize that it was not just victory, but more importantly the fighting spirit, the blood boiling to the point of scalding the soul, awakening the vitality——
Anne, need this encouragement.
The Galas exchanged a look, hiding the sadness in their eyes, took a deep breath, smiled, and joined the carnival in the locker room.
When Felix and Karen rushed to the locker room, they missed the first half, but they still saw the second half of the agreement between Levi and Annie.
Felix followed awkwardly forward, high-fiving Annie with his left hand and high-fiving Levi with his right hand, shouting excitedly, "I am the witness. Witness!"
Jenna looked at Karen, and she noticed that Felix's voice was hoarse, "Are you okay?"
Karen took a deep breath, the worry lingering between her brows, but the words she spoke were not so, "This is a good thing." She took a long breath, "At least it is better than staying in the room in silence. "
Karen looked at Jenna, and the two mothers exchanged a tacit look. Some were moved and some were sad. Their eyes were slightly moist. Only they knew the bitterness and struggle. Only parents whose children have truly experienced the torture of cancer can understand.
"Hoo!"
Levi, Annie, and Felix shouted loudly.
Jenna and Karen both joined in the locker room din and chanted.
In the 2018 season, all the events in the last week of the regular season have come to an end——
The Kansas Chiefs ended the regular season beautifully with a victory. Even if the second team went out, they still used a hearty victory to show the team's growth and transformation. Even if the opponent was the Oakland Raiders who had no fighting spirit, the victory It's victory, a perfect ending.
At the same time, this also means that the playoffs will begin next week.
The foreshadowing, brewing, and accumulation are all over. All chaos and suspense have come to an end. The answers are revealed one after another, and——
Finally entered the sprint decisive stage, an exciting single elimination match, where the winner is decided in one game.
It’s not like the NBA’s seven-game winning or losing system or the UEFA Champions League’s home-and-away game system. Like the World Cup, a single peak match determines life and death.
Randomness, accident, and suddenness, everything is magnified dozens of times or hundreds of times——
Everything is possible. The weak can defeat the strong, the weak can defeat the strong, the weak can defeat the strong, the upset can happen one after another, and the game can go all the way to the end. No one can rule out any potential possibility.
Just like last season, no one expected that the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles would meet in the Super Bowl, and no one expected that the Kansas City Chiefs would actually have the last laugh.
Unpredictability is the fundamental reason why the NFL can become the number one sport in North America. The most exciting season of the year has finally arrived.
Now, standing at the crossroads of the playoffs, it is the most exciting time of the year. The fierce competition of a season is entering its second act.
Great show, here comes the show.
First of all, first thing, who survives this year to win a ticket to the second round of the life and death battle arena?
(End of chapter)