Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 1041 No way to start
Tight, urgent, hot, and eager to move, the air is boiling.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Baltimore Ravens are in great shape and continue to rise, with an unstoppable fiery attitude.

"You know what? Twenty-one points down, so what?
I decided to win this fight. Period. It was as simple as that.”

Just like the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2017 playoff mode.

Pressure and heat waves piled up on the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Baltimore Ravens are ready and poised to go.

There is no harm without comparison.

In contrast, the Kansas City Chiefs seemed suppressed, dull and quiet, and even Levi did not shout loudly to the players.

The truth is-

Levi: That’s not necessary.

Dear spectators, before you start making a fuss, shouldn't you take a look at the scoreboard? The Kansas City Chiefs are the team leading.

Panic?
Haha, there is really no need.

The Kansas City Chiefs completed their formation slowly and methodically.

Mahomes is very calm. If it were last season, he would inevitably be a little anxious and impatient, trying to quickly control the situation and suppress his opponent.

But being by Levi's side is like a stabilizing force. Mahomes knows that the Baltimore Ravens are far from forcing them to lose their composure. He is able to stay focused and calm, and analyze the game calmly.

Then, Mahomes looked at Levi——

He did it on purpose, he needed the opposing defense to notice their eye contact, but he didn't say anything, as if he was planning something.

After the eye contact, Mahomes stood up straight and seemed ready to change tactics.

not at all.

Mahomes then bent down again, which made the air even more tense.

The Baltimore Ravens know that this season Mahomes has an additional strategy to trick the defense into moving early, so they are ready to rush the pass and put pressure on the defense, with their center of gravity fully pressed forward, making them even more eager to move, and they will rush out directly if they are not careful.

In order to avoid an early foul, hand over five yards to the Kansas City Chiefs, and get rid of the crisis of a possible safety point at the front of the end zone, the Baltimore Ravens defense was fully tense, with their nerves and muscles stretched to the extreme.

Unfortunately, Mahomes did not immediately call the shot.

Harbaugh was startled. This is where Mahomes has matured this season. He knows how to observe the atmosphere and read the game, and how to control the rhythm and adjust his mentality.

At this moment, Mahomes was controlling the atmosphere, roasting the Baltimore Ravens defense on the fire, and quietly taking control of the situation.

Hubble was a little nervous.

really!

Someone moved——

Levi.

"Motion"! See "Motion" again!
This was a killer move. The Kansas City Chiefs didn't even give the Baltimore Ravens' defensive front a chance to put pressure on the game, disrupting their rhythm before the kickoff.

Normally, when “Motion” occurs, the defense must respond.

Now, that's even more true after going through the Kansas City Chiefs' "Motion" in the first half.

As mentioned before, in rugby games, there is a war room above the field, where the team manager and a whole team of professional data analysts work to analyze data and tactics in real time, not only for post-match summaries, but also to provide real-time feedback to the coaching team during the game.

During the intermission, Hubble had communicated with the War Room.

No solution.

On the surface, there was nothing special about the Kansas City Chiefs' tactics. They simply used "Motion" to create a half-second mismatch advantage. But in the actual game, Levi completely paralyzed the Baltimore Ravens' defense, leaving them helpless.

The feedback from the war room was:

A "bug" is like a way to cheat.

However, they currently have no strategic solution.

It is precisely because of this that the Baltimore Ravens defense team adopted a more determined and tougher pass-rushing pressure tactic in the second half. The fundamental purpose was to create pressure and disrupt the Kansas City Chiefs' tactical layout. Then, expect Mahomes to make mistakes under pressure.

Even if Levi runs out of "Motion", as long as Mahomes passes the ball inaccurately, the football will not be delivered to Levi's arms.

Seven yards in front of the end zone, the Baltimore Ravens were guessing how the Kansas City Chiefs would choose their tactics, but they never expected that Levi would start moving.

Is Mahomes ready to take a chance passing the ball?
How to do?
The Baltimore Ravens' defense suddenly became tense. The atmosphere was already tense enough just now, but now it had incredibly reached a new level.

Amid the tension, there was panic, determination, murderous intent...all in different forms.

But there was no time to hesitate.

The last time "Motion" was launched, everything happened in a flash. With a slight hesitation, this time "Motion" might have completed the attack.

At the first moment, someone moved.

Ferguson and Judon are still them. After all, they are responsible for marking Levi. No matter what tricks Levi plays, they must move if Levi moves.

However, the other players remained still and did not lose focus because of Levi——

Rush. Pass. Pressure. Power. Determination.

At halftime, Harbaugh was unable to find a solution to the Kansas City Chiefs' new "Motion", so he could only focus his strategy on Mahomes. Since they couldn't stop Levi, they should at least let Mahomes feel the impact.

Everyone performed their duties and the atmosphere became tense and tense.

Tap, tap, tap.

Levi moved laterally, switching from the two-yard position to the right of Mahomes to behind Kelce and Hardman, and the pistol formation evolved into a shotgun formation.

In the first half, Levi continued to move sideways to the right and broke through the open space on the sideline.

However, this time, Levi actually stopped behind Kelsey and Hardman.

Hubble: ???
Ferguson and Judon: ???
Here, Ferguson took a step ahead, preparing to bypass the positions of Kelce and Humphrey in advance, cutting into the outside gap in advance to complete the interception.

As a result, he had just started walking when he saw Levi stop, but he couldn't brake and his mind was full of question marks.

At this moment, Hardman had only one thought in his mind:
Levi believes you can do it.

Since Levi believes in him, he can do it 100%.

Hardman was concentrating and paying close attention to Levi's movements. After making sure that Levi had stopped, Hardman took two steps back, passed through the passage behind Kelsey and in front of Levi, and took two steps sideways to the right.

Not much, just two steps.

"attack!"

Mahomes announced the kickoff, and in an instant, the Kansas City Chiefs' offensive team was fully activated.

Levi, vertical forward charge.

Kelsey, vertical forward.

Hardman, vertical forward.

In a flash, Humphrey and Kelsey were entangled, and Ferguson and Judon both rushed towards Levi.

One second, two seconds——

Mahomes has already released the pass.

To be precise, the pass was released in 1.5 seconds, and the Baltimore Ravens' defensive front line's rushing pressure was fast and fierce enough, but Mahomes took a step back to create space, and without hesitation, he threw the football out with a quick short pass.

The whole action was neat and smooth.

The only difference from a quick short pass is that this pass is not a straight bullet pass, but a parabolic pass with a slightly curved arc.

The parabola was not high, but it easily passed over the crowd and fell quickly.

He dropped down the right sideline nine yards out and found an unmarked—

Hardman.

(End of this chapter)