Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 1313: Trembling
"21:0".

The Tennessee Titans have 21 points, and the Kansas City Chiefs have zero points.

All this happened at Arrowhead Stadium, where the Kansas City Chiefs had continued their 21-game winning streak, but a shocking scene took place.

This scene was shocking enough, but what was even more incredible was that this was only the first quarter of the game, and the Tennessee Titans were already far ahead with three touchdowns, turning football into basketball.

The Kansas City Chiefs seemed completely lost, sleepwalking on the field.

Derrick Henry was undoubtedly the focus of the first quarter.

Henry had been waiting for this day, waiting and planning. He longed to face Levi again, he longed to defeat Levi fairly, he longed to show his abilities on the field without reservation.

Henry is summoning the "Henry the Great" who swept through thousands of enemies during the NCAA period. Why Levi, Jacobs and other later generations must look up to him, why the NCAA still has his legend until now, and he is ready to let the NFL appreciate his style.

Without reservation.

In fact, Henry thought so and did so.

The Kansas City Chiefs have prepared themselves mentally for this, watching the wild-card game between the Tennessee Titans and the New England Patriots over and over again.

Not only did we make an overall plan, but we also made targeted adjustments to make all preparations around Henry.

Of course, Reid also considered another possibility, that the Tennessee Titans shifted the focus of their offense to Tannehill. After all, their turning point this season began when Tannehill replaced Mariota as the starting quarterback.

Although Tannehill is not the top quarterback in the league, he is indeed above the league average. The Tennessee Titans have only lost three games since Tannehill started.

From this detail, it can be seen that the Tennessee Titans also have a system for passing offense, and the performance of the quarterback plays a key role.

Unexpectedly but understandably, the Tennessee Titans still placed the offensive responsibility on Henry's shoulders, returning to their old ways and playing a beautiful ground offense.

Although the Kansas City Chiefs are ready, the ground attack has one characteristic:
It can't be stopped.

In modern football, ground offense can often be simply divided into two parts, with clever ground coverage breaking up the defense and then the entire responsibility being handed over to the running back.

Now league coaches generally believe that ground coverage is the key. In an excellent ground offense system, ordinary running backs can also complete the task; and the positive effects brought by top running backs are very limited, so team managers would rather spend money on offensive linemen and tight ends than on running backs. After all, offensive linemen and tight ends can play other important roles besides ground coverage.

However, Levi's sudden emergence turned the situation around. He proved with practical actions that a top running back can bring about a complete transformation for the team.

Therefore, in the past two years, the focus of discussion in the league has changed slightly. Is Levi an individual case or can he become a leader and set off a new trend?
It is against this background that Henry comes on the scene.

To be precise, Henry finally broke out and proved his ability as a top running back.

Whether it's the New England Patriots or the Kansas Chiefs, full alert still can't stop them——

It was a completely powerful ball, and Henry made continuous breakthroughs on his own.

Just like Levi in ​​the 2017 season.

He killed everyone who stood in his way, completely tearing the defense into countless pieces and breaking the balance of offense and defense with the unstoppable performance of the running back.

Once the defense uses two or even three people to surround Henry, not to mention that a three-man double team may not be able to stop Henry, Tannehill will also cleverly sneak in short passes or even mid-range passes, which will completely make people lose sight of the big picture. Does this scene seem familiar?

Yes, in the 2017 wild card game, the Kansas City Chiefs relied on this tactic to attack the Tennessee Titans.

At that time, the combination of quarterback Smith and running back Levi was far from famous in the league, but they relied on the tacit understanding of cooperation to repeatedly create miracles in passive situations.

In front of us, the same is true for Tannehill and Henry.

Obviously, Henry was hungry and eager, with a wolf-like urgency for victory. He was ready to take over the game and show all his abilities. In the first quarter, he released all his energy without reservation and was bloodthirsty.

13 carries for 94 yards and two touchdowns.

Whether it was an average of 7.23 yards per carry or two highly efficient touchdowns, in just one quarter, Henry produced numbers comparable to most running backs' entire game, which was definitely an epic top performance.

If Henry stayed focused, even if his stamina might not keep up in the second half and his subsequent performance declined slightly, Henry could still easily run 200 yards and reach an unprecedented 300 yards on the ground.

The entire league was stunned.

Objectively speaking, the Kansas City Chiefs' ground defense is indeed at the bottom of the league, ranking only 26th, the last position; but Henry completely destroyed this defense group in the first quarter alone, which still scared the entire league.

With the New England Patriots in front of him and the Kansas City Chiefs behind him, Henry was unstoppable.

Who knows, what if Henry really leads his team to the Super Bowl championship with the same fanfare as Levi did in the 2017 season?
After all, if Levi had accomplished such a feat, why not Henry?
In the first quarter of this divisional game, Henry stole all the attention and awakened the league's memory with his incredible performance:

Why is the University of Alabama Crimson Tide known as a traditional running back powerhouse? And why can it continue to dominate the college arena amid the passing wave?

But here's a question, what about the Kansas City Chiefs' offense? What about Mahomes and Levy? Why did they completely fail and disappear?
Here, we need to pay attention to one person, Tennessee Titans head coach Vrabel.

Who exactly is Vrabel?

A former professional football player, he played as a linebacker, but unlike most other professional players who turned coaches, his career was very brilliant. He was a Hall of Fame linebacker.

He spent his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs, winning three Super Bowl titles with the New England Patriots.

After the 2010 season, he announced his official retirement from the Kansas City Chiefs.

After retiring, he returned to his alma mater, Ohio State University, to start his second career as a linebacker coach. After just three seasons, he joined the Houston Texans and continued to serve as a linebacker coach. He was later promoted to defensive coordinator. After just one season, he was poached and officially served as the head coach of the Tennessee Titans last season.

At this time, only seven years had passed since Vrabel retired.

In other words, Vrabel's coaching career has been soaring, with three leaps in seven years. He has not only proved his talent and ability on the court, but also proved his potential on the sidelines.

This is definitely not an unknown person.

Moreover, Vrabel has proved this with his actions.

(End of this chapter)