Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 566 Spring Breeze Turns into Rain
There was an uproar.

Both the media reporters and the Chiefs players were shocked by Hunter's indiscriminate attack, with their mouths open in amazement.

Obviously, this was an accident.

After all, it's just spring training camp now, and attendance is voluntary. Every year, there are players who miss spring training camp in order to fight for big contracts, making a gesture and asking the team to sit at the negotiating table with them. There is no need to make a fuss.

The real key is the subsequent summer training camp, which is a mandatory training camp that must be attended. If you miss it, it will be like a war. Both the players and the team must be fully alert and treat it with the highest standards.

Right now, the situation between Bell and the Pittsburgh Steelers is not good and the atmosphere is tense, which is a fact; but Bell is only absent from the spring training camp, and no one, including the media, has sounded the alarm to raise the danger level for the time being.

Building momentum also requires a gradual process.

however.

Right from the start, Hunter launched a bombshell without any regard for the consequences, showing a life-and-death attitude, pushing the atmosphere to the extreme and the situation instantly became tense.

Heavy!

Absolutely blockbuster!

It seems that one can clearly feel the shocking ripples slowly spreading out.

As Vic was turning around to return to the office, he was stopped by a member of the coaching staff and told about the commotion at the entrance of the training base. His head suddenly exploded, his eardrums buzzed, and his entire back was instantly covered in cold sweat.

On the other side, the Pittsburgh Steelers were pushed into the spotlight to deal with a difficult situation. Because of the fully guaranteed contract of the Minnesota Vikings and Cousins, other teams were a little sensitive. Now all attention is focused on Bell's running back contract. The Pittsburgh Steelers are also under tremendous pressure. The team managers are glad that they are not the ones facing the problem.

But no one expected that a lone assassin would appear in the defending champion team?
It is conceivable that the Kansas City Chiefs will also be caught up in the storm next; moreover, they have another top running back who is at the center of the storm. Thinking of this, Veach felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.

Grass. Grass grass grass grass!

Originally, Veach thought that he should talk to Levi during the spring training camp, comfort Levi and encourage Levi, let Levi know that the team is on the same side as him; but there is no need to rush for the time being, and he can wait and see how the Pittsburgh Steelers deal with the situation after Bell is absent from the training camp. However, he did not expect that the bomb would explode on the first day.

Before the curse word could even escape his throat, Vic turned around and ran towards the training base.

From a distance, Vic could see Levi surrounded by reporters. The veins on his temples began to throb wildly. There was no time to breathe, and he could faintly hear Levi's voice.

"...Of course, I support Bell."

Veach's eyes went dark. First Hunter, then Levi, the main running backs of the Kansas City Chiefs all supported Bell's absence from the spring training camp?

So what’s next?

The two running backs may ask the team to improve their treatment immediately!

As Vicchi was running, his knees went weak and he almost fell down.

The crowd didn't notice Vicky, their attention was completely focused on Levi.

"There is no doubt that Bale is an excellent player who has proven his ability and value time and again with his performances on the field."

"Football is a team sport. Every position has its significance and role. The quarterback is like the kicker, the running back is like the safety, and none of them can be missing."

Vicky: Wait, this doesn't seem right. The positive kind.

Levi's real brilliance lies in that he did not say that running backs are as important as quarterbacks, but emphasized that each position is indispensable. At the same time, he compared running backs with safeties, which was a brilliant move.

As the league places more and more emphasis on passing offense, teams are more inclined to pay high salaries to quarterbacks, wide receivers, two-line players, cornerbacks and other positions. Due to the pressure of the hard salary cap, salaries in other positions have been compressed, with running backs, linebackers and safeties being the first to bear the brunt.

Of course, there are always exceptions, but this is the general trend.

This is a situation that deserves further exploration.

In a league that values ​​passing, it is puzzling that safety, the deepest position on the field, is losing value and salary to defensive tackle.

In the past, the role of safeties was very diverse, and they could perform different jobs close to or far from the line of scrimmage; but in the past two years, especially after the boom of the Bombshells subsided, the functions of safeties have gradually become monotonous.

The safeties only need to stand in the deep position 20 yards away from the line of scrimmage and guard the areas on both sides of the middle, and the quarterback will automatically find ways to avoid risky passes in the deep position.

Naturally, the gap in tactical functions between top safeties and ordinary safeties is getting smaller and smaller. What is tested more often is the safety's ability to start from a deep position to defend against theft in the short and medium pass areas and to tackle wide receivers. There are fewer and fewer safeties like Earl Thomas of the Seattle Seahawks who have the ability to closely guard people and sit alone in the backfield in the deep area.

The decline in the safety guard's ability will naturally lead to a decline in value.

In addition, at the turn of the century, safeties have always been synonymous with powerful collisions, and the impact ability that makes wide receivers tremble in fear has given safeties a unique status; but in recent years, league rules have become more and more protective of offensive players, not only quarterbacks, but also wide receivers, tying the hands and feet of safeties, and impact-type safeties are almost on the verge of disappearing.

In fact, some cornerbacks switched to safety after they had passed their prime and their physical abilities had declined. This is also a side proof. At present, young people with real physical talents in high school and college will choose cornerbacks instead of safety.

Now, the annual salary level of safeties is similar to that of running backs.

Even the average annual salary is slightly lower than that of running backs.

In other words, safeties and running backs are the result of the league's emphasis on passing offense.

In other words, the running back’s plight is not an isolated phenomenon.

His gaze returned to Levi.

A short sentence contains a huge amount of information.

Maybe laymen don’t feel anything special, but it sounds completely different to professionals.

Vic was slightly stunned and did not rush forward any further.

Facing the swarm of reporters, Li Wei remained calm and chatted happily.

"Of course, Bell's excellence does not need my recognition or praise, because it is obvious to all, and no one understands this better than the Pittsburgh Steelers."

"Coach Tomlin has publicly expressed his appreciation and affirmation more than once. They have an outstanding team and an excellent lineup."

"So, I believe that the Pittsburgh Steelers can give Bell fair and just treatment, and I also believe that the Pittsburgh Steelers can give an excellent top player the treatment he deserves."

With a smile on your face, you feel like you are in the spring breeze.

Having just experienced Hunter's violent storm in the previous second, it was all eliminated and calmed down by Levi's gentle breeze and rain in the next second.

is this normal?
(End of this chapter)