Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 572: Stop and Look

"attack!"

Mahomes announced the kickoff decisively, without any unnecessary fancy moves. The main focus was on a quick connection, handing the football to Levi in ​​the first place, refusing to waste time.

At the beginning of the game, both offense and defense were carried out according to the pre-match deployment. While testing the opponent, they also tested their own status and strategy, so the tactical execution of both sides was particularly firm.

The football came into Levi's arms.

There is no time difference.

In an instant, he could clearly feel the murderous aura from across the Chu River and Han River rushing towards Levi, and the air instantly became stagnant.

The Pittsburgh Steelers' defensive players had fire in their eyes, clenched their teeth, and amazing energy burst out of their bodies.

Boom, boom boom.

There were bursts of roars, rushing towards Levi with the force of thunder.

Raid!

For the second consecutive defense, the Pittsburgh Steelers chose to apply pressure from the front line. Tomlin showed extraordinary courage and was ready to give rookie quarterback Mahomes a shocking education with continuous pressure and impact at the beginning of the game.

Whether it is a sack or a breakthrough is one thing; but continuous pressure and continuous tension without any breathing time, raising the rhythm and tension to a whole new level in the opening stage, is another thing.

For a young quarterback like Mahomes who lacks experience, leaving aside his personal abilities, it is easy for him to get dragged into the ditch in terms of the rhythm of the game, such as breathing adjustment and concentration level. His brain cannot keep up with the speed and his tactical vision cannot be opened, allowing the defense to seize the initiative before he has a chance to catch his breath.

This is an advantage at the tactical level as well as a strategic level.

No matter how experienced and thorough Reid is, there is still no answer to the question of game experience for a young quarterback, which can only be accumulated slowly through continuous mistakes.

Here we can once again see Tomlin's intelligence and cunning at the tactical level.

So, what about Reed?

Reid certainly knew the shortcomings that the young quarterback could not make up for, so how could he not be prepared?
The first offense was a quick, short pass that did not require the quarterback to think, and it tested the proficiency of the team's training during the offseason.

The second offense, the ground offense, shifts the pressure from the quarterback's shoulders to the team's current leading scorer.

then.

This is the scene before our eyes.

"Levi vs. the defensive team".

The Pittsburgh Steelers did not panic. The raid was still a raid. Whether it was a raid on the quarterback or the running back, the strategy of the defensive front line to put pressure on the pocket was the same. The moment Mahomes handed the football to Levi, the defense team started and completed the adjustment immediately.

Confrontation! Collision! Strength! Breakthrough! All in one go.

Defensive end Hayward has cut into the pocket.

As a veteran who has been in the league for many years, Hayward also showed his experience. The first raid at the beginning was mainly based on stalemate and entanglement, allowing the linebackers to cut in from the outside; the second raid was mainly based on breakthroughs and steps, tearing the pocket before the linebackers.

Same tactics, different pace.

Before he could blink, Hayward had already stepped into the pocket. With a brief pause, he broke free from the offensive lineman's entanglement, and his eyes were fixed on Levi like an eagle.

However, Levi did not move——

Literally, stand still.

Hayward: Is he scared silly?

Common sense says that Mahomes did not fake a move and chose to hand the ball over directly. This was a standard ground attack. The clean handoff was to buy time for the running back and to start first in the brief gap before the defensive line and linebackers started for the second time.

This is also the ground advancement that Levi is best at.

All defensive players in the league know that they cannot give Levi space to start and accelerate. Once Levi starts, subsequent defense may be very, very difficult; therefore, defensive players need to seize the time difference and compress Levi's starting space as much as possible.

This is what should be happening. However, Levi made an abnormal move:

Stand still, motionless.

Hayward: ???

Hayward knew that Levi definitely couldn't be frightened silly, but in that split second, he had neither the time nor the space to think, and could not find any other possibilities.

Now that you have started, you must keep moving forward.

There is no time to hesitate.

The only thing Hayward could do was to be fully alert and highly focused. He did not forget——

In addition to his speed advantage, Levi's ability to change directions is also top-notch in the league.

In a moment of change, Hayward's brain missed a key point, or a blind spot: behind him.

There is no way around this, after all, Hayward has no eyes on the back of his head.

Hayward was not the only player who noticed Levi's stillness, including outside linebacker TJ, inside linebacker Vince Williams and cornerback Burns.

It was impossible not to pay attention, because the ground attack tactics were too obvious and too direct. It was right in front of him at the first moment, and it was difficult to ignore it. Then he noticed Levi's abnormality.

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through my mind, and everyone had their own judgment.

Wait, is... Levi preparing to pass the ball?
Although it is ridiculous, some people do think this way, so everyone's conditioned reflexes and secondary reactions are slightly different.

Suddenly, there was a storm.

And all of this fell into Levi's eyes——

Bale training template.

It turns out that when LeVion Bell stopped, in a flash, he saw such a world in his eyes. Although Levi had tried similar counterattacks before, most of the time he had no choice. Now he stopped actively and read the defense a second time in Bell's way.

Open the door to a whole new world.

When all the defensive players were racing against time, their secondary reactions fell into Levi's eyes. He could see the positions, trends and running routes of TJ, Williams and Burns, including the safeties who were quickly stepping forward in the distance.

On the second defensive reading, the scene before me unfolds in my mind in a vivid three-dimensional way.

It seems very long when described, but in fact it is only a brief moment, between one breath and another.

Then, the shadow of Hayward's outstretched arms enveloped Levi.

Retracting his gaze and looking at the ferocious-looking Hayward in front of him, Levi calmly made an evasive move by leaning back and bending diagonally to the left.

Bend your waist and draw circles clockwise.

His body was like a tumbler, shifting the position where Hayward first exerted force, and then his lower body followed, with his right leg leaving the ground to make way.

Not a change of direction, just a dodge.

Hayward didn't expect it, and his heavy body subconsciously fell to the right, ready to block or destroy Levi in ​​the simplest way.

The sights briefly crossed.

Levi didn't even look at Hayward. He bypassed Hayward with his right leg and took a step around Hayward's body. He waited and waited until this moment before he finally exerted his strength. The accumulated strength burst out instantly and rushed forward, surpassing Hayward.

A slight difference can lead to a loss of thousands of miles.

Hayward saw Levi was so close that he could reach him, but his body was unable to turn and his center of gravity was out of control. He kept turning his head to look behind him but only caught a glimpse of a red afterimage.

Hayward missed.

(End of this chapter)