Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 591: Deep Thinking

The situation has undergone subtle changes.

However, the advantage is still in the hands of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Don't forget that the Kansas City Chiefs' offense is also experiencing a slump. They are using every inch of their skin and every cell to feel the traditional skills of the Pittsburgh Steelers' defense. The young offense is taking lessons obediently.

Therefore, the Pittsburgh Steelers' strikeout only bought the Kansas City Chiefs a brief breathing space. Whether they can completely reverse the predicament depends on the performance of the offensive team in the future. The situation is still very serious.

To be honest, Mahomes is a little confused——

Sometimes, he reminded himself that he needed to play the way his coach wanted, but when his brain got too excited, his college game habits came back. Different thoughts were pulling at each other in his mind, and the game became bumpy.

Reason told him to stay calm, composed and take it one step at a time.

But obviously, this is not an easy task.

Subconsciously turning his head, Mahomes saw Levi with a focused look on his face.

This calmed Mahomes down a little. No matter what difficulties they faced, they faced them together, so what they needed now was focus, concentration, and -

Focus.

Indeed, Levi was thinking about how he should adjust his advancement strategy.

Generally speaking, if you focus on passing defense, ground offense will be able to find some opportunities; if you focus on ground defense, passing offense will be able to get more space.

But not the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Pittsburgh Steelers boldly gave Mahomes more room to move, which not only won more power for the pass defense, but also did not relax on the ground defense. They firmly seized on Mahomes' youth and immaturity, showing the sophistication and maturity of this team that has been in the league for more than ten years.

So, is there a solution?

Have.

Read option offense.

Simply put, it is to make full use of the quarterback's running ability, which is the strong point of the running quarterback and can easily resolve the crisis.

Only a small number of people know that Mahomes also has the ability to run the ball.

There is no doubt that Mahomes is a traditional pocket quarterback. He became famous for his beautiful long passes in college. However, he has outstanding athletic ability and has no problem running with the ball based on his personal ability. Therefore, during the offseason, quarterback coaches began to slowly hone Mahomes' ability in this area.

Same with Rogers of the Green Bay Packers.

In fact, Rogers is also a traditional pocket quarterback who is keen on passing the ball, but in critical moments, his ability to run the ball is not inferior to any running quarterback. This is what makes Rogers really scary.

but!

The Kansas City Chiefs did not resort to this move lightly.

Firstly, Mahomes is still too young, and now is the time to establish his playing style. Reid does not want Mahomes to rely too much on physical confrontations such as running the ball. Passing is the foundation for a quarterback to gain a foothold in the professional league.

Secondly, Reid knows that running quarterbacks need to face a lot of physical confrontations and are at risk of injury. He doesn't want Mahomes to use his body to collide and confront without knowing what's going on. This is the way the NCAA plays.

Originally, Reid had been correcting the performance habits that Mahomes developed during his college years, because long passes are always more exciting, more stimulating, and more likely to win applause, so that when Mahomes reads the secondary defense, he always habitually reads the long pass gaps in the deep area.

This is not good.

The last thing Reid needs right now is for Mahomes to go back to college mode.

Thirdly, this is a secret weapon, and Reed doesn't want to reveal it too early.

In other words, the Pittsburgh Steelers have revealed all their hidden talents; but Reed has not, he still believes that Levi believes in his team.

Reid believes that they need to look at the long term. Not only does the coaching staff need to think hard, but the players also need to learn to think. They should not be limited to the Pittsburgh Steelers as an opponent in front of them. If they want to truly grow, then every difficulty is a valuable learning opportunity.

Therefore, the Kansas City Chiefs have not been using the read option offense.

The pressure naturally falls on the shoulders of Mahomes and Levi.

Levi has been thinking, how should he break the deadlock?

The Pittsburgh Steelers' key defense against Levi was also well-studied - they rarely used a five-back formation, taking Burnett out to defend Levi alone.

Burnett's role is not to challenge Levi one-on-one. Unlike Fowler's challenge against Brown, Burnett only needs to restrain or even delay Levi for a moment. Once Levi is unable to take advantage of his speed, the subsequent defense will immediately follow up and Levi will be trapped in the mud in an instant.

The Pittsburgh Steelers aren't worried about Levi continuing to run the ball the way Bell did.

Because no matter how Levi observed, adjusted, or looked for openings, Burnett was there, lingering.

Levi had reason to suspect that this was a yelling letter Tomlin sent to Bell:

Tomlin is demonstrating to the entire league the correct way to defend Bell.

However, despite his doubts, Levi had another idea:
In the past few seasons, everyone has been studying Bell and everyone has been defending Bell. At least from a tactical level, Bell is still a headache, and a mere five-point guard cannot solve all the problems.

So, what about Levi himself?

Levi jumped lightly on the spot, feeling relaxed.

He thought it was time to test the results of his other off-season training.

Tomlin shouldn't be so naive to think that Levi and Watt's offseason training together is just as simple as chatting, playing in the water and having a heart-to-heart talk, right?

Array.

Our side has seventeen yards and the first gear has ten yards.

The Pittsburgh Steelers remained fully focused, and the special teams performed well in punting, pushing the Kansas City Chiefs' kickoff starting position back a few steps.

Mahomes' second appearance in the second half was still in a bad position.

The air is burning——

The Kansas City Chiefs tried to use their momentum to turn the tide.

The Pittsburgh Steelers tried to put out any flames.

then.

"attack!"

Mahomes announced the kickoff and without pause, he immediately handed the football to Levi. The Kansas Chiefs did not rush into the game and chose to start with a ground attack.

Hayward, happy.

Everything was as expected. Tomlin once again suppressed Reid in terms of tactical game.

Well come.

Hayward started early and rushed forward with all his strength at the first moment.

However, it's a little different from usual.

Normally, Hayward would aim at the offensive guard or offensive tackle and collide head-on to create a confrontation; but now, Hayward took a posture of attacking the quarterback, created a mismatch, pushed away the impact of the offensive tackle, used the force to complete the mismatch, and rushed up along the outside edge of the pocket.

This is a raid.

The difference is that this time the target of the sack was not the quarterback but the running back.

Hayward has completed countless sacks like this in his career, with a ferocious smile on his face:

Sorry, poor newbie.

However, the smile didn't have time to bloom, and it froze at the corner of his mouth the next second. Hayward didn't even have time to open his arms, and a red hurricane had already passed under his arms, leaving only an afterimage.

Hayward was a beat too slow and had no time to brake, and he fell into the air.

Dropped a dog and ate shit.

(End of this chapter)