Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 628: Soaring Hurdles
"Brady-Gronkowski", in the third-and-10 situation, the most legendary and powerful combination of the New England Patriots' offense appeared again.

This time, the Kansas City Chiefs had anticipated this and used three double teams to completely surround Gronkowski, instantly trapping him in quicksand.

however!
This tight end, who was at the peak of his career, showed his ability to respond in a split second, knocking Fowler away, squeezing Houston, and then jumping on the spot to compete for the ball with Ragland.

Four people. Eight hands.

Not only Regrand, but Houston also tried his best to stretch out his hands to try to disrupt the catch.

Gronkowski withstood the pressure and snatched the football from the chaos. He pushed and squeezed, using his size advantage to the fullest. He stumbled and dragged Fowler who was grappling with him, and pushed Houston away forcefully and fiercely like a bulldozer.

Forced advance of five yards.

Five yards, just five yards, and they were ultimately unable to complete the third-down conversion. The New England Patriots faced a fourth-down, five-yard situation, but Gronkowski's toughness and bloodiness displayed in the triple-team once again ignited the passion of Gillette Stadium, with overwhelming waves of cheers venting out.

The New England Patriots advanced to the 30-yard line.

The suspense of victory or defeat lies in the hands of the special forces team.

There are five seconds left in the game. No matter what happens next, the Kansas City Chiefs' offense will not have the opportunity to try the Hail Mary again. Unless the Kansas City Chiefs can complete an interception/fumble return touchdown in the next special team confrontation, everything now depends on the kicker.

Stephen Gerstkowski.

The New England Patriots had a chance to win the game, and Gustkowski was ready to attempt a 47-yard field goal.

There are difficulties, risks and variables.

Last season, Gostkowski made all four of his attempts at kicks of more than 50 yards; however, he made eight of his 11 attempts at kicks of 40 to 49 yards.

A little strange.

It's not just last year. Since entering the league in 2006 and becoming the starting kicker of the New England Patriots, Gostkowski has always been like this. He performs very well on short-yardage or long-yardage free kicks, but often makes mistakes on free kicks between and yards.

Right in front of us is a 47-yard free kick.

All eyes in the audience were focused on Gustkowski.

"pause!"

Reed had been watching and waiting. He did not wait for Gustkowski to start running. Instead, he called for a pause before he adjusted his breathing and prepared to start, trying to disrupt Gustkowski's breathing rhythm in this way. Anyway, there was no point in keeping the pause.

If Gustkowski misses the free kick and the game remains tied and goes into overtime, all timeouts will be reset and both teams will be given two more timeouts.

So, don’t waste it.

Obviously, Belichick had the same idea. After the Kansas City Chiefs' timeout ended, he did not let Gustkowski return to the court. Instead, he used a timeout on the spot and let Gustkowski continue to stand on the sidelines to adjust his breathing and condition.

Judging from the book analysis curve, overtime is also an equal opportunity, and the fluctuation curves of the offense and defense of the two teams are consistent. It is estimated that it will be another fierce battle; but the Kansas City Chiefs are young after all, and have a slight advantage in physical fitness, so Belichick does not want to wait too long and dream too much, they need a buzzer-beater game.

After two consecutive timeouts, Gillette Stadium was extremely noisy, and the temperature and air pressure continued to rise.

Then, the special teams finally appeared again.

Li Wei is on the list.

Although Levi is not a defensive player and rarely appears on the special team, he appeared again at this time when he needed to give it a try.

Childress looked at Reed with a hint of concern.

Reed said calmly, expressionless, "Patience. Be patient. He knows what he's doing."

His eyes looked at Levi calmly and steadily——

Now this team, which is mainly composed of sophomore and junior players, needs to go through hardships and tests. Those experiences do not come out of thin air and there are no shortcuts. They must be accumulated through one game after another and finally evolved into nutrients for transformation into a king.

Levi is no exception.

So, Reed believed in Levi and this group of young people and let them go and have fun.

When Gustkowski saw Levi appear, he was slightly stunned and had no idea what this guy was doing here?
However, this is not important. Staying calm and focusing on yourself is the core tactic of a kicker. No matter who is on the other side, the kicker must focus on himself.

Taking a deep breath, Gerstkowski prepared himself.

In front of them, the front line was still facing off. The front line players of the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs stood on the 30-yard line and faced off. They all bent down to lower their center of gravity, supported the ground with one hand, and stared at the other side sharply, like bullfighting, ready to attack at any time.

"kick off!"

Center, give the signal with your voice.

Bang, bang, bang, bang.

In an instant, everyone started a head-on collision, stirring up a huge wave of air.

However, there is one exception.

A figure stood up, pushed off the ground, exerted force, and jumped up——

With just three steps of adjustment, he leaped over the numerous obstacles between the two front lines in a standard hurdle-jumping posture in an incredible manner.

Shock!

stunned!

fear!

The entire place was in complete silence, their heartbeats were cut short, no one dared to believe their eyes, and everyone stared at the scene with their mouths wide open like frogs.

The New England Patriots special teams' forwards were no exception. They could feel the crisis hovering overhead without even raising their heads.

A shadow flew low overhead like a bomber. It was the white number 23.

Levi.

Speed ​​up, exert force, and jump! Hurdles!

Such a fantastic and incredible action actually succeeded.

Levi crossed the obstacle, completely ignoring the opponent's front line fence, and completed the leap in the first time, but he had no time to be thankful. He touched the ground with his toes and continued to rush forward, with his arms fully stretched out, swinging left and right like windshield wipers, interfering with Gustkowski's vision.

Rushing forward while blocking at the same time.

The next second, the reddish-brown afterimage flew towards him.

Levi already felt the pull of gravity and his body was falling, but Levi did not give up. He still stretched out his palms, with his upper body stretched to the extreme, trying to complete the block.

Just a little bit closer.

The fingertips seemed to touch the football, but also seemed not to.

Immediately afterwards, a surging wave of air swept across the fingertips of both hands, and the air flow swirled and whistled past.

Levi couldn't turn his head anymore, he felt the pull of gravity. His body sank rapidly like a heavy piece of iron, surrounded by green.

The next second, I heard a thunderous cheer and roar.

Levi rolled over swiftly, turned around and supported his upper body with both hands, watching the football brush against the left side of the stick and successfully enter the goal.

It was just a hair's breadth of difference, just a tiny gap, but in the end it still fell short.

"45:48".

The score was finally frozen, with the visiting team in front and the home team behind. It was the end of another epic game.

(End of this chapter)