Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 641 Determined to Win
Marvin Lewis and his Cincinnati Bengals are united from top to bottom, inside and out, with a united purpose and full of confidence, aiming for victory.

Perhaps, someone will ask, who gave the Cincinnati Bengals the courage, Taylor Swift?
One is a team that has missed the playoffs for two consecutive seasons and is slowly going downhill, and the other is a team that just won the Super Bowl and continues to rise.

Even though the Kansas City Chiefs lost to the New England Patriots in the last game, they should still be the favorites.

However, this is not the case.

This season, the Cincinnati Bengals have fully recovered.

In the season opener, they defeated the Indianapolis Colts and then the Baltimore Ravens, defeating strong playoff seeding opponents in two consecutive games. This team, which has gotten rid of the injury-plagued young players, has finally matured and returned to being strong.

Although they suffered a small setback in the third week with a hard-fought loss to the Carolina Panthers, they quickly rallied and won a one-point away victory over the Atlanta Falcons, and then continued their winning streak by beating the Miami Dolphins at home, quickly getting back on track.

In the 2018 season, the team started with four wins and one loss, ranking only behind the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Rams, standing at the top of the league pyramid.

There is no doubt that the Cincinnati Bengals have become the biggest surprise of the new season, especially the offensive group, which averaged 30.6 points per game and won a lot of applause.

Quarterback Dalton is back in the public eye and is among the candidates for the regular season MVP.

It is a bit regrettable that in the sixth week of the regular season, the Cincinnati Bengals faced the Pittsburgh Steelers. The offensive team encountered a real wall for the first time this season, "only" scoring 21 points and finally losing by one touchdown.

Currently, the season record is four wins and two losses.

Simply put, the Cincinnati Bengals were not afraid at all against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Judging from the record, status, history, etc., Lewis' confidence is not groundless arrogance. The Cincinnati Bengals do have the ability to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs.

Most importantly, both the Cincinnati Bengals and the Kansas City Chiefs have just suffered a defeat. For young teams, the key is how to get rid of the shadow of failure, quickly complete adjustments, and find the rhythm and state of the game again. In this regard, Lewis has absolute confidence.

Not to mention the distant past, just this season, the Cincinnati Bengals completed a "recovery". After losing to the Carolina Panthers in a fierce battle, they quickly adjusted and defeated the Atlanta Falcons in a strong collision to win.

Defeat will not demoralize the Cincinnati Bengals. On the contrary, it will stimulate their desire for victory and unleash more energy.

However, look at the Kansas City Chiefs --

The off-court controversy surrounding Levi has always put the team at the center of controversy, and the media swarming around the team has made the training base completely restless.

The young quarterback Mahomes also experienced the feeling of being chased by paparazzi.

On Wednesday, after the training, Mahomes and Levi left the training base together, but they were dazzled by the overwhelming flash lights of more than 300 reporters and fled in panic, and were squeezed out in the surging crowd.

Finally, Levi found Mahomes, who was surrounded by reporters with no way to escape, in a public restroom in a park not far from the training base. After pushing through the crowd to rescue Mahomes, he fought his way out.

That night, the embarrassing photo of Mahomes leaving the bathroom went viral on the Internet.

Before one wave of news subsides, another wave arises. Before the heat of the previous wave of news has subsided, Mahomes has become popular again in an unwilling way and has become an emoticon, living in the timeline of social networks.

The next day, the crowd gathered around the Kansas City Chiefs training base continued to grow, and even Reid's complete shutdown of training could not stop the paparazzi's frenzy.

Off-field gossip is undoubtedly playing a disruptive factor.

In this short week, the Kansas City Chiefs will probably be in a state of unrest both inside and outside.

Lewis' confidence in defeating the Kansas City Chiefs became even stronger.

The Cincinnati Bengals will prove themselves, prove that the Kansas City Chiefs are their younger brothers, prove that the Kansas City Chiefs' glory last season was purely coincidental, and prove that they are the real kings who should reach the top of the Super Bowl.

but--

The Kansas City Chiefs might disagree a little bit.

"Mahomes!"

"Mahomes is watching, Kelce runs open on the left wing!" "Wait, fake fax run!"

"Mahomes handed the ball to Levi and for the second time in a row he chose to fake a run, trying to get past the Cincinnati Bengals defense again."

"Oh no!"

“This time, Atkins said no!”

Geno Atkins, a defensive end, although not as famous as JJ Watt, Aaron Donald and others, is also a well-known figure who has been selected to the Pro Bowl five times. Even in the two seasons when the Cincinnati Bengals missed the playoffs, he was a well-deserved highlight of the team's defense.

Today, Atkins has his sights firmly set on Mahomes and Levy.

It's okay to be fooled by the same tactics once, but if you are fooled for the second time in a row, you are an idiot.

In this offense, Atkins had already been prepared. Although his eyes were fixed on Mahomes, he never forgot Levi.

He would not let the Kansas City Chiefs' ground attack have its way on his own turf.

Push off the ground and step forward.

Dislocation, get rid of.

Atkins' steps were very light and flexible as he prepared to sack the quarterback. He used changes in his center of gravity and footwork to easily get rid of the offensive line. In the blink of an eye, he had cut into the pocket, lying across the slot route, blocking Levi's way to a straight line breakthrough, like a crab.

and!

Atkins was not reckless.

On the one hand, he knew he needed to hurry and not give Levi time to speed up.

On the one hand, he also knew he needed to stay calm and not make a rash move and miss the tackle.

Obviously the situation was tense and the offensive line on the side was still entangled and collided, but Atkins braked and paused briefly at the critical moment, keeping his center of gravity flexible, without losing his position and getting stuck in the route.

This is not all.

At the same time, he leaned forward with his upper body, opened his arms, and locked his eyes on Levi, creating an overwhelming invisible pressure that forced Levi to lose his patience and calm in panic and make wrong judgments and choices.

Everything happens in the blink of an eye.

Levi had just held the ball and was about to start when he could feel the invisible pressure coming towards him. It was obvious that the opponent in front of him was well prepared.

The air was slightly condensed, and one could clearly feel the slight pause in the collision of the two people's auras, just like the aura duel between martial arts masters before making a move, and the tension was instantly filled to the maximum.

However, Levi did not pause.

He took a step forward and rushed straight towards Atkins.

Atkins: Well done.

Atkins ignored Levi's bravado, bent his knees to lower his center of gravity, took the initiative, and just before Levi was about to change direction, he took the lead and opened his arms to complete the tackle.

However, Levi did not sway left or right, but stopped with an emergency brake, turned 360 degrees counterclockwise on the spot, and avoided Atkins' solid tackle.

The two people, one on the left and one on the right, actually strayed off track so easily.

Understatement, leisurely stroll.

(End of this chapter)