Dominate the Super Bowl

Chapter 595: 594 Rookie Link Chapter 595: 594 Rookie Link “Mahomes.

Li Wei.”

“Li Wei, break through the middle?”

“Li Wei, backpedaling and reading the defense, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ second-level defense moves up very promptly, heavy troops amassed on the right, forcing Li Wei to move laterally and look for a breakthrough on the left, pressure, the pressure is obvious!”

“Wait, this scene…”

“Li Wei!”

“Pass!”

“God!”

“‘Chiefs Special’, Li Wei’s pass target is—”

All was silent, breath held, the gazes of tens of thousands all converged upon the parabola of the brown football, the entire world seemed to freeze, with just that arc cutting across the field, flying on, tugging at the heartstrings of Arrowhead Stadium.

“Mahomes.”

“Mahomes!”

“This is unbelievable!”

The whole stadium, in shock, watched with wide eyes as their young quarterback caught the football with steady hands and then clumsily turned to surge forward.

The thirty-yard line.

The twenty-yard line.

Kelsey’s block cleared a major obstacle.

The ten-yard line.

The five-yard line.

Just as a collision seemed imminent, with hearts jumping into throats and the whole stadium hushed, even the breaths cut short, they saw Mahomes make a last-moment cut, nonchalantly avoiding the tackle.

The End Zone Line—

“Touchdown!”

“Whoa, God!”

Scalp tingling, brain thundering.

“Touchdown!”

“Touchdown, touchdown, touchdown!

Without question, it was spectacular, and though we’re still at the season opener, the most fantastic play of the 2018 season has made a powerful entry!”

“The Kansas City Chiefs score a touchdown with an unexpectedly tricky play!”

“The Kansas City Chiefs have turned the situation on its head at an unexpected time, in an unexpected place, in an unexpected way.

From Mahomes to Li Wei, then from Li Wei to Mahomes, they’ve recreated the classic play from the Super Bowl earlier this year.

Li Wei’s thirty-five-yard pass connected with Mahomes, who charged straight into the end zone for a deadly touchdown, a stroke of genius!”

“…Wow!”

Admiration, exclamation, astonishment—

Mahomes felt the same, turning around in disbelief to look at Hill and Kelsey, his eyes full of confusion:

Touchdown, just like that?

His baffled expression made Kelsey burst into laughter, grabbing Mahomes by the shoulder and giving the young quarterback’s helmet a firm pat.

“Touchdown!

Patrick, touchdown!”

Only now did Mahomes begin to feel a hint of reality.

Scoring a touchdown as a quarterback through a pass and catching the ball for a touchdown as a Wide Receiver were completely different experiences, and adrenaline finally surged within him.

One by one, the Kansas Chiefs Offense players gathered around Mahomes, celebrating en masse, but Mahomes continued searching through the crowd.

Finally!

“Rookie, touchdown.

Haha, touchdown!

Come on, another one!”

Mahomes seemingly hadn’t tasted victory yet, impatiently asking for another, causing collective laughter among the Chieftain players.

Li Wei gave Mahomes a thumbs-up.

“Let’s do another one.”

Roars and cheers erupted.

Meanwhile, the Kansas Chiefs Offense shook off their earlier gloom.

One by one, they joined in the raucous atmosphere—it was quite a lively scene.

Edmund: ???

Have you considered my feelings?

The Pittsburgh Steelers rookie Safety lay in the circle, regretting his missed tackle.

Before he could get back on his feet, he was engulfed by a sea of red, like Monk Tang trapped in the Spider’s Web, unaccustomed to such a spectacle.

His face showed panick as he scrambled to escape on hands and feet.

Laughter followed him from behind.

Edmund: Damn it!

“Incredible!

Absolutely incredible!”

“The Pittsburgh Steelers were caught completely off guard.

Tomlin tried to stick to his strategy of ‘remaining unchanged in response to myriad changes,’ but Reed caught him in this phase of the offense and defense.

He paid a painful price as the Steelers defense looked dizzy and posed not the slightest threat.”

“Now, the tide of the game has subtly shifted.”

“This is the Kansas Chiefs’ first score since the second quarter, ending half a quarter’s slump and struggle with a breakthrough.

First, it was the Defensive group’s brilliant three-strike out; then Li Wei’s forceful ground push, followed by the Offensive group’s light and cunning trick play.

In the past three minutes, the defending champions have regained the initiative.”

“Ladies and gentlemen, perhaps the game is just really starting now.”

The balance was once again disrupted.

“30:28.”

Unlike the first and second quarters, the situation became even closer and more contested.

Although the Pittsburgh Steelers still held the lead, the point gap was back to within one possession.

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Everything called for a long-term strategy.

This also meant that whether it was Tomlin or Reed, both had to redeploy their tactics.

So, the question arose—

Does Tomlin still have any cards up his sleeve?

Was he hiding any strategic plays, ready to be unleashed as trump cards during week four of the regular season against the Baltimore Ravens?

If so, was it time to bring them out?

The answer, it seemed, was yes.

When the Pittsburgh Steelers Offensive Team took the field again, running back Conner was entrusted with an important task.

Tomlin had been avoiding the issue with Bell; in this game, he even gave up on the ground attack completely, choosing to duel with his opponents through passing.

Indeed, it was proved that the Steelers certainly had the capacity.

Had it not been for the reigning champions, the Kansas City Chiefs, also showing their formidable strength, Tomlin might have been able to take the mystery out of the matchup early on with a single, decisive flow.

But now, Tomlin still had to face the running back issue—

With Bell’s absence known throughout the League, the Steelers’ offensive would lean towards Brown.

Even Brown believed this.

This meant Tomlin’s offensive strategy was exposed to the opposition beforehand, and his offensive tactic planning was also restrained.

This was not good.

That’s why, regardless of whether Brown was facing a multi-player defense or not, Tomlin was avoiding exposing his tactical intentions as much as possible, refusing to set up special plays for Brown’s side that could be easily deciphered.

The same went for the present situation.

In this tight game, Tomlin’s first move was to start from the ground.

Tomlin believed in the individual ability of a running back.

A top-notch running back could indeed bring change; but he also believed this change was limited, with both an upper and lower bound very clear, which was why they were willing to renew their contract with Bell, but refused to pay beyond the value of a running back.

More than the personal abilities of the running back, the offensive line and tactical coordination played a more important role.

Tomlin trusted his brain.

So.

James Conner, this year’s third-round pick at number 105, was shouldering a heavy responsibility.

In the first three quarters, Conner had only one ground rush with the ball.

Other times, he appeared on the field as a Wide Receiver and an extra offensive line player, and now he was finally returning to his role as a running back.

The Pittsburgh Steelers were preparing to break through on the ground.

So, was this a new tactic or an old one?

Conner, slightly excited, was a running back trained by the University of Pittsburgh—a native born and raised in Pittsburgh; he hoped he could represent the Steelers and become a cornerstone of the team like Bell.

People shouldn’t have forgotten that Le’Veon Bell was only a second-round pick at number 48, right?

Draft position means nothing.