Dominate the Super Bowl-Chapter 1011 - 1010 Adapt to circumstances randomly
Li Wei: Hardman, are you confident in your speed?
Hardman couldn’t control his excitement and nodded repeatedly—
Speed? It’s his trump card.
This year at the Rookie Training Camp, Hardman made a stunning impression with his speed, clocking an incredible 4.33 seconds in the forty-yard dash.
What level is this?
The current best record at the Rookie Training Camp for the forty-yard dash is 4.32 seconds.
Li Wei’s forty-yard dash record at the Rookie Training Camp is 4.38 seconds.
It’s clear enough.
In other words, when it comes to absolute speed, Hardman has the edge.
After all, Li Wei is a running back, and Hardman is a Wide Receiver.
Obviously, Hardman is very confident in his speed.
Therefore, this is also the role Hardman plays in this offensive play—
"Sprint with all you have. I’ll cover for you."
Hardman could clearly see the sincerity and focus in Li Wei’s eyes.
"Listen, if I rush out, everyone’s attention will be on me, they’ll naturally assume Sherlock’s pass target is me."
"So, I’ll cover for you."
Unbelievable!
Hardman couldn’t believe his ears, he could fight alongside Li Wei, and Li Wei was covering for him while he became the pass target.
Just the thought of it almost made Hardman feel like he was having a stroke.
With all his effort, Hardman barely managed to restrain his excitement and agitation, finally reining in his rationality and regaining focus.
"Attack!"
The snap command sounded, and Hardman pushed off the ground and rushed forward immediately.
Ah, darn.
Hardman immediately realized he was too eager—
In the first half, control the speed, run routes, pose as if working together for short passes, allowing Hill to break the stalemate first and attract the attention of the second defensive line.
In the second half, unleash the speed, rely on absolute speed to break free and make a breakthrough.
Hardman had to slightly restrain himself, avoiding getting too carried away.
But this wasn’t an easy task, realizing Li Wei was right behind him, realizing he was the hidden weapon in this offensive play, realizing he was deceiving the defensive group standing before him, it felt like a dream to Hardman.
Control, control again.
However, after his steps reached ten yards, he noticed defensive players were quickly closing in from both sides, the lineman on the left and the cornerback on the right were preparing for a shutdown defense.
If he collided with a wall, the speed advantage might not be unleashed, Hardman was a bit anxious, speed control was hard to maintain, he tried to force a breakthrough with speed before the shutdown happened. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
Step step step, step step step.
Power released, speed enhanced, a gale roared in his eardrums, Hardman charged forward with all his might.
Ramsey noticed the anomaly immediately.
According to the plan, Ramsey was supposed to cover Kelsey, Kelsey retreated, Li Wei and Hardman stood staggered, one in front, the other behind along a vertical thrust—
This was abnormal.
Ramsey didn’t have the time to observe and judge, relying entirely on instinct, he reflexively reacted, abandoning the coverage on Kelsey, instinctively catching up with Li Wei and Hardman, enhancing his speed while maintaining a parallel stand, and observing the surroundings amid the sprint, gauging the situation.
Then, Hardman accelerated.
Ramsey was alert immediately.
Originally, Ramsey’s attention was entirely on Li Wei—
No matter the situation, you must never underestimate Li Wei, Li Wei always requires careful and cautious opposition.
He thought Hardman should dismantle blocks and provide cover for Li Wei, the focus still on Li Wei.
But now!
Just after stepping out of the short pass area, Hardman already started accelerating, Ramsey instantly sounded the alarm.
Firstly, Mahomes was still moving, showing no signs of passing.
Secondly, Hardman’s forty-yard speed was a highlighted keyword, during the pre-game preparations, the defensive group coach repeatedly mentioned Hardman had the capability to accelerate like Hill.
Thirdly, even if he moved early, rushing ahead, he could still retract at any time to cover Li Wei who followed behind.
Fourthly, on the other side, there was the lineman Quincy Williams quickly closing in, following Quincy’s gaze and actions, he hadn’t noticed Hardman’s movement, his focus was entirely on Li Wei.
In the blink of an eye, numerous thoughts collided in his head, various ideas quickly clashed, and the body had already reacted ahead of the brain, following Hardman.
Decisive!
Straightforward!
Ramsey knew that when facing speed-oriented players like Hill and Li Wei, the key was to block their position immediately and apply body coverage:
Don’t let them unleash their speed, or you’ll fall into a passive position later.
If you overlook any detail, once you miss the timing, grabbing and helmet pulling actions are inevitable, crude defensive fouls are like a minefield waiting to explode.
Hardman was the same.
Hardman had just started to accelerate, while Ramsey had already taken two giant steps to instantly unleash power, pushing his speed to the extreme within merely five and ten yards.
Then, stepping sideways to the left, his shoulder collided with Hardman, using his body to apply pressure, continuously colliding power and speed forward.
Collision. Pressure. Friction.
Ramsey and Hardman were vying for position, stumbling and bumping across the midfield line.
Hardman tried to shake off Ramsey using absolute speed, but at this moment, Ramsey demonstrated his top-notch cornerback abilities, using his shoulder to hold the position, attempting to get ahead of Hardman, even enduring Hardman’s speed impact while leveraging power to suppress him, refusing Hardman’s escape.
Nearby, Quincy noticed this scene—
Speed is not his strength.
Quincy is a small stature, slightly shorter than Li Wei, yet heavier. Because of this, during this year’s draft, this young lineman wasn’t favored, falling to the third round before being selected.
Although speed isn’t his advantage, power, confrontation and explosion are his fortes.
At this moment, Quincy noticed Ramsey and Hardman’s entanglement, he instantly perceived Li Wei’s opportunistic action, preemptively charging towards Li Wei before he could react.
Quincy’s judgment was correct, Li Wei indeed prepared to initiate.
Their advancing steps had already crossed the midfield line, without initiation now, they might fail to swiftly enter the deep area, even a hundred-meter sprinter requires time for initiation, acceleration, stabilization and the entire sprint process, not to mention as pass targets needing to adjust steps to receive passes.
Initiation is necessary.
Just as Li Wei was preparing to initiate, Quincy unhesitatingly made a cut inward, positioning himself as if compressing the lane, but the entire right shoulder and arm muscle lines were fully tense, the accumulated power was clearly seen amid high-speed movement, pressing towards Li Wei strongly.
Li Wei abruptly halted his initiating steps and braked urgently.
High-speed Quincy’s eyes watched Li Wei "retreat," adjusting positions, he awkwardly stopped his steps, unexpectedly Li Wei had already initiated a second time, waiting for him to follow and adjust his steps, realizing his rhythm had fallen behind amid urgent stopping and turning.
Li Wei took a sideways step to the left, cutting horizontally past Quincy’s back, shifting from Quincy’s right side to the left, instantly unleashing speed.
Quincy: ??? Where did he go?