Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 1059 Sweeping the Alliance
"Lamar Jackson, it's just so-so, stop blowing it, it's everyone's responsibility."

The trolls kept complaining and the Kansas City Chief didn't even need to come out to refute them because Jackson was the first one to get angry.

What did you say? I'm just so-so, why don't you try it yourself? I'll let you use two hands and one foot to easily crush you, a piece of trash.

Those trolls are sitting in front of their computers with their brains full of nonsense and are vulnerable to attack. The only power they can exert is with the keyboard in their hands. Once they lose the cover of the online mask, they may not even have the courage to show up for a decisive battle.

The turning point of the story brings another surprise——

"Jackson VS Keyboard Warrior".

The event kicked off with great fanfare. Jackson was speechless in front of the press corps, but was unyielding in front of netizens.

A good show is going on, and the spectators will get some benefits.

However, these voices were still a minority after all and failed to stir up any waves. In the final analysis, it was because of Levi's domineering performance in the post-match press conference, which calmed the media with understatement. They truly realized:
The first person in the alliance is being born before our eyes.

No matter what, it is a fact that the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Baltimore Ravens by a large margin, it is also a fact that Levi proved himself with an unparalleled performance for the third consecutive week, and it is also a fact that the Kansas City Chiefs started the season with three consecutive wins despite being unfavored. All the reporters shut up and just let those trolls jump around.

It turns out that this is a wise move. The heat and focus, praise and admiration returned to the Kansas City Chiefs in an instant, and this time it was a professional, deep-level, all-round focus from the entire league without exception.

The game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens was a Thursday night game, the first game of the third week of the regular season. All subsequent games had not started, and the attention of all 30 teams in the league was focused on it.

The reason is that the defending champion finally pulled out a secret weapon from his pocket.

First, read the option offense.

In fact, this is nothing. The read-option offense has been in the professional league for five years. This set of tactics has been studied thoroughly, and the defense team can handle it with ease, so there is no need to worry.

It is for this reason that Jackson worked hard to practice his passing skills during the offseason this year. He knows that after a few years of short-lived popularity of running quarterbacks in the league, quarterbacks will eventually need to return to traditional pocket passes, which is the best way to unleash the power of quarterbacks.

Sometimes, tradition means old and people should change with the times.

Sometimes, tradition means classics, which have been polished and tested over a long period of time.

Quarterbacks belong to the latter.

However, the Kansas City Chiefs' read-option offense is slightly different. Because of Mahomes' long pass ability and Levi's ground advancement ability, the partnership of Mahomes and Levi makes the read-option offense endless.

Facing other running quarterbacks' read option offenses, only one linebacker needs to stick with the quarterback to solve the problem, so the top linebackers have shined in the past few seasons.

But when facing the Kansas City Chiefs, they not only need to keep a close eye on Mahomes and Levi respectively, but also need to pay attention to the ever-changing "Chiefs Special".

Last season, Belichick and his New England Patriots were worried about Mahomes playing this tactic, but Reid did not join the tactical system at all.

This season, the Kansas City Chiefs finally showed their fangs, and the entire league is having a headache.

Whether it is Mahomes or Levi, these two third-year players of the Kansas City Chiefs are further proving their worth and shining.

To be honest, this matter is a headache, but it is not enough to cause a panic. The alliance is full of old foxes who have experienced countless storms. How could they panic so easily? The real trouble lies in another matter.

Secondly, the "Motion Offense". To be precise, the new Motion completely subverted the entire league's cognition, and its impact was no less than the shock of the read-option offense when it first appeared in the league.

This time, maybe it's even more surprising.

After all, the read-option offense relies on the quarterback's ability to run the ball, and old guards like Manning and Brady simply cannot execute it.

However, this "Motion Offense" is a passing game, and it is a tactical coordination that can be completed by any quarterback or any wide receiver.

Once teams master this tactic, the passing defense of the entire league will face severe challenges. This is a subversive tactical innovation.

In fact, in the original time and space, this tactic had to wait until the 2023 season when the Miami Dolphins introduced it into the league by Mike McDaniel. It not only allowed the Miami Dolphins to play the most efficient offensive group in the league, but also became popular throughout the league in just one season.

Simply put, this kind of "Motion Tactics" can be called "Short Motion". Unlike traditional Motion that adjusts the offensive and defensive positions through movement, this kind of Motion announces the start of the ball before the players have completed their movement. The focus is not on judging the position of the defensive team, but on focusing on offense and putting the initiative in the hands of the offensive team.

The inspiration for this "short motion" comes from McDaniel's work experience in the Canadian Football League (CFL). Mainly because the NFL's defense is evolving, positional defense and zone defense have been seamlessly connected, conventional motion cannot determine the intentions of the defense, and the offense faces many difficulties in prediction, which reminds McDaniel of Canadian football rules.

In the CFL, up to five of the eleven offensive players can move forward, backward, or laterally; however, in the NFL, the relevant rules are extremely strict.

McDaniel got inspiration from this and cut off the long motion, improved it according to the rules of the NFL, and then gained the initiative for the offensive team.

However, now, in this time and space, it appears ahead of time in another form.

Levi knew nothing about football, so naturally he had no idea of ​​the tactics that McDaniel later inspired. The emergence of the "Motion Tactics" was a surprise.

Everything originated from Levi, Hill and Hardman, three players with absolute speed. During the offseason training, Levi, a layman who knew nothing about football, "naively" asked why the quarterback could not pass the ball while moving and the receiver could not run the route in advance.

Hill and Hardman both knew that this was not feasible, but Levy's words inspired assistant running back coach Clark to come up with a simplified version of the "Motion Tactics", and then Levy encouraged Clark and Reid to discuss it.

Reed, very interested.

Then, this "short motion tactic" came out four years ahead of schedule.

Ahead of its time.

The impact can be imagined.

Sweeping across the entire league like a hurricane.

At this moment, the league finally realized that the chaos created by the Kansas City Chiefs during this offseason and preseason was all for the sake of keeping secrets.

In the NFL, keeping tactics secret is a skill.

After all, the New England Patriots and the New Orleans Saints have both been involved in wiretapping and spy scandals, highlighting the dirty tricks of the teams to use any means necessary in preparation for the season.

The Kansas City Chiefs knew they were the target of public criticism, and Reid didn't want them to be exposed too early.

(End of this chapter)