Starts, sprints, pauses, turns.

The simple, clear and neat running route is not difficult for Vernon, not to mention, today is the stage of the Super Bowl, Vernon is even more excited, his steps are becoming more and more flexible, and in the blink of an eye, he has quickly cut into the central position, and then his eyes swept for a moment, and after capturing the figure of the opposing defensive cornerback, his heart began to calculate.

It's close.

It's closer.

When there was still a distance of about two yards between the two men, Vernon's footsteps made an emergency brake again, staggering the rhythm and position between the two men, followed by a second start, ran back in the direction of his left hand, and began to adjust his footwork and turn around, facing the direction of the offensive front, and the next second he saw the rugby ball speeding towards him.

Lu Ke's pass increased slightly, and his speed and strength were more ferocious than usual. Obviously, there was a bit of excitement in the opening stages.

Vernon's body hadn't fully adjusted, and there was still a difference of about fifteen degrees, and there was no way to meet the incoming ball head-on, but it was too late to adjust further, so Vernon leaned slightly sideways, put his hands near his chest, and the catch gesture had just been placed, and the rugby ball had already rushed fiercely.

"Bang".

With a heavy muffled sound, both hands caught the rugby ball accurately, and in a hurry, people were still amazed by Lu Ke's precise control of the landing point and arc, and the longitudinal speed and lateral speed were all included in the calculation, even if Vernon was in a state of fast running, he could still successfully complete the catch!

One catch without any problems! But the afterglow of power and spin was particularly ferocious, making Vernon's fingertips tingle slightly, but at this time, when the adrenaline was completely outrageous, Vernon didn't care, because he didn't need to adjust his feet to complete the catch, and he was now already thinking about the continuous breakthrough in his mind.

With a heavy footstep, he quickly looked back to the left and right, and then saw that the corner guards and security guards were outflanking him.

Vernon didn't flinch, he simply gave up turning, using his body's recoil and inertia momentum, and continued to rush backwards, just two steps, the defender was already in place, Vernon's whole person crashed into the defender's arms, and then he used the blocking of this human wall to stop his footsteps, and rotated with his right foot as the center of the circle, instantly bypassing the close entanglement of the defender, and continued to advance along the sideline area.

One yard. Two yards. Three yards.

The security guard finally sprinted and knocked Vernon off the touchline with a lateral impact, ending the push.

The nine people in the Super Dome began to cheer and shout, the first wave of offense and the first pass on the Super Bowl stage were so exciting, in the case of the pocket being torn, Lu Ke still keenly captured the player's running route, relying on the 49-man multi-line offensive housekeeping skills to complete the advancement!

It was a seventeen-yard pass, and Vernon advanced seven yards back and forth after receiving the ball, for a total of twenty-four yards!

The San Francisco 49ers are still the same San Francisco 49ers, and the Baltimore Ravens are still the same Baltimore Ravens, but the two teams are not what they were when they met last season.

In the midst of the boiling cheers of the audience, the referee appeared: Yellow Flag fouled.

"Illegal formation, offensive group, No. 85 near end is an illegal receiver, five yards free, and one gear is replayed."

What the?

Illegal formations?

What's going on?

Lu Ke stood in his pocket confused, not understanding what was going on, how could such a wonderful pass attack just now be illegally lined up?

In rugby, there are eleven players in the attacking group, but not every player is able to receive the ball legally. The simplest and most crude argument is that none of the five offensive forwards seem to be able to receive the ball, which makes sense, but the rules don't.

The correct rule is that there must be at least seven players on the offensive line, and players at both ends of the line and one yard behind the line are legal receivers.

The premise is that there must be seven players on the front line of the attacking forward. Generally speaking, the five offensive forwards and the two wide receivers are on the same line, so the players at the "opposite ends of the line" are the two wide receivers on the outside, so the wide receivers and the other players behind them are legal receivers - the close end and the running back are at least a yard behind.

But what if you list special formations?

For example, just now the San Francisco 49ers lined up, and there were eight players at the front line, of which Moss and Logan joined the ranks of five offensive forwards, standing on the same line; And the outermost Crabtree is also standing in parallel.

In this case, the players at the "end of the line" are Crabtree and Logan, who are both legal receivers, while Moss defaults to illegal receivers.

As for Vernon, he would have to be one yard behind Crabtree and the offensive forward in order for him to be a legal receiver, but if Vernon was on the same line as them, he wouldn't fit the "two ends of the line" position, and would naturally be an illegal receiver.

Under reasonable circumstances, the official legal receivers are wide receivers, close end forwards and running backs, and there are only five legal receivers in total, but in the midst of countless tricks, using the offensive front line to complete the catch is also a cunning tactic -

Also using the San Francisco 49ers' formation as an example, if Logan's position is deliberately one yard behind, this activates offensive tackle Alex Boone on the right, who becomes one of two players on both ends of the line; Then before kick-off, Lu Ke needs to tell the referee in advance: In this round of offense, Boone is a legal receiver.

Then, in the next attack, Lu Ke can pass the ball to Boone and complete the advancement.

The so-called "legal catch rule" may seem a bit inexplicable, but the origin is very heavy.

In the nineteen-nineties, the Ivy League players used their brains to play and use mathematics and physics to calculate the advantages and disadvantages of advancing formations - they could stand in the shape of a torpedo of a cannonball, or a concentrated attack in the form of scissorhands, using the changes of different formations to execute the charge, destroying the position of the defensive group at the moment of kick-off, and then creating an advantage, and the defensive group was basically unable to fight back.

The most notorious is the "flying-edge" invented by Harvard University, which can be simply understood as the offensive group divided into two parts, with the quarterback as the connection point, the left and right sides are under the command of the quarterback, and at the same time perform a bull charge towards a player in the defensive group - any player can, and the powerful force explodes in an instant, destroys the defender, and then opens the way for the running back's rush.

This tactic is almost invincible! Since then, other schools have followed suit, and countless Ivy League tactics derived from the "flying wedge" are collectively known as "Momentum-Plays".

Before 1905, rugby deaths were frequent, almost all of which came from this.

In order to eliminate this disadvantage, the rules were gradually improved to limit the number of players on the offensive line, for example, the number of players on the tee line, so as to avoid the players in the attacking group from crowding together and standing in different formations; For example, there are only two players who can sprint out at the first time when the kick-off kicks off, and that is the player at both ends of the line, and the other players must be at least one yard behind.

In this wave of attacks, if Vernon's position is behind Crabtree and Vernon, then it is a legal formation; If Vernon's stance is parallel to Crabtree's, it's an illegal catch.

Despite this, the mistake is very simple and very low-level, but in key games, it is as inevitable as fouls such as "early action" and "twelve men on the field".

After all, the nervousness still had an effect, and now you can feel the youth and immaturity of the San Francisco 49ers, who lack experience and make low-level mistakes. Even though Vernon is a veteran, this is only his first appearance on the Super Bowl stage.

Lu Ke's first reaction was to turn his head and cast his eyes at the coaching staff, "Did you foul?" After getting an affirmative answer, Lu Ke didn't continue to be entangled and depressed, there is no need to hold on to such a low-level mistake, otherwise it is just impossible to get along with himself, and it is better to shift his attention to the next attack.

Fifteen yards in gear.

It's still a pistol formation, it's still a multi-lane formation, but this time, the "multi-line" layout is on the right side, and it's Vernon, Crabtree and Logan's three heavy guns, leaving Moss alone on the left. In order to ensure that there were no illegal formations, both Crabtree and Logan were significantly further back.

Lu Ke noticed that the position of the opponent's defensive group was obviously backward. Obviously, the offensive team now needs to face the problem of fifteen yards to complete the first attack transition, and the defensive team will correspondingly start to guard against the possibility of Lu Ke's surprise long pass.

Lu Ke immediately stepped forward and modified his tactics, and the player's position remained unchanged, but the running route was modified.

"Attack!"

After quickly announcing the kick-off, Lu Ke turned around and stretched out his right hand towards Marcus, who was rushing towards him, as if he was about to try to see the running ball again, but Marcus did not pause or hide, and rushed past Lu Ke's position, and then Lu Ke turned in a circle in the counterclockwise direction, and when he adjusted his footsteps in small steps, he took a step sideways to the right side, and raised his right hand to complete the pass.

The passing target is Logan!

Logan ran a small diagonal line to the right, and quickly came to the area close to the sideline, but it was a short pass of about six to seven yards, and then Logan immediately saw the defenders rushing towards him, and the two sides were about to get entangled, Logan lowered his center of gravity slightly and collided head-on, after regaining space for himself to catch the ball.

With a small step adjustment, Logan could already see the falling arc of the rugby, stretched out his hands, and took the rugby into his arms before the rugby overtook his position, but the next second he lost his center of gravity and flew out.

Are his feet on the field? Is it in the field?