Dominate the Super Bowl-Chapter 574

Chapter 574: 573 Unintentional Act Chapter 574: 573 Unintentional Act “He’s here, he’s there, he’s everywhere, he’s the Edgerunner, Li Wei Li Wei Li Wei!”

The new season had just kicked off, and familiar cheers resounded over Arrowhead Stadium.

After two offensive drives, the defending champions displayed a smooth attacking flow, seemingly having finally found their synchronization during the preseason, igniting the home fans’ enthusiasm and frenzy in an instant.

Karen Gray watched as the excited Felix, sitting in a wheelchair, waved his arms and shouted.

She too stood up, raising her hands high to join in—

Karen did not know how much time Felix had left, but she decided not to worry about tomorrow, choosing instead to seize every moment, to burn brightly and release freely, as if there were no tomorrow.

“Ah, ah ah ah!”

Felix and his mother exchanged glances and both burst out laughing.

However.

Tomlin did not see it that way.

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His gaze fell briefly upon that figure in the red jersey number twenty-three, its black face hard to discern for expressions, but the cheeks seemed to feel a burning sting.

A pause, a double-take, and a go-through.

This was Bell’s classic game style, and Li Wei, in the first game of the new season against the Pittsburgh Steelers, deliberately imitated it during his first carry, the subtext was all too clear; moreover, he easily advanced ten yards to gain the first attack, a gesture that was essentially a slap in Tomlin’s face.

Oppressed.

Repressed, angry.

So, was Li Wei making a stand for Bell by his actions?

Indeed, Li Wei and Bell were as thick as thieves.

Tomlin’s fist clenched.

Li Wei: If it resembles anything, it’s a coincidence.

All through the off-season, he had been pondering through several training models, including Bell’s, trying to find his own style of running, constantly improving and growing, and now that he finally had a chance to test it in a real game, he was merely practicing for real—

A face slap?

Absolutely not.

Purely coincidental.

On the field, Li Wei lay on the ground, not immediately standing up, panting heavily, slightly annoyed at himself for having taken it light, not using a high knee lift to avoid being caught up by TJ, without a moment to care about the autumn spinach transmitted through Tomlin’s eyes.

A hand appeared before him.

Looking closely, it was indeed TJ.

Li Wei grabbed TJ’s hand to pull himself up, the two exchanged a look, their understanding clear as they shared a smile, each having gained the upper hand once in two rounds of offense and defense, with no clear winner or loser.

TJ patted Li Wei’s shoulder heavily, half-jokingly reminded him.

“Be careful, you’ve riled up our coach.”

Li Wei did not understand.

Turning his head to look at Tomlin, he caught Tomlin’s grim and fierce look, as threatening as the knife-sharpening family in “Get Out,” the sharpness perceptible even across half the field.

Then.

Tomlin controlled himself, shifted his gaze, and did not continue to dwell on Li Wei:

Just you wait.

Just like Bell couldn’t change the situation, you, Li Wei, can’t either.

Tomlin fiercely held back a breath, turning his anger into motivation, swiftly refocusing his attention to continue directing the defense.

Li Wei shifted his gaze, catching TJ’s straightforward gaze accepting the challenge.

After a brief contact, TJ had already turned and walked back to his defensive group teammates.

The corners of Li Wei’s mouth gently curved up, things were just getting started, Mr.

Tomlin, stay calm, there’s no need to reveal your hand so early, otherwise, be careful you might capsize.

Gazes briefly collided, and the offense and defense sides were already lined up again.

Mahomes raised his right hand, sharing a tacit high five with Li Wei in celebration, but without speaking, his attention quickly shifted to the next offensive play.

Own side, forty-five-yard line, first and ten.

At least, from the start, the Kansas City Chiefs were playing steadily and smoothly, their offensive tactics slightly ahead of their opponents by half a step, no rash bold moves, but rather displaying the depth of a reigning champion.

This was something of a surprise, neither too big nor too small.

So, how would the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defensive group respond?

Would they…

continue to blitz?

At least, on the surface, the answer seemed to be yes.

Tomlin was not easily discouraged and continued to adhere to the defensive strategy set before the game, further pressing forward, with the safety and lineman positioned early.

Despite the confrontation occurring near midfield, the Steelers’ defensive formation was compressed within the fifteen-yard line, layering the pressure.

However, as a traditionally strong defensive team, the Steelers’ press was not a reckless gamble; within the narrow space, one could still discern structuring.

Defensive line.

Cornerback.

Lineman.

Safety.

Four lines, four levels, unfolding within fifteen yards, layer by layer from near to far.

Besides the front-line pressure, the defensive strategy was completely obscured—

Blitzing, but who was blitzing?

The lineman, safety, and even the cornerback were all possibilities.

The positions and roles of the players were subtly jumbled.

This could be considered one of the Steelers’ ultimate defensive strategies.

Not just because Li Wei was “imitating” Bell.

Losing big yards defensively twice in a row and rapidly approaching the midfield line, the Steelers’ defensive group needed to display strength and tempo to break the continuous forward momentum of the Kansas City Chiefs.

Tomlin perfectly called the tactics.

On the surface, all was calm,

but in reality, the Steelers’ momentum transformed in an instant.

Not only the Kansas City Chiefs, but even the audience on site could faintly feel the tension swiftly spreading.

Mahomes stood up straight and changed the tactic—

Originally, the Kansas City Chiefs were in a pistol formation, but now they switched to a shotgun formation, with wide receiver Hill shifting from the right wing to the left, while Li Wei took over Hill’s position and stood parallel to Kelsey.

This turned the two-receiver pistol formation to a left-sided three wide receiver and a right-sided running back paired with a tight end shotgun formation.

The strong side was clearly the right wing, where Kelsey and Li Wei were both players capable of piercing short-pass areas.

The weak side, then, was the left wing, but the running routes of the three wide receivers had infinite possibilities.

Dazzling.

Among this, there was another detail.

Li Wei’s position had shifted a big step back, not parallel to Kelsey, but slightly behind, presenting a staggered stance.

So, what did this mean?

After experiencing the Super Bowl’s “Chiefs Special,” no one could assert.

Moreover, in the Smith era, it was rare for the Kansas City Chiefs to change offensive tactics at the last moment, only occasionally; now in the Mahomes era, merely on the third offensive play, they were already adjusting tactics on the spot—

Could this become the norm?

You have your Zhang Liang’s tactics, and I have my ladder over the wall.

The brief tactical contest between offense and defense immediately tightened the atmosphere.

Mahomes concentrated intensely, his gaze fixed on the lineman’s position.

He bent over, squatted, and just as he was about to snap the ball, he paused deliberately, allowing the tension to escalate for another second before decisively announcing the start of play.

“Attack!”

Step, stomp, power up, launch, sprint.

Like a showdown of Olympic sprinters in the hundred-meter dash, all five of the Kansas City Chiefs’ receiving players surged forward.

Including Li Wei.

Wait, what…

what?