The New Orleans Saints and Green Bay Packers have many similarities in the offense, but the offensive styles of the two teams have their own marks.

Today, running back Reggie Bush was absent due to injury and was unable to play. The team's starting running back was veteran Deuce McAllister.

Before Bush joined, he was the starting running back for the New Orleans Saints, but he also suffered a season-reimbursed injury in the 2006 season, and his performance has never reached its peak since then. McArist's personal ability is even slightly inferior to Grant. However, the New Orleans Saints' offensive front line is better than that of the Green Bay Packers.

Running backs rely solely on their personal abilities to rush forward, and breaking up the offensive front line and receiving players are indispensable and necessary conditions.

However, the real ability of the New Orleans Saints offensive front line is still shown in pocket protection. They provide Brees with a solid pocket protection, which also allows Brees to maximize his advantage.

Long passes and short suspensions are blooming in full bloom, truly controlling his passes like an arm and fingers, finding the right passing target in a strong confrontation; and Sean Payton is very good at passing covers - even better than Lu Yiqi. Cross-running and disassembling covers are taken to the extreme. Just the trick of passing offense, his experience and ability can challenge Lu Yiqi head-on; coupled with the clean pockets of the offensive front line, the New Orleans Saints' offense is smoother and more powerful.

Moreover, Sean Payton is more experienced than Lu Yiqi.

The second quarter just started. After the New Orleans Saints completed the pass and touchdown, they exceeded the score again. Then the New Orleans Saints were ready to kick off. It was supposed to be a regular kick and was attacked back by the Green Bay Packers Secret Service group, but Sean Payton unexpectedly chose to play a gambling kick.

When the first half was in full swing, and the team was still ahead of the score, they chose to play gambling?

This is undoubtedly the choice that surprises everyone!

Gambling, because the risk is too high, is often a risky attempt by the side who is behind in the game to quickly regain the ball rights at the last moment of the game. The rules of gambling playing are very complicated and the success rate is very low. When it is necessary, the coach rarely chooses this way.

But Sean Payton chose this way.

The so-called gambling kick is a special kick-off tactic in the NFL rules.

According to normal games, when the kickoff is started, the kickoff side will place the rugby on its 35-yard line, and then the kickoffer will run quickly, kick off the ball, and kick it out from a high and far distance.

If the football flies directly out of the baseline, or the return side chooses to receive the ball safely in the end zone, then the next wave of attack, the return side will automatically start the attack from its own twenty-yard line; if the football falls on the field and the return attacker successfully completes the receiving, you can launch the return attack. The kickoff side will grab the return attacker and press down the position, which is the starting point of the next wave of attack.

The most special situation is that after the return attacker completes the receiving, he re-teleps the end zone of the ball unstoppable, so this is the "telebrating back touchdown".

In other words, the kickoff moment is also a competition between the special service team.

Gambling kicking is a special tactic for kicking, which means that the kicking party kicks the rugby out of ten yards, and then both players strive to compete for the ball rights. The kicking party and the return attacking party, whoever grabs the rugby and completes the ball rights control, will have the right to attack in the next round. Because according to the league rules, after the kicking ball, after the rugby is proposed, it will be a free ball after ten yards, and both sides can compete for the ball rights.

It sounds very simple, so why does no team play like this every time they kick off?

The reason is not complicated. If the kicker grabs the ball, it will naturally be fine; but if the kicker cannot grab the ball, the return attacker's starting position will be unique, which may be at the midfield line, or even cross the midfield line, or even lead to an extreme punishment for returning attack and touchdowns.

Further, according to the rules, the kick-off side stands above the 30-yard line, while the return side stands above the center line, and the distance between the two teams is only twenty yards; and during the kick-off process, the kick-off side must kick the football from above the 35-yard line at least ten yards. If this standard is not met, then this is a failed kick-off and cannot be counted.

This also means that after the kickoff, the return attacker is closer to the rugby, and the chance of grabbing the ball is naturally greater.

There is no doubt that for the kick-off team, this is a gambling. They must carefully design tactics, and all players sprint in one direction to assist the corresponding routines; at the same time, the kick-off players need to be able to accurately control their strength and angle, etc., and hope for a little luck. If there is any error in any link, they may fail.

This is a gamble where nine out of ten gambling loses. Therefore, this attempt is called "gambling kick" in the league.

After weighing the pros and cons, in most cases, the kick-off team will choose to kick the rugby far, giving the team more defensive time and space. Only when they try hard to catch up points will they choose to play gambling and give it a try.

However, this is only in most cases.

In the 2009 Super Bowl 44th season, the Indianapolis Colts played against the New Orleans Saints.

Shortly after the second half, the Saints chose to play a gambling game. At that time, they were only four points behind, which caught the Colts off guard, so the Saints successfully grabbed the ball. In the end, the Saints successfully topped the Super Bowl and won the first and only championship trophy of the four major sports leagues in New Orleans' history. That gambling game also became a classic tactic.

In addition to normal kick-off and gambling kicks, there is also a cunning way of playing, called "short kick".

This kind of kick-off method is very skillful. The kick-offer deliberately presses the rugby to the ground and uses powerful strength to create a way for the rugby to bounce on the ground. It is like a firecracker and will not fly too far. It is translated as "firecracker kick" in the Japanese anime "Light Speed ​​Masked Man".

Most of the time, the return attacker arranges the return attacker in the backcourt. Once the football bounces in the frontcourt, it is not a player with good speed or strength to complete the reception; in addition, due to the irregular bounce direction of the football, the return attacker may make mistakes, which also gives the kickoff team more time to defend and even have the opportunity to grab the ball.

Such tactics are generally designed to try to consume time when the kickoff team is leading and prevent the return side from directly returning to the touchdown.

However, short kicks are actually the same as trick attacks. They pursue unexpected surprise attacks and cannot be used frequently, otherwise they will lose their meaning.

However, the second quarter had just begun and Sean Payton broke the rules.
Chapter completed!