The Indianapolis Colts led by Payton Manning are undoubtedly a strong team. Even if the team configuration may not be so luxurious and brilliant, as long as the Big Manning stands at the quarterback position, no one can easily ignore this team - the same is true for the team led by the other three elite quarterbacks, which is also the reason why they can be called "elites".

Since the millennium, the Indianapolis Colts have firmly grasped the position of the division champion since 2002, entered the playoffs for six consecutive years, and successfully won the Super Bowl championship in 2006. Last year, they entered the playoffs as the defending champion, and their regular season record of 13 wins and 3 losses was still very good, but unfortunately lost to the San Diego Lightning in the second round.

This year, the Indianapolis Colts encountered some trouble at the beginning of the season, losing to two non-playoff teams, the Chicago Bears and Jacksonville Jaguars, respectively, and started with one win or two losses, and seemed to be unable to find form.

But then the offseason week came. After quick adjustments, they successfully defeated the two difficult opponents of Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens, stabilized the situation with two consecutive victories, and returned to the track of victory.

This week, Indianapolis Pony went to Blue Fort Stadium to challenge Green Bay Packers. Industry professionals generally believe that the team led by Greater Manning should be likely to usher in three consecutive victories and successfully embark on the playoffs; while Green Bay Packers, who lost four consecutive victories, may still be unable to get rid of the sluggish state in a short period of time.

In this regard, Lu Yiqi agreed. He did not think that those professionals in the industry were criticizing Green Bay Packers. They were just analyzing from paper strength; and Lu Yiqi also understood that if Green Bay Packers still failed to complete the adjustment, then five consecutive losses were also a high probability of a result.

The Indianapolis Colts, undoubtedly, are the strongest opponents of the Green Bay Packers so far this season, no doubt; at the same time, Payton Manning is also the strongest opponent in Lu Yiqi's coaching career, and the defensive system will withstand the most severe test.

Since taking over the position of interim head coach last year, Lu Yiqi has been thinking about how to establish a tactical system and spent more than a year exploring his own defensive philosophy.

Although the Green Bay Packers' defensive team is still far from Lu Yiqi's version of "Bombing Legion", the tactical concept and the effectiveness of on-site command have been demonstrated. Next, Lu Yiqi will face the impact of the league's top quarterback, which is a mule or a horse, and now he is going to stroll around.

The Indianapolis Colts are always a typical offensive team, and the core of the core is Great Manning.

Judging from the historical trajectory, Great Manning won the regular season MVP of the 2008 season and led the Indianapolis Colts to the playoffs for the seventh consecutive year.

The style of this team is very distinct. The offensive ranking in the league in 2008 season is 13th. This seems to be a mid-level level, but in terms of segmentation:

The ground offensive league is 31st and second to last; the pass offensive league is fifth, ranking first, with the third and fourth gear conversion rates all the highest in the league.

The data will not lie, and it shows the current situation of Indianapolis Pony at a glance-

The ground offense was almost ruined, and passing offense was the team's only hope for winning. The pressure of the entire team was all based on the shoulders of Big Manning; Big Manning did live up to expectations. At the critical moments of the third and fourth gears, they were always able to stand up and turn the tide with their own performance.

This situation is really familiar. This has been the case with Green Bay Packers led by Brett Favre in the past three seasons.

In fact, the game styles of Great Manning and Favre do have many similarities, one of which is that the number of interceptions between the two people is high.

Big Manning is a traditional pocket quarterback. His defensive reading, tactical layout, and on-the-spot command are all top in the league. Although his passing accuracy and passing distance are not the best, as long as he stands in his pocket, it is equivalent to another offensive coordinator present - people often joke that Big Manning's team has two offensive coordinators, which is really under a lot of pressure for the defensive side and cannot keep up with the rhythm.

Of course, Big Manning's shortcomings are also very obvious and they are not good at pocket footsteps. Therefore, as long as you can put enough pressure on the front line confrontation level and Big Manning does not have enough time to observe and layout, the passing effect will not be improved.

But this is not an easy task.

On the one hand, Big Manning has a top catcher lineup in the league. Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne, and Dallas Clark are all excellent Pro Bowl players; Big Manning is also very good at using his own line layout to create opportunities and changing tactics based on the characteristics of the receiver, which also allows some unknown wide receivers to shine.

On the other hand, Big Manning is very good at coaching offensive front lines. Even an unknown ordinary player can complete judgments through his own defensive reading, and then temporarily change his tactics, disrupt the rhythm of the defensive team, and allow the offensive front lines to provide targeted pocket protection, thereby creating conditions for himself to complete the pass.

This is also the famous skill of Great Manning in the league!

In the first wave of offense and defense at the beginning of the game, Lu Yiqi witnessed and experienced this unique skill of Big Manning with his own eyes, and he truly understood what a "tactical master" is.

As coaches or offensive coordinators, they can only stand on the sidelines to watch, and the reaction speed and command speed cannot keep up with the pace of the game as soon as possible. This is inevitable; but if they can observe subtle changes on the court in real time and adjust the tactical layout, the situation will be completely different.

And Big Manning is equivalent to an offensive coordinator who stands on the court and monitors the game progress in real time.

His overall control and adaptability are even better than many active offensive coordinators. Even if the offensive coordinator and head coach go all out, they may not be able to gain the upper hand in the game of tactical layout; not to mention, those who stand on the sidelines are already half a beat slower and cannot adjust in real time like Big Manning.

Just like now.

Standing under the pocket protection of the offensive front line, Big Manning bent down to kick off, his eyes scanning the whole field like a Falcon, carefully capturing the Green Bay Packers' defensive position, and then stood up straight and shouted to his teammates:

"Omaha!"

The Indianapolis Colts' offensive team player adjusted his footsteps slightly, but did not move, and then Big Manning shouted again.

"Omaha!"

This time, the offensive team players exchanged positions a little, which made the defensive team players hesitate a little - should we change positions? Have our defensive tactics been seen through?

But this is not the end.
Chapter completed!