During the opening game, Lu Yiqi handed over the final pass to Nelson. It was definitely not a random choice for Nelson to trust Nelson in a hurry, but a layout based on Nelson's characteristics.

So, what is special about Nelson?

Talent and skills are both!

As Lu Yiqi said, Nelson is a genius, a genius whose potential has not been fully opened up - at least in his previous life.

In the 2017 season, the 32 teams in the league had a total of about 200 wide receivers, of which only 20 white wide receivers; while the same set of data, when entering the 2019 season, further dropped to 17 people - on average, less than one person per team, and the data continued to decline.

It can be clearly seen that the white wide receivers who have created countless glory in history are gradually losing power; and after entering the 21st century, only wes-welker, who was able to reach the peak of the Hall of Fame early, was the only white wide receiver who was known as the first in the history of slot wide receivers.

The specific reason? The explanation is complicated, but it can be simply attributed to the fact that white wide receivers are better, while black wide receivers are more talented.

Black wide receivers often have poor route running ability and have a deviant attitude in professional training, but they have physical talents, vertical strike ability and physical confrontation ability; white wide receivers have slightly inferior short-range explosive power and far-reaching endurance, but they have unique advantages in route running ability and soft receiving feel.

In competitive sports, skills and tactics can be trained, but height cannot be. For wide receivers, running routes, regional defense judgments, false action recognition, tactical cover, catch feel, etc. can all be improved through long-term training, but the innate talent cannot be.

It is precisely because of this that white wide receivers must face the strong impact of black wide receivers.

As mentioned earlier, the Booming Legion represented by the Seattle Seahawks has changed the league's defensive concept. In the 2017 season, the white guys were no longer seen in the cornerback position - because the cornerback position means talent is more important than skill. Most of the time, the cornerback needs to be in a passive situation and use his own talent to form confrontation and complete defense, and the importance of skills is gradually weakening.

When choosing cornerbacks, the league pays more and more attention to talent, forcing the selection criteria for wide receiver positions to change, and black wide receivers have begun to gradually gain the advantage.

It should be noted here that the short end and the wide receiver are different.

Although the main tasks are to catch the ball, the tight ends' routes are more in the short pass area, mainly in route running and disassembly cover, and put forward more requirements for tactical understanding and catch feel, which makes the whites and blacks return to the same starting line. There is actually not much difference between the two sides.

The wide receiver needs to complete the ball in a vertical hit in the far-reaching area and continue to advance under a one-on-one single-handed confrontation. This also means that the advantages of the receiving feel and running route are infinitely weakened, and the talent advantages of physical confrontation and muscle bursts are highlighted.

It is in this context that there are fewer and fewer white wide receivers, and all those who can occupy a place in the league have strong personal characteristics.

Wes Wilk is a slot catcher who breaks the league's fixed concept, and outside of him, Jody Nelson is known as the leader in the league's wide receiver.

What Nelson was able to base himself in the league was his vertical strike ability that was more powerful than the black wide receiver. His short-range explosive power and secondary start-up ability were absolutely rare. He dominated the middle and long pass areas with his super talent with absolute speed and flexible steering. After Wilk retired, many people believed that Nelson was the league's number one wide receiver.

It is slightly ironic that as a white wide receiver, Nelson's playing style is infinitely close to that of a black wide receiver, which also indirectly reflects the alliance's screening and training of wide receivers and is gradually developing in a certain direction. Then, both white and black will train in this way.

Early in Nelson's career entering the league, because he only played the wide receiver position for two years in college, his running style and tactical characteristics were not formed. The coaching staff did not have a clear concept of his tactical position, but just used him as an ordinary white wide receiver. Most of the time, relying on Nelson's soft and delicate reception feel, he completed short-distance propulsion in three shifts or forcing fourth gears.

To a certain extent, this buried Nelson's true talent. Until the second half of his career, Green Bay Packers' wide receiver lineup lacked good players. Nelson was forced to promote, but unexpectedly matured, allowing the league to witness his strong talent and amazed countless professionals.

Objectively speaking, Nelson has all the talents and qualities required by wide receivers, such as physical confrontation ability, short-range explosive ability, long-range endurance ability, etc.; at the same time, Nelson's reception feel, route running and tactical awareness, etc., still has the advantages of a white wide receiver. In addition, his conscientious and sincere professional attitude, it can be said that he has all the essential qualities to become a top wide receiver.

To be talented, skilled, and attitude, in Lu Yiqi's opinion, Nelson and Wes Wilk are not inferior, and he even has great potential to be comparable to Jerry-rice.

But in the end, Nelson was only selected for the Pro Bowl in his career. Not to mention being among the best in history, even the level of outstanding wide receivers has not been reached. Lu Yiqi's viewpoint believes that the coaching staff must take the blame.

Whether from the first half of his career in his previous life or from the first three NCAA games in this life, Nelson does not have a deep understanding of the wide receiver position, and is still in a ignorant and ignorant primary state, waiting for a coach to complete guidance and development:

The overall control of the court position, the atmosphere of the offensive and defensive confrontation, the reception opportunities created by the running route, the linkage between the wide receiver and the quarterback... and so on, these contents can be regarded as the wide receiver's interpretation of the game, and they are also the ability of the top wide receiver.

Nelson, in his previous life, waited until the second half of his career to understand these consciousnesses and abilities. The Shining Alliance lasted for about three years, and then suffered from injuries and had violent fluctuations in his condition. He finally missed his golden age and regretfully chose to retire early.
Chapter completed!