Dominate the Super Bowl

Chapter 1290: Spring and Autumn Warring States



"Buffalo, I trust Buffalo. This year's Buffalo is like Kansas City in the 2017 season. Josh Allen will become the savior and rescue the entire season!"

"Please, Emperor Henry, take the Titans to fly, will you? The black swan must be the Tennessee Titans breaking through the bloody mountain of corpses."

"This year is JJ-Watt's year! Houston, wait no more; do not disappoint Watt again - Watt is the champion!"

Buzzing!

There is hot discussion, a complete explosion, and it just can't stop, even climbing to a whole new peak.

After all, for the past two seasons, the storm surrounding Li Wei has continued to generate influence, spreading extensively on a global scale.

Meanwhile, this season's various dramatic ups and downs have pushed the dramatic tension to the extreme.

On one hand, after Luck's unexpected retirement, quarterbacks like Brady, Brees, Rivers, Little Manning, Roethlisberger, and Flacco are all feeling the march of time. The American League once revered as a quarterback mecca, now sees such an era coming to an end.

On the other hand, following Mahomes' strong rise last season, this season has seen young quarterbacks like Jackson, Watson, and Allen all rise comprehensively. Although the league has long heralded the new generation's arrival, it is unprecedentedly clear this year that the transition appears to be completing.

For old fans, they nostalgically remember and mourn the glorious golden years of old, unwilling to let go of the era of the "four elite quarterbacks" and "three top quarterbacks." But for new fans, the timing is perfect to seamlessly welcome the new generation and choose their home team.

As a result, social media has completely boiled over, with ever-increasing heat and traffic unimaginably reaching new heights.

Of course, without a doubt, among the loud noise, the Baltimore Ravens are the focal point of this season -

The Chosen One.

Whether it's Harbaugh once again showcasing the wisdom and talent of a head coach or Lamar Jackson displaying comprehensive progress in passing beyond his personal skills, everything is proving that the Baltimore Ravens could be the Kansas City Chiefs' greatest rival in the American League for the next decade.

Indeed, in this season's regular game, the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Baltimore Ravens, with Li Wei once again defending his Heisman Trophy winner's glory.

But objectively, that was the third week of the regular season, the start of the season. The Baltimore Ravens were still adjusting and tweaking, and Jackson hadn't fully matured; even so, the Baltimore Ravens still forced out the Kansas City Chiefs' secret weapon, "Cheating Motion."

Three months have passed since that game. On one hand, the Kansas City Chiefs' secrets have been completely exposed and thoroughly studied by the league inside and out; on the other hand, the Baltimore Ravens have fully grown, with Jackson transforming into the league's number one quarterback, and the praise continues unabated.

If any team truly has the ability to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs in this year's playoffs, it's Jackson-led Baltimore Ravens coming out on top.

In the past two seasons, at the end of the regular season, people generally predicted, "Li Wei VS Brady" as the ultimate American League mystery; but now, with the playoffs about to commence, people's predictions have quietly changed, and the collision of "Li Wei VS Jackson" is eagerly anticipated.

Conveniently, "Number One Seed VS Number Two Seed," perfectly fits the expectations of a pinnacle battle.

Times seem to have quietly moved on.

No wonder! No wonder Belichick and Brady are more anxious than ever; they also deeply feel the wave of the new generation, with their survival space rapidly shrinking, and as for their chance to compete for the championship... who knows, perhaps it's just this final season left.

As the Yangtze River's waves rear up against the older ones, the older waves die on the beach.

But never overlook the older waves, standing on the edge of the cliff, on the verge of being eliminated and forgotten; they often can unleash more amazing energy.

After all, there's another old saying - still, it is the old ginger that's spicier.

Although the American League has been steady and stable through its ups and downs for the past twenty years, on the surface, this season remains calm, with the Kansas City Chiefs, Baltimore Ravens, and New England Patriots combining to form the top three seeds with a clear lead, but the undercurrents are now unstoppable -

The mighty are gradually emerging.

If the American League is like this, what about the National Conference?

The National Conference, always chaotic, always tight, always intense... this year is no exception, even going further than the past two seasons.

To some extent, like the American League, the strong rise of the new generation fully predicts the coming of a dynastic change, and no one can stop it; meanwhile, the National Conference, traditionally a place of myriad contending ideas, has entered its "Spring and Autumn Warring States" season, with all suspense having to wait until the final week to unveil.

All the suspense! All of it!

The four division champions, only the National Conference South settled early, with the New Orleans Saints charging forward to their playoff spot.

All of the top four seed spots remain undecided.

Two wild cards, with the National Conference West already locked, as the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers are set for a final-week showdown, with the winner taking the division and the loser grabbing a wild card; the other wild card remains undecided, with four teams in contention, much like the American League.

Chaos, a scene of chaos!

The Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys in the National Conference East, the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings in the National Conference North, the New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the National Conference South, and the San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, and Los Angeles Rams in the National Conference West, all are engulfed in this storm.

Among them, some teams are hanging by a thread, needing to fight with all they have to secure a playoff shot; others have already secured a playoff spot, but a single win or loss could completely change the seed ranking order, thus disrupting the playoff matchups.

Everything remains unresolved.

Facing such a situation, one has to say... thrilling.

It's just too thrilling.

A win or loss could completely change and even overturn the entire playoff picture of the National Conference, even altering the Super Bowl matchups.

In the American League, such things are confined to a single wild card spot; the Tennessee Titans come out laughing last, but the situation they can influence is relatively limited; whereas in the National Conference, not only the wild card spots but all top four seed rankings are at stake, the nail-biting chase will continue to the very end.

So it's no wonder why the last week of regular-season NFL games saw viewing figures explode across the board, with even teams already out of playoff contention still having the chance to make their division rivals taste defeat and change the trajectory and conclusion of the entire season with a single victory.

Who could refuse?

Then.

Bang, bang bang bang—

A roar of noise, indeed living up to expectations, whether it was the National Conference carrying on the excellent tradition of the past twenty years or the NFL carrying on its reputation of suspense until the very last moment, fans sitting in front of their TVs were not disappointed.

As soon as the seventeenth week of regular-season games concluded, heaven and hell divided the entire North American continent into two worlds.


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