[NFL!] 黃旗是海鷹的最好朋友

[yoowei (維)]

以下節錄 ESPN 專欄文章，今年的超級盃不愧是最會鑽漏洞的兩隊相爭。

http://ppt.cc/V926

There's a team in Super Bowl XLIX that, for years, has created a
major competitive advantage by blatantly disregarding NFL rules.

有一隊藉著公然無視NFL規則而創造了一個重要的競爭優勢

Over the past three years the Seahawks have done something no one
in the white-socks-and-black-shoes, stuck-in-the-1950s NFL ever
dreamed possible, or legal. Since 2012 Seattle has been at the
top of the NFL in wins (tied with 36), Super Bowl appearances
and ... penalties.

過去三年，有一隊創造了不可思議的歷史：
在勝場，超級盃出場，及犯規上，領先全聯盟。

Through 18 games, the Seahawks not only have been called for a
league-high 144 penalties (according to NFLpenalties.com) their
opponents have only been flagged just 80 times. Yes, you read
that correctly. The Seahawks have been called for almost twice
as many penalties as their opponents.

今年的十八場比賽中，海鷹犯了聯盟最多的 144 次犯規，
而他們的對手只有約一半的 80 次。

In a game of violence, aggression, speed and emotion, the Seahawks
simply looked at the risk/reward and realized it is far better to
play on the razor's edge (and beyond), to bend the rules, manhandle
opponents and incur an extra flag (or 20) and, ya know, WIN THE
GAMES, rather than fall in line, play like a Boy Scout and watch
the playoffs from home just like the NFL's least penalized team,
the 3-13 Jaguars (73).

在暴力，侵略，快速，情緒化的比賽，
海鷹考量風險與報酬下了解到最佳的打法是去挑戰規則，粗暴對待對手，
拿到更多黃旗，及最重要的贏得比賽，
而不是打得像童子軍然後在家看別人打季後賽。

Meanwhile, several of the top teams in the league -- Seattle,
New England, Denver and Baltimore, most notably -- have all
been at, or near the top of the NFL in penalties the last three
seasons.

幾支聯盟最佳的球隊，包括愛國者，野馬，烏鴉都這樣玩。

A year ago Seattle became the first team in at least a decade
to get flagged 10 times in the Super Bowl  and win.

一年以前，海鷹成為超級盃史上第一支犯了十次規而獲勝的。

This all started last year, of course, when the Seahawks
"revolutionized pass interference by using the same logic loophole"
(http://ppt.cc/W-xd) that offensive linemen have been exploiting
for years with holding. The idea is: you hold on almost every play,
knowing the refs won't throw 50 flags per game. If everything
is holding, the thinking goes, then nothing really is. Brilliant.
Seattle just took that approach and applied it to pass coverage
and it was so effective and disruptive they forced the NFL to change
the rules regarding defensive holding and pass interference.

一切從去年開始海鷹發展了一套利用防守干擾漏洞(http://ppt.cc/W-xd)，
這方法的精神已被進攻線球員廣泛利用。
想法是在每次幾乎都犯規，反正裁判不可能一場吹個五十次犯規。
海鷹把它用在防守傳球上，非常有效而迫使 NFL 要改變規則。

The Pats, by the way, were tied for fourth in the NFL in penalties
this season. (Ironically, New England may fall victim in this Super
Bowl to a penalties-be-damned trend they actually started in Super
Bowl XXXVI when they bullied, battered and bruised Marshall Faulk
on every possible play.)

愛國者今年在犯規排名第四，
而諷刺地的是，將在超級盃成為受害者的愛國者，其實正是開始這種玩法的球隊，
在第三十六屆超級盃，他們幾乎在每一次進攻都試著霸凌 Marshall Faulk。

A lot of the Seahawks' league-leading 144 penalties are pre-snap
infractions. According to NFLPenalties.com, in 18 games they had
33 false starts, 13 defensive offsides and nine neutral zone
infractions.

一堆海鷹的犯規是各類的偷跑。

The Seahawks have run more than 1,000 plays this season. For
argument's sake, let's say they've started all of those plays
on offense a micro-second early or an inch or two closer to
their opponent, but only got caught 33 times. That means the
Seahawks have had a jump on their opponents on 97 percent of
their offensive plays. All it did was cost them 165 yards in
penalties, total, or 2 percent of their total production. Of
course it's not that cut-and-dried. After all, the shame and
punishment of 33 false starts caused the Seahawks to fall all
the way to No. 1 in rushing.

海鷹 33 次進攻偷跑，讓他們被罰了 165 碼。
33 次只佔了他們本季進攻次數的 3%，
被罰的碼數是他們跑出碼數的 2%。
而他們造就了跑陣第一的進攻。

What's more, you and I see Seattle defensive end Michael Bennett
and his numerous offside penalties and we immediately think: that
fool got caught 10 times - 10 TIMES!

Whereas the Seahawks look at Bennett and think: that dude got away
with a head start 250 TIMES!

Like I said, genius.

Michael Bennett 被抓到偷跑十次，你可能覺得這傢伙有夠遜的。
但可能是這傢伙逃過了250 次。
真是天才的做法！

It was Pablo Picasso who said you had to "learn the rules like a pro so you
can break them like an artist."
Which means Super Bowl XLIX is shaping up to be the Seahawks finest
masterpiece.

如畢卡索說的：你必須專業地學通規則，才有辦法像藝術家般地鑽漏洞。
而第四十九屆超級盃將是海鷹所呈現最佳的成品。

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推 oplz: yeah... if seahwak win~~~ I want my hair cut this year!
→ oplz: Patriots will win this one.... only 1 day left!!
推 imanikki: 一邊是粗魯隊,一邊被酸乾爹隊,頂上對決
推 sheep125: 我會說是怪招隊
→ sheep125: SEA在場上挑戰體制、NE在場外挑戰體制……
推 mecheers: 如果Ref認真抓明天比賽要打5個小時嗎XD
→ sheep125: 別這樣、我還想睡覺
推 fluorine: NE超愛討旗，SEA這次不可能好過的。
→ Reddick5566: 另一種程度上的頂上對決XD
→ mrkey: 不過物極必反, 來猜這次應該不會太多flag
→ chadtracy: 說實話，烏鴉去年不這樣玩會被玩死，今年算好很多了