"Objective Task: Cultivate a quarterback's core receiving group.

Task Description: Establish your core receiving group and begin building a complete tactical system for the quarterback before the end of the regular season.

Task Requirements: Before the end of the seventeen-week regular season, the host must select two passing targets who must complete fifteen and ten touchdowns, respectively. Logan Newman, #88 (6/15), Ted Ginn, #19 (5/10).

Task Rewards: Player Development Pack +1; Comprehensive Training Pack +1.

Failure Penalty: A deduction of fifteen base points and two special points. A ten percent decrease in offseason training effectiveness. A twenty percent increase in offseason daily training tasks. The 'Annoying Paparazzi' talent will have a thirty-day cooldown."

This was a brand-new task that had suddenly appeared before the game today.

After the hidden tasks, an objective task had now appeared. The original three-task system had now been expanded to five, and as the regular season progressed, the system's functions were being developed little by little. Today, there were no hidden tasks or special tasks. Instead, there was an objective task, one that couldn't be completed in a short period.

The objective task had now been updated. Compared to when Lu Ke first received the task, the designated targets one and two had been replaced by Logan Newman and Ted Ginn, who Lu Ke had carefully selected after much consideration. These two receiving targets were a better fit for Lu Ke's playing style and tactical arrangements.

Undoubtedly, the objective task was a long-term task. The entire task covered the seventeen weeks of the regular season, and the completion status would only be known when the regular season ended. Only then would he face the rewards or penalties of the task. This was the first long-term task given by the system, and it also gradually revealed the nurturing nature of the system.

After carefully reading the task description, Lu Ke immediately understood.

In soccer or basketball, going it alone and fighting against the odds is not common, but it's not unheard of. Whenever a player goes deep into enemy territory alone and scores a goal or basket, it's always an exhilarating and amazing moment. However, in football, a quarterback needs the help of his teammates to do his job.

First, he needs a pocket. Even if it's a broken and shaky pocket, an offensive line blocking the defensive line is crucial. Sometimes, certain offensive linemen are as good as nothing. The offensive guard and tackle on the blindside, in particular, are unsung but irreplaceable players on the team.

Second, he needs receivers. After the pass is completed, the receiving target must successfully catch the ball and even advance with it. If they frequently have butterfingers, even if the quarterback completes an accurate pass, they can only stand there and sigh in despair. Even Peyton Manning or Aaron Rodgers need an excellent receiving target.

Now, the objective task had begun to establish Lu Ke's "quarterback tactical system," determining two receivers to become Lu Ke's core receiving group and, step by step, forming his own passing style and tactical combinations.

In the last drive of the San Francisco 49ers' game today, Lu Ke ran out of the pocket and made a desperate long pass. Logan and Ginn completed a simple pick play, and in the end, Ginn relied on his personal talent to make the catch, laying the foundation for the victory.

This was an incredibly long-term and difficult task. It wasn't enough to rely on Lu Ke's effort alone.

In daily training, Lu Ke needed to study the playbook with Logan and Ginn, practice their routes, and communicate their tactical signals to gradually develop their chemistry. And then, during games, they needed to put it all together and turn their training into an on-field advantage.

The reason the system didn't give him the objective task earlier was that it was waiting for Lu Ke to find his passing chemistry. It wasn't Michael Crabtree, Kyle Williams, or Vernon Davis. Lu Ke chose Ted Ginn, and this was the result of the sparks that had accumulated over the previous five weeks.

The chemistry between a quarterback and a receiver is a very subtle kind of chemical reaction.

Before, at the Miami Dolphins, and last year at the San Francisco 49ers, Ginn was mostly on the special teams, earning a spot as a returner.

Generally speaking, special teams players are mostly undrafted rookies. A special teams player selected in the fourth round of the draft can already be considered a high pick. However, Ginn was a wide receiver selected with the ninth overall pick in the first round. Putting him on the special teams was a complete waste of talent.

Unfortunately, after Ginn joined the offense, he was never able to effectively integrate into the team's offensive system. The quarterbacks he faced were players like Cleo Lemon and Chad Pennington, who couldn't find a foothold in the league. He seemed to have never truly found his place.

It wasn't until Lu Ke's arrival that Ginn's professional career began to shine in a completely different way. This was the chemistry.

So, after the objective task was given, Lu Ke didn't hesitate or think too much. Choosing Ginn was a natural result.

Now, with the confirmation and guidance of the objective task, in future games, there would be more passes between Lu Ke, Ginn, and Logan. Perhaps, Lu Ke's passing system would be built on this foundation.

From a positive perspective, Lu Ke was establishing his own style within the San Francisco 49ers' offense. From a negative perspective, the game is unpredictable. Besides the possibility of his passing routes being read, and the possibility of future transfers, if Ginn or Logan were to get injured, the objective task would be directly terminated.

Lu Ke's eyes couldn't help but fall on the objective task again: "Logan Newman, (6/15), Ted Ginn (5/10)."

The data doesn't lie. In the current San Francisco 49ers' team, Logan was Lu Ke's primary passing target, and Ginn was the second. According to the data, Michael Crabtree and Frank Gore were tied for third place, and after them were Kyle Williams and Vernon Davis.

However, Lu Ke was slightly surprised that Logan's touchdown count was less than he expected, while Ginn's was more than he expected. Now, Ginn's objective task was already halfway complete, but Logan still had a long way to go.

The first thought that came to mind was, should he increase his passes to Ginn and Logan in the next game to complete the objective task as soon as possible and ensure that the task doesn't fail before any accidents happen? Just reading the failure penalty of the task was horrifying, and it was absolutely the most severe failure penalty so far.

But the thought only stayed in his mind for a moment before Lu Ke rejected that idea.

Firstly, if his passing targets were too concentrated, it would not only disrupt the tactical system, but the opponents would also easily figure it out. At that time, not only would he not be able to complete the objective task, but he might also not be able to complete any game tasks and would even face the bitter taste of defeat. Secondly, the focus of the objective task was on long-term planning, and besides cultivating chemistry with his receivers, he also needed to establish his own passing system.

He couldn't completely change his tactical distribution just to complete the objective task. That would be losing sight of the bigger picture and not worth it.

Although the rewards of the objective task were very tempting, a Player Development Pack and a Comprehensive Training Pack. From his past experience, the more severe the failure penalty and the more difficult the task, the more satisfying the reward. But after the excitement subsided, Lu Ke forced himself to calm down.

Keeping his feet on the ground was still the surest way to complete the task.

Regaining his focus, Lu Ke's eyes fell on the nine base points. It was time for the weekly allocation of points. Without rushing to add the points, Lu Ke carefully browsed all the technical categories. After careful consideration, he decided how to allocate the points.

First, he added five points to his seventy-five-point mid-pass accuracy, bringing it up to eighty points in one go.

This meant that all three of Lu Ke's passing accuracy stats were now in the eighties: an eighty in short passes, an eighty in mid-passes, and an eighty-two in long passes. For a quarterback, this was undoubtedly the most important technical aspect. After a bumpy road, the accumulation of enough quantitative changes had finally led to a qualitative change.

Second, Lu Ke added two points to his seventy-point throw-on-the-run, bringing it up to seventy-two points.

Before adding the points, Lu Ke hesitated for a moment, wondering whether he should choose tactical zone accuracy or throw-on-the-run. In the end, he chose the latter.

Although Lu Ke was not a running quarterback and would only run out of the pocket in an emergency, once he was forced out of the pocket, it was a moment of crisis. With the combination of his running with the ball and throw-on-the-run abilities, he could utilize the advantage of his passing accuracy.

The long pass in the last touchdown today was a good example. During the game, Ginn's miraculous catch ignited everyone's adrenaline, but if you look at it closely, it was because Lu Ke's passing accuracy was out of control, forcing Ginn to use all his skills. If the same play were to happen again, the result could be completely different.

Finally, Lu Ke used the remaining two points on his eighty-point observation vision, bringing it up to eighty-two points.

Lu Ke had considered adding all four points to his throw-on-the-run, but his eyes fell on his ninety-point tactical awareness, and he still allocated two points to his observation vision.

In this week's game, he could clearly feel that his defensive reads and play-calling had been completely transformed. However, a wise brain still needs a wide and clear vision to work with. In a game that changes in an instant, observation vision is undoubtedly the foundation of the entire tactical system, and his ability in this area needed to be further improved.

In the blink of an eye, the nine base points were all used up again.

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