Sentences with phrase «backfield on»

The 5 - foot - 9 and 197 - pound athlete doesn't posses the size to be an every - down back in the NFL, but he a guy that can come in and be a change - of - pace back while also being a contributor out of the backfield on third downs and in the redzone as both a back and as a receiver.

You're not going to show five - wide empty - backfield on third - and - one from midfield.

Henry showed good burst off the line last year and was able to get into the backfield on occasion with three sacks last season.

It seems likely that Michigan will sell out to stop Barkley on the ground and keep him in the backfield on passing downs, meaning McSorley will be able to get the job done even against a stellar secondary.

Joe Flacco, Ray Rice, Ricky Williams and the offensive line put together a terrific drive after Flacco's interception, but Vince Wilfork, who had two sacks in the first quarter, stuffed Rice in the backfield on third down, pushing the Ravens back into dangerous field goal territory on fourth - and - six.

He's as disruptive a linebacker as there is in the class and seems to be in the backfield on most snaps.

Whether he starts in the backfield on an end - around or fly - sweep, or he hauls in a big completion, when Ngata touches the ball, big things happen.

but he'd be another big body in front of Ryan and Freeman and a viable option at least outta the backfield on 3rd and short for quick lil dump offs, screens, and swings..

It gets even more confusing when you consider that the Patriots went empty backfield on 20 occasions during the game.

I can probably count the snaps from the backfield on one hand (maybe one finger).

Henry showed good burst off the line last year and was able to get into the backfield on occasion with three sacks last year.

Not exact matches

The Broncos drafted former Oregon running back Royce Freeman with the 71st overall pick on Friday night in a move that answered the question about the team's backfield plans after releasing C.J. Anderson this month.

While there is plenty of depth at the position in front of him, the New Jersey native could be too good to keep off the field (whether in the backfield or on special teams returning kicks)

The senior from Ishpeming, Mich., was third on the team in havoc plays, making stops in the backfield (he was first on the team in run stuffs) and clogging passing lanes, too.

Even that many means he would have to rely heavily on second effort, after being hit in the backfield.

So we try to get him the ball where he can best utilize his abilities — deep in the backfield, quick up the middle, in the open, one on one.

The Eagles got a safety into the backfield basically unblocked for a sack, and the Falcons lost a ton of yards on first down.

On the Buccaneers» final defensive play of their 21 — 0 road rout of the 49ers on Sunday, rookie defensive tackle Gerald McCoy burst into the backfield and grabbed quarterback Troy Smith around the legOn the Buccaneers» final defensive play of their 21 — 0 road rout of the 49ers on Sunday, rookie defensive tackle Gerald McCoy burst into the backfield and grabbed quarterback Troy Smith around the legon Sunday, rookie defensive tackle Gerald McCoy burst into the backfield and grabbed quarterback Troy Smith around the legs.

S&P +'s returning production measure places heavy weight on continuity in the receiving corps and defensive backfield, as those two spots tend to have a higher impact on year - to - year improvement and regression.

The Eagles managed to get alllll the way to the one yard line on third down before backs collided in the backfield, the ball was fumbled, and Nick Foles fell on it.

The Tigers» offense last year was potent — it ranked fifth in the country in total yards and was the nation's only unit to score at least 30 points in all its regular - season games — but there were signs on Saturday that it can be even more explosive with Washington in the backfield.

Oregon came out on fire, but Dixon, wearing a brace on his left knee, collapsed while trying to cut in the backfield.

«On the defensive line, things slow down and you can see things developing in the backfield,» Hatada said.

You can see on the highlights and replays of many of the rushing TDs and highlights, CSU had guys shooting gaps and getting into the backfield.

There was just one problem: No one had kept tabs on Utes running back Marty Johnson, who was breaking from the backfield toward the line of scrimmage.

(2) The Chargers had major holes to fill on the offensive line and needed depth in the defensive backfield.

In other words, he is either getting to the backfield at 3T, or helping the EDGE do his best work at 5T, or he could be unconventional and slide to the 4T and cause confusion on the OL.

It was a measure of the Niners» desperation to find backfield help that the rotund White, who had been signed on July 26, stuck on the roster for as long as he did.

The first is their empty - backfield formation, which threatens the defense with quick passes on the perimeter and QB draws on the interior.

Its a balanced set coming out of the backfield so you cant key on any one side.

But the Horned Frogs have a swift backfield and a scrambling quarterback in Steve Judy, so they may score a lot of points on somebody.

He not only beat both of their blocks, but also managed to blow up backup tight end MyCole Pruitt, who was pulling from the backside, before taking on Adrian Peterson in the backfield and forcing him to go laterally while losing ground.

The Trojans attempt a nearly 50 - 50 run - pass split on standard downs and let defenders into the backfield either way.

If they are more able to stay on schedule and prevent big LSU plays in the backfield, they will score.

On a team with Ryan Mathews, Danny Woodhead and free agent addition Donald Brown in the backfield, you wouldn't expect the story of the San Diego Chargers» first preseason game to be an undrafted rookie running back.

They try to figure out what's going on in the backfield, and then they're easier to block straight on.»

Sure he false steps or pulls the trigger on the wrong hole, but his ability to be a monster at the point of attack and his ability to flash in the backfield is clearly why we should take him at # 10.

Blough needs some efficient options, and while Jones is decent out of the backfield, only two players managed a 50 percent success rate on their targets: tight ends Cole Herdman and Jordan Jurasevich.

But having blazing speed and dynamite explosion in the backfield, with your big `n'tall WRs, could be KC's strongest hand to matriculate the ball on the short field.

But the Irish went to an empty backfield 60 percent of the time on passing downs with almost no payoff whatsoever.

Normally you think of 3 - 4 defensive linemen as guys who come off the ball slow and kind of wait on the blockers, but Robinson would usually knock his would be blockers back into the backfield no matter whether it was a base block (down the middle) or some kind of stretch (lateral) block in either direction.

Harrison jammed the piss out of Owen Daniels at the line of scrimmage, then stayed on his hip about 3 yards or so downfield, staying square with his eyes in the backfield.

Kelly and Martin have tinkered quite a bit thus far — the empty backfield was far more frequent on Saturday than it had been to date — and don't seem to know what they trust Rees to do.

I also saw him as lined up in a 4 - 3 head up on a right tackle and split a double team with the right guard to make a tackle in the backfield against a toss iso on a pretty good running back.

The empty backfield became a weapon with minimal downside, and Notre Dame used it more frequently (again, in charted games) than almost any offense in the country, almost 20 percent of the time (33 percent on passing downs).

Rob Ninkovich, Akeem Ayers, Dominique Easley, the spotlight is going to be on those guys to show up big time Sunday and create disruptions in the backfield for Manning.

Ever stronger on defense, he struggled on offense to keep his man out of the Iowa State backfield and, in his frustration, got flagged for holding, which cost his team a critical first down late in the game.

Florida's Terry Jackson, who began his college career in the defensive backfield, gained 780 yards after being moved to offense the previous spring — «C'm on, Terry, give it a try,» coach Steve Spurrier implored.

Yet Landry's pass rush, which almost exclusively relies on extreme refinement and nuanced use of a very basic pass - rushing kit seems to more reliably produce outcomes where his blocker's ankles are reduced to slag and he has a wide open line to the play in the backfield.

Anderson and Hillman have been mostly splitting time in the backfield, with Hillman getting 169 carries for 663 yards and six touchdowns on 3.9 yards per carry.