Sentences with phrase «after quarterbacks last»

He still got after quarterbacks last season as he showed here when he sacked Eli Manning.

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The quarterback recalled how, during one game last season, a Detroit Lions defensive player stood over him and began Tebowing after tackling him.

«I'm not sure if that offense survives in the ACC or another big - time conference [where] its quarterback is going to get hit like that,» North Carolina coach John Bunting said after the Tar Heels» loss to Utah last season.

As Texans coach Dom Capers walked off the field late last month after his team's first full - squad practice, all the excitement over a talent - rich expansion draft and a bountiful college draft that brought in a strong - armed quarterback was far in the rearview mirror.

New Mexico State After quarterback Cody Ledbetter was sacked 19 times last year, coaches imported six beefy juco linemen to protect him — the line now averages 300 pounds.

There's no quarterback controversy though, because coach Tyrone Willingham named Hutchinson the starter after last season, and Hutchinson's absence at spring practice isn't unusual.

Things got so bad last year that Walker had to use a linebacker at quarterback after his first three quarterbacks were sidelined.

Just about everyone had cleared out of the Philadelphia Eagle locker room after a short practice last Saturday, leaving quarterback Randall Cunningham, who was being benched for Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Raiders, alone with his thoughts.

Last year, after a devastating loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday Night Football, a lot of folks started writing off the New England Patriots — specifically their quarterback, Tom Brady — for dead.

Starting quarterback Colt McCoy was knocked out late in the first quarter after appearing to re-aggravate a neck injury he suffered last week against the Rams.

Colts quarterback Andrew Luck returned to Indianapolis and met with reporters Friday after spending most of the last two months in the Netherlands rehabbing his shoulder injury.

John O'Korn, the predicted Michigan starting quarterback next season, had to sit out last season after transferring in from the University...

The 29 - year - old quarterback will undergo season ending surgery on his left knee after a non-contact training camp injury suffered last Thursday.

After racking up 567 total yards of offense at home against Illinois, undefeated Ohio State mustered only 236 total yards of offense last week including just 97 passing yards from quarterback Braxton Miller, en route to a 21 - 14 overtime win over Wisconsin.

He played in only one game last season — 17 fourth - quarter plays in a 40 - 0 blowout of Ole Miss — and his stint as the No. 1 quarterback in spring practice ended after 12 days, when a helmet smashed into his right leg.

Cleveland, meanwhile, is in need of quarterback help after starter Brandon Weeden was injured last week in a loss to the Denver Broncos.

Greg Cook, the starting quarterback in 1969 who sat out last season and will miss this one after two operations to correct a shoulder injury, watched the workout with Chip Myers, a wide receiver who managed to break both arms in an exhibition game.

After Clemson Tigers quarterback Tajh Boyd threw an interception to give Ohio State the ball back and one last chance to...

Facing a 4 — 4 Indiana team a week after escaping from East Lansing with a last - play win (the Hawkeyes beat Michigan State on Stanzi's seven - yard TD connection to McNutt as time expired), Iowa needed that pair of clutch bombs from its quarterback, a slew of favorable calls from the officials and — with the Hoosiers leading 21 — 7 and lining up two yards from another touchdown in the third quarter — a miraculous interception in which the ball ricocheted four times among three players before landing in the hands of Iowa safety Tyler Sash, who dashed 86 yards for a touchdown.

Similarly, John Huarte, a senior quarterback at Notre Dame last year, somehow transformed himself into a canny veteran after only nine minutes of previous game experience, and gained for Notre Dame recognition as the nation's No. 1 team and for himself the Heisman Trophy.

After Smith, the team's biggest addition was Paul Richardson, who got a five - year, $ 40 million deal after a breakout 2017... pairing an emerging deep - ball threat with an aging quarterback who, up until last year, has struggled to make big plays through theAfter Smith, the team's biggest addition was Paul Richardson, who got a five - year, $ 40 million deal after a breakout 2017... pairing an emerging deep - ball threat with an aging quarterback who, up until last year, has struggled to make big plays through theafter a breakout 2017... pairing an emerging deep - ball threat with an aging quarterback who, up until last year, has struggled to make big plays through the air.

Gino Guidugli, QB, CINCINNATI — After starting quarterback Adam Hoover tore his right ACL in first quarter at Army last Saturday, Guidugli came in and completed 31 of 41 passes for 311 yards and three touchdowns.

Smith is a side - to - sideline dynamo who showed last season that he has some ability to get after the quarterback.

There are now multiple local reports that Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel was on the verge of transferring after being suspended following last August's preseason arrest.

It was rather unfair to think that Mettenberger was going to give LSU a significant upgrade at the quarterback position this season; he was, after all, eligible to play last year and didn't overtake either Lee or Jordan Jefferson.

After SanFrancisco hired Turner last January, he met with Smith and explained hisstrategy for turning him into a good NFL quarterback.

He compares favorably in stature to Grayson, whom the Saints cut last summer after only two years — not that a quarterback's size has ever held the New Orleans offense back.

After picking apart the Carolina Panthers» secondary on two dramatic scoring drives in the last seven minutes to lead the Patriots to a 32 - 29 victory, Brady was awarded his second Super Bowl MVP trophy, joining Hall of Fame quarterbacks Montana (three), Bart Starr and Terry Bradshaw (two apiece) as the only players to be so honored on multiple occasions.

After losing All - Big East quarterback Donovan McNabb and nine other starters from last year's 8 - 4 team, Syracuse expected to rebuild this year, but six weeks into the season the resilient Orangemen were 5 - 1 and ranked No. 16.

Best record in the NFL this season until the last 2 weeks and this was AFTER losing both their 1st and 2nd string quarterbacks early on.

When three - star quarterback recruit Chance Stewart stopped by Kalamazoo on the way back from a basketball game last year, he arrived after 1 a.m. Fleck rallied 15 members of the coaching staff to greet him.

After starting eight games last season for the Denver Broncos, quarterback Brock Osweiler signed a four - year, $ 72 million contract with the Houston Texans over the off - season.

The Cavaliers» No. 1 receiver (27 catches for 428 yards in» 02) sat out 2003 after breaking his leg last summer, but he's now quarterback Marques Hagans's top target.

After McGowan's departure last spring, several players expected to be standouts on this year's team at Brookside — especially quarterback Quincy Glasper and junior linebacker Jalen Williams — transferred out as well.

Defenses are also getting after the passer much better than last year, sacking quarterbacks on 6.5 percent of dropbacks (up from 5.8 percent); that's the second - highest sack rate since 2006.

Brad McCoy, the father of Browns quarterback Colt McCoy, has teed off on the team for allowing Colt to return to last night's game two plays after suffering an apparent concussion.

The Carolina Panthers» quarterback was voted Most Valued Player last year for his tremendous play during the NFL regular season, but he also regularly was ridiculed for his demeanor and antics on the field, which came to a head after the Denver Broncos beat the Panthers in Super Bowl 50.

The lawyer for transfer quarterback Shea Patterson said last month a decision on Patterson's eligibility could be made by mid - to late - February, but CBSSports.com reported this week that an NCAA committee is working on a proposal that would remove a requirement for players to sit out a season after transferring, if they leave a program following a coaching change.

There are four scholarship quarterbacks at this time: Besides Milton, junior Shea Patterson is awaiting the NCAA's decision on his request for immediate eligibility after transferring from Mississippi; sophomore Brandon Peters started four games last season; and freshman Dylan McCaffrey is in the competition after running the scout team offense as a redshirt last season.

Former NFL quarterback Jim Kelly was recovering last night in a New York City hospital after undergoing nearly 12 hours of surgery for oral cancer.

I had a concussion in high school, I had a concussion — and I played linebacker in high school and then played only as a quarterback in college — but after my second concussion, the last game of my senior year in college, I was being looked at by the neurologist, the doctor at Yale, and he asked me if I had any aspirations of going onto play, and I said, «No, I don't» And he said, «Good, two concussions is enough.»