No, they've got nothing on Wilson
against defensive back Champ Bailey, another Broncos elder who, at 35, is finally playing in his first Super Bowl.
Reid loves putting a trio of big, athletic tight ends in a bunch and getting them in space
against defensive backs.
Josh Imatorbhebhe, a 6» 1 junior out of North Gwinnett, GA, also excelled
against defensive backs.
Not exact matches
Played in midfield
against Besiktas, but should be moved
back into the
defensive three to help cope with City's attacking threat.
His size (6» 6, 265 pounds) makes him too large for
defensive backs to stick to and his speed and athleticism create mismatches
against linebackers.
Ok can this side work
against chelsea, i think it can but i would be a little more
defensive in the middle, by taking out ozil and pushing cazorla behind the striker and add Hayden / Coquelin beside Flamini, we can carry on Ozil in the last 20 minutes, Chelsea
defensive players hates a pacey forward line, so they will be committing lot of fouls and their
backs will be occupied.
The same problem results — a
defensive end is left to rush
against a running
back or, at best, a tight end or H -
back.
A few
defensive slips, including penalties
against Chelsea and the Saints, have cost us dearly, but an increasingly settled
back four and getting our injured central midfielders
back should remedy that.
but like someone said, why wouldnt sacrificing stability of midfield for two strikers make team more penetrative especially
against defensive teams and if
back four is tight, 4 man midfield is sufficient.wenger could try that!!
Defensive ends have a greater mandate to rush the edge
against shotgun, which can complicate things for a running
back whose greatest trick is bouncing outside and racing to the sideline.
Middlesex County district attorney Thomas Reilly, a graduate of Boston College Law School, said that two of the players had bet
against their own team in the Eagles» 45 - 17 loss to Syracuse on Oct. 26; news reports identified those two as sophomore running
back Jamall Anderson and junior
defensive end Marcus Bembry.
Poole had pretty good coverage
against Perry, but
defensive back Marcus Maye was playing in zone coverage right in front of them.
It was 2 - on - 1
against Leerdam and he played it perfect and, despite not having an «
defensive action», the attack died and was turned
back and towards the middle with help.
Since his exclusions teams have not held
back against arsenals
defensive minded line up that Arsene produces.
For me the ice had already broken after that performance
against Manure, now he's
back to the same old suicidal
defensive tactics again, as if we hadn't suffered enough already, Wenger really has to go, it was obviously not working, and he hasn't changed up... again.
We worked a lot on our
defensive shape, not just the
back four, to avoid those dangerous free balls
against us.
One of which was
against Spurs where every
defensive player boosted their stats tenfold being pinned
back all game.
Your right and at the moment we are playing with NO DM.Xhaka is being found out with his total lack of
defensive duties resulting in goals
against due to him continually failing to track
back with his man.I watched Fernandinho this evening
against Bristol City and that player epitomises the role that he is there for.Sre you telling me these players are not there?Over to you Sven and Raul
After the
defensive shambles
against Liverpool and Chelsea surely Wenger will revert to a conventional
back four
against a Championship side?
He's fast, penetrative and has enough
defensive nous to track
back effectively when he needs to... sure you saw his technique in that goal he scored
against Liverpool, most wingers can only dream of such.
Lions running
back Joique Bell destroyed their
defensive coordinator, Gunther Cunningham, on the sideline during Sunday's game
against the Falcons.
Wenger will have Xhaka
back after the next EPL game
against Hull and you would not think we need two
defensive midfielders
against the Tigers.
However, because of Per Mertesacker retiring from the Germany national side after the World Cup and with Nacho Monreal, Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini not being called up, Wenger and Steve Bould will have been able to get some serious
defensive training done with these four players and with Hector Bellerin at right
back and that could pay dividends
against Man United in the Premier League clash at the Emirates stadium.
the likes of neista David Silva our own ozil they don't defend but rather tack
back to slot in the
defensive line for the real defenders to do their job.have u all take note that ozil don't normally jump for headers in the heart of the midfield.so all I'm saying is if Chamberlain do nt want to defend yo make that position his then he should trying playing in the attacking position as he did excel there when he was played
against Bayern last year or he is out from arsenal.
I definitely like the new formation now with some strong
defensive performances
backing it up, but it should be remembered that we drew
against city with the old formation too, but some noticeable differences with our defending all the same.
Flamini does nt have the ability to bring d ball out from defense to attack, he cant dictate the play nor launch attack from his position which is bad especially when you compare him to the way modern
defensive midfielders plays this days... Things has evolved, good and modern coaches now prefers to have ball playing and technical defenders, we have that in koscieny and Gabriel, also our full
backs are excellent with the ball, but Flamini is not, you can see all see how we kept on loosing possession
against Liverpool.
The Auburn
defensive line will remain stiff
against the run and pin its ears
back on passing downs.
The Panthers have a slew of players questionable for Week 16
against the Oakland Raiders, including running
back Jonathan Stewart (ankle), center Geoff Hangartner (foot), linebacker James Anderson (
back) and
defensive tackle Dwan Edwards (wrist).
He failed to make an impression at Bournemouth and on the
back of one full 90 minutes
against a lower division side there is a clamour for him to replace the likes of Ramsay, Xhaka and Elneny who is in my opinion the best
defensive midfielder at Arsenal.Wenger is absolutely correct on this occasion when he points that it is up to Wiltshire to stake a claim to a regular midfield berth by stringing together a number of consistently good performances.I sincerely hope he can but please, no more of this hype after a 90 minute shift.
He has shown success going
against great
defensive backs and winning, last year he caught a touchdown off Minkah Fitzpatrick, a likely top 15 pick.
Backup Patriots
defensive back Larry Whigham kept the ball that he intercepted and returned for a 60 - yard touchdown
against Dan Marino.
We lost
against those clubs because of poor
defensive discipline and the fact that we did not have a proper DM to protect the
back four.
I am sure Wenger will be watching these games with interest, but is it possible that he himself has asked the England manager to give him some game - time
against small teams as a
defensive midfielder, purely so that Wilshere can grow into that position when he comes
back to the Arsenal team >?
I thing that M.Niles is more suitable for a
defensive role in the middle
against a weaker opponent and Monreal is faster than Kolasinac as a left
back in that formation
against a very fast attacking team.
Arsene Wenger told the Arsenal fans this weekend that our Brazilian centre -
back Gabriel was
back in the squad for tonight's game
against Bayern Munich, and many of us hoped that Wenger would play the Brazilian this evening, but it seems the Frenchman has decided to stick with his most experienced
defensive pairing of Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker.
Against the Wolfpack, Henderson had eight tackles, one coming during a pivotal
defensive stand that permitted the Terrapins to get the ball
back with 2:19 to go and drive 61 yards for the winning touchdown.
In our recent games
against we played with the usual
back 4 and 2
defensive central defenders and still conceded.
With Coquelin
back from injury the Gunners do not need more
defensive solidity but more creativity and goal threat and even though the Swiss international has a good long range shot and has more goals than his Welsh teammate, Ramsey is the more attack minded player and his goal
against Preston will hopefully lead to more.
And much like a
defensive back being coached to forget getting burned by a deep pass, so too must Richardson let go of Clowney's single victory
against him.
Debuchy's injury
against Manchester City saw Chambers get an opportunity to play at Right -
Back, his natural position, and although he has been proficient in going forward, his
defensive game still has a few holes to be plucked.
All this news comes following the club's disastrous
defensive display
against Liverpool, where the club were forced to field an inexperienced centre -
back pairing of Calum Chambers and Rob Holding
against their rivals, who is turn put four goals past them.
Qualities: Giroud - Hold up (but not
against top defenders Tery, Cahil, etc), short pass, hard working, team player,
defensive duties (set - pieces), injuries Benteke - Hold up, short pass, better dribbler, long shots, finishing, positioning,
defensive duties (set - pieces), can play with his
back to the goal and also drop deep and face the goal when marked weakness: Giroud - very slow, easily marked, poor finishing (not wc finisher), technique Benteke - injuries, not a hard worker If you look the stats for the since 2012/2013, they have almost similar records except that Benteke scored like total of 19 goals (correct me if I'm wrong) in his 1st season and also have a decent record
against top teams, keep in mind he plays for AstonVilla not Arsenal where you get much more chances and better players around.
Yes, Koscielny was missed
against the Scouser's and hopefully he should be ready for the trip to Leicester, but it's not as if Mertesacker or Gabriel were solid at the
back and again, it's not as our best
defensive set up never got hammered before, either!??
Imagine if football had a blindfolded quarterback and 17 receivers
against eight
defensive backs.
«Theoretically, there are five receivers,» he told the Los Angeles Times» Bob Oates, «but usually you have to keep one
back in as a blocker, and that leaves four receivers
against eight
defensive backs.»
While it's still unclear whether the senior will suit up
against Colorado this Saturday,
defensive backs coach Mike Zordich, did say he's fighting to get
back.
Indeed, other players who litigate
against the NCAA — including Jenkins, who played
defensive back at Clemson from 2010 to 2014, and his co-plaintiff, Sacramento Kings forward Nigel Hayes — can cite the O'Bannon decision as favorable precedent.
On Thursday, Texas» Malcolm Brown and Johnathan Gray gained 29 yards in 21 carries, which forced young quarterback Tyrone Swoopes to make plays
against a defense with five permanent
defensive backs.
Allen Hurns «(ankle, out) continued absence means more reps for the likes of Dede Westbrook and Keelan Cole
against a Colts defense without
defensive back Rashaan Melvin (hand, out)-- PFF's No. 14 overall cornerback.
He took Sanchez, Giroud (who was a nightmare for Kolo and Skertel) and Chambers off and brings
defensive minded players... So even at 11
against 10 we were forced to
back up because, and anyway, Welbeck is showing game after game why he was sold by Man United (not good enough and clumsy as f*ck) and we had no serious plan to go forward anymore... When the simple logic would ask you to leave Giroud upfront and Sanchez who are constant problems for defenders...!!!